Kindergarten teachers! They're
special people and who can't remember their own kindergarten teacher? For me, it was Mrs.
Williams who made learning so exciting, I couldn't even take the required nap time very
well. For my daughters, it was Mrs. Wood in Minnesota and Mrs. Rosenau in Oregon.
As a tribute to the "Williams, Wood's, and
Rosenau's" of the world whose inspired teaching made a difference in the lives of
young learners, I dedicate this website to all kindergarten teachers. You will find links
to kindergarten classrooms and resources that are age-appropriate for use in the
classroom. --Dr. Mills
Room 100, Buckman Elementary School - Portland OR Room
100 is a mixed age K, 1, 2 elementary school classroom located in Buckman Elementary
School in Portland, Oregon, USA. They display class projects and student work They have
used "CU-SeeMe" and a QuickCam camera to exchange real time video with others on
the Internet. Be sure to visit the "Bus Safety Page."
Kindergarten Construction Unit
Sue Tonnesen has developed a "A Hands On Construction Unit For Kindergarten
Children" and has all the necessary information at this site. Block Sort, Roll or
Slide, Towering Towers, Cooperative Building, Steady Towers, Building Walls, Building
Bridges, Building Fences, Cube Building,s Tooth pick Buildings, and Straw Buildings are
the projects with activity cards. Sue had Grade 7 students assist in the projects with her
kindergarten children.
Mrs. Hull's Kindergarten Home Page Do you want some excelllent
examples of what Kindergarten children do in publishing their creations on the Internet?
Visit Sarah Hull's classroom at at Highland Park School in Austin, Texas, or click on this
link.
Birch
Kinderschool Located in North Olmsted, Ohio, Birch Kinderschool caters exclusively to
Kindergarten aged students. Their school is based on the two half day sessions format. Be
sure to visit K.I.T.E.- Kindergarten Internet Travel via E-mail, their first project
involving computers and the Internet.
Mrs.
White's Kingergarten Mrs. White is a kindergarten teacher at the Wampus School in
Armonk, NY. She has a very colorful website with lots of ideas for the kindergarten
teacher. A large portion of the day is dedicated to learning through play at activity
centers. A lengthy period is dedicated to Activity Center Time, providing the children
with opportunities to: play with blocks, games and puzzles, make believe in the pretend
center, read/look at books, use the computer, paint, listen to stories on tape, play with
sand and/or water, make discoveries in the science center, use math manipulatives, and
work on a variety of arts&crafts projects.
Ms.
Gannon's Kindergarten Class This year we have learned about space, weather, plants.
The students' art pictures show what they have learned.
Surfing for ABC's
Published Project Tammy Payton from Loogootee Elementary West in Indiana has one of
the best sites I have seen! She published the project created by Kindergarteners and First
Graders! This site shows you what they discovered on the Internet by searching for topics
beginning with every letter of the alphabet. The children used Yahooligans search engine
to find their abc topics. Be sure to visit this site.
Integrating
Technology in the Classroom Tammy Payton just put a slide presentation on the Internet
that shows an example of how you can set up centers within your classroom so you can
rotate your computer in and out of your curriculum as well as tips on how to develop your
computer curriculum and Internet.
Yahooligans Yahoo is one
of the more popular collections of Web sites and they have recently created a special
corner for kids called, appropriately, Yahooligans. Kindergarten children can perform
searches on the Internet with "Yahooligans."
"Kinder
Garden!" That's right, it is really a "Kinder Garden!" This site is an
introduction to the many ways children can interact with plants and the outdoors. Gardens
can be therapeutic for people. At Texas A&M University,
in College Station, TX, there is research in progress in the Department of Horticultural Sciences studying
these human issues in horticulture. Some of the topics of this research include children,
educational issues, elderly women, horticulture in prisons, and urban horticulture. As part of
our children's gardening research program, we are interested in what adults think are the
effects of gardening on children. If you are or have been involved in any gardening
activities with children, this is the website for you.
Determining
Differences Between Early Childhood and Kindergarten Programs Project P/PRIDE (Parents
and Partners Responsibly Involved in Development and Education) provide a worksheet at the
end of the page. Along with these explanations for each area of potential difference, this
webpage may be used by parents and early childhood program personnel in observing the
kindergarten classroom.
The
Gingerbread Man Trail This activity is used at the beginning of the year to help
kindergarten children acclimate to the school surroundings and to match schoolemployees
with their jobs. Thank you, Rosemary Valdez, of San Juan Elementary, San Juan Pueblo, N.M.
for your lesson plan.
Exploring the
World of Water A lesson designed for Kindergarten students by Todd Sisk to help them
better understand water cycles and aquatic life.
Community
Helpers Shirley Sutton, Parkside Elementary,Powell, Wyoming produced this lesson is to
help the children realize that it takes many, varied jobs for a city or town to work as a
community.
Early
Childhood Education On Line The Early Childhood Education On Line Website exists to
promote and facilitate information management and exchange, and to serve as a resource and
benefit for all children, their families, and all people who help them grow and learn.
ECE and the NET
This site has an amazing collection of links that are useful for the early childhood
educator.
Kindergarten Themes The
links at this site are kindergarten themes from Houghton Mifflin's Invitations to Literacy
program. Choose a theme name to find theme-related extension activities, links to relevant
Web sites, and an up-to-date bibliography of supplementary readings. Only underlined theme
names are currently available.
Earth Science
Resources The University of Maine has prepared a unit on Rocks and Minerals in
Kindergarten. The information on this page and in its links are provided to introduce
Elementary to High School students to the study of Earth Sciences and to provide teachers
with some resources to assist them in the classroom.
KODAK Education: Kindergarten Lesson Plans The Eastman Kodak company
has created an educational web page that is sure to please anybody with an interest in
exploring the impact of visual information as part of learning. Dozens of lesson plans are
available here, incorporating photography for all levels and all subjects, including
kindergarten.
TEAMS
Distance Learning K-12 Lesson Plans The TEAMS site contains links to a comprehensive
collection of lesson plan sites, including those provided by ERIC, CNN, the Calgary Herald
and more.
