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Great Games for Pre-Kindergarten

Sesame Street Games From the PBS kids website, this is a link for games for preschool- kindergarten age students. The games include letter recognition, letter sound as well as practice with fine motor (mouse manipulation). (date viewed 9/16/09) http://pbskids.org/sesame/#/games

PBS Between the Lions Games Another website form PBS. These simple but interactive games from the Between the Lions program include word sounds, simple mouse control practice and letter recognition. There is also online books and more. http://pbskids.org/lions/games/ (dated visited 11/2/09)

Scholastic.com Scholastic has a great selection of read-alouds and activities for students in the computer lab or at a center. The site includes activities specific to certain subjects including math, science, social studies and language arts. (date visited 9/20/09) http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/clf/tguidesitemap.htm

Tumble Books Library This website requires a username and password but it contains a wonderful selection of animated online read-aloud books. (date visited 11/2/09) http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/customer_login.asp?accessdenied=%2Flibrary%2Fasp%2Fhome_tumblebooks.asp

Pebblego- Animals online This website is specifically geared toward K-3 students and includes all kinds of information about different animals. Students can select the type of animal and learn facts about the animals , take quizzes or play online games. The website does require a subscription.

ABC lower case This website features the lower case alphabet. As students scroll over each letter a picture appears that starts with that letter. (date visited 9/22/09) http://www.poissonrouge.com/abc/index.htm

kiddo.net This website contains upper and lower case alphabet. The student selects a letter and then is asked to choose pictures which start with that letter. There is sound which accompanies this website so that children may hear and see the letters and words. (date visited 9/22/09) http://www.kiddonet.com/gb/flash/phonics/Intro.html