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Teachers Net: This site has great chatboards for early childhood, kindergarten and primary grades.  They offer live chats   with other teachers and authors.  It is a VERY comprehensive site! Get on the chat boards for your grade. Pre-K Pages: Vanna Levin has filled her page with creative ideas for beginning and experienced teachers!  She has great information on the Buddy Bags, community service, developmental stages, and reading tips.  Be sure to visit! 
A to Z Teacher Stuff: I LOVE the free printables that this site offers.  You can subscribe or just get the freebies!  The site also offers lesson plans and resources sorted by theme. Mrs. Magee's Kindergarten Page: This site has tons of pictures that gives ideas for classroom and center set-up.  The site also includes thematic units, a sample full day schedule, and other resources useful for teachers.
Dr. Jean Feldman: Dr. Jean is my FAVORITE children's musician.  If you get the opportunity to go to one of her workshops, GO!  Her site offers workshop information as well as lyrics, activities, and the opportunity to order tapes and cds. You can even print off FREE books to go with her songs. The K Crew: The K Crew offers great ideas for literacy centers (including pictures and explanations of what the children are doing).   The site includes a full-day Kindergarten schedule and information on balanced literacy, shared reading and shared writing.  There are also good thematic unit ideas!
Almost Heaven Kindergarten: This website, created by Kindergarten teacher Janet Bowland, has a teacher page with photos of ideas that she uses in her classroom.  I especially enjoyed the pictures of her learning centers!  The site also includes a parent's page and kid's page. KinderKorner: This comprehensive site was created by early childhood teacher, Victoria Smith.  She has a TON of ideas, including theme ideas, top ten resource books, links to great sites, literacy centers, writing workshop, family math, and much more!  It is one of my favorite places on the internet!
The Virtual Vine: This is a great resource for early childhood professionals.  The site, created by resource teacher, Cindy, includes ideas for children's literature, literacy connections, ideas for bulletin boards and displays, and lots of information about special education!  Click on "Teachers Bookbag" to order printable teacher resources. Hubbard's Cupboard: Hubbard's Cupboard is full of great ideas!  The Family Involvement page has information on take-home Literacy Kits, Literacy Projects, Family Nights, and ideas for how families can work with their child at home.  There are also the staples from Kindergarten web sites, schedule, theme ideas, and links to other resources.  This is a site worth checking out!
Mrs. Fischer's Kinder Themes: This site has "nine months of theme", as well as kindergarten songs and poems, a year long curriculum plan, and arts and crafts recipes. Our School Family: Tiffany Taylor has put together a comprehensive website with useful information for early childhood educators!  There are pictures of her classroom with descriptions.  It is a site you must go to!
Little Giraffes: This site has a great teacher section including book ideas, ideas to create story props, thematic units, literacy ideas, and much more!

An Apple a Day: This site has ideas for your early childhood class, including rituals to connect and build community, literacy centers, literature, science, math, and social studies units.

Sew What 4 U: This site sells really cute teacher wear, including several Dr. Jean songs! Looking for a "Kiss Your Brain" bag or a shirt to tell everyone that you "Tooty Ta"? This is the site to get it! Sew What 4 U Teacher Resources: There are tons of ideas for math and literacy including FREE printables. There are several books, graphs, math mats, draw along stories, games and MUCH MORE.
Kelly's Kindergarten: Kelly has lots of great ideas including Dollar Store Delights and Big Lot Bargins, games to print and make, picture cards for games, newsletter templates, center activities, and more! Ms. Leslie's Website: There are literacy centers with printable instructions and pages, as well as information on portfolio assessment, balanced literacy, sight words, word wall words, thematic units, and more.
Mrs. Fink's Busybees: This site has lots of great ideas for the classroom. She has lots of pictures with ideas on how to incorporate children's photos and names. Mrs. Cox's Pre-K: This site includes a photo tour, literacy and math printables, teacher tips, center activities, and much more!
Mrs. Pohlmeyer's Kinder Page: There are ideas for discovery bottles, internet projects, a cool Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree, centers, and more. There are lots of photos to help the visual learners. Teaching Heart: This site include several ideas but my favorite is The Reading Rug. It has story extensions, including Click Clack Moo, The Gingerbread Baby, Mary Wore Her Red Dress, and MANY more.
  If you have a website that you would like to share, please email me: jilldavis@kinderfriends.com!

 

 

 

           

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