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KinderCrafts for Preschoolers and Kindergartners
These crafts use materials found around the house, like egg cartons,
cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint, glue, etc. With adult
supervision and guidance, even toddlers can make most of these simple
projects.
Preschool and Kindergarten Activities
All kinds of fun things to do! Number and letter, nursery rhyme, and
connect-the-dot printout pages. Make your own books. Lots of games and craft
ideas.
Bembo's Zoo
A stylish animal alphabet site with illustrations created from the
letters in each animal's name. Site uses Macromedia Flash.
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Jan Brett's Home Page
Find out all about Jan and her books. Lots of activity pages. Print your own
cards and envelopes.
Chateau
Meddybemps - Learning Activities
Here is a collection of simple activities designed to help your child
improve her learning skills. Puzzles, counting and matching games. Play
spatial concept games with moveable animals, and lots more fun!
Preschool Playground
Learn and explore on this site from Scholastic. Play games, get printables, watch videos, and enjoy other
fun activities.
Dr. Seuss's
Seussville
"There are things to make and games to play, and recipes for things to eat,
and funny pictures to complete. So even when you think you're done, here's
where you'll always have more fun."
KneeBouncers
Choose from games like peek-a-boo, or the underwater adventure. No
experience with computers necessary.
Fisher-Price
Games and activities categorized by developmental stages.
Brilliant! Enjoy action activities like "Catch the Firefly" with your 12
- 18 month old, or "Copycat" with your 3 - 4 year old.
Kaboose
Print colouring pages or a word scramble. Test your hand-eye
coordination with games like Fishin' Mission or DinoSaurs!
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Favourite
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Stories
See Great Reads
- Online Stories for reading fun for older readers.
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Bob the Builder
Help Bob put some radiators in Wendy's house, design a house for Mr.
Bentley, and tidy up his tool shed. Phew! When you're done, you can put
together a jigsaw puzzle or paint a picture.
Clifford the Big Red
Dog
Lots of games, stories, coloring sheets, and cutouts.
Franklin the
Turtle
Play Franklin games and enjoy a variety of online activities!
Nick Jr.
Play to learn with Dora the Explorer, Diego, Max & Ruby, the Backyardigans and more.
Lots of fun activities, crafts, and recipes to enjoy.
Sesame Street
Help Elmo, brush his teeth, learn letters with Big Bird. Read all
kinds of stories in the Story Corner about your favourite friends on
Sesame Street.
Thomas the Tank
Engine
Race some of the engines against each other, build your own train engine,
and learn some fun facts about Thomas and Friends. When you're done playing,
send a Thomas e-card to one of your friends!
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Scholastic BookFLIX
 A new online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks with
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TumbleBooks
TumbleBooks
are animated, talking picture books that you can read, or have read to you.
Tumblebooks are ideal for beginning readers and include titles in French and
Spanish.
IPL
Kidspace Story Hour
The Internet Public Library offers ten different picture books to read and
look at. Read titles such as "Kate Crackernuts" and "The Tortoise and the
Hare".
Kids' Corner
Read and listen to stories by Beatrix Potter, Grimm's Fairy Tales, and Alice
in Wonderland. You can even listen to an interview with Mr. Rogers!
The Real
Mother Goose
"The Real Mother Goose" online! See
this large collection of Mother Goose
rhymes with watercolour illustrations.
Storyline
Online
Listen to animated stories read by famous actors and celebrities. Try "The Polar Express"
read by Lou Diamond Phillips, or "Me and My Cat?" read by Elijah Wood.
StoryPlace
Read animated stories which include sounds, read-along text, and narration.
Each story has a related online activity, a take-home activity, a suggested
reading list. A beautiful and fun website from the Public Library of
Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
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