Educational Information/Home Links
Here is some information about the Full-Day Kindergarten program, and some links to fun, educational activities for you to do at home! Enjoy!
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/kindergarten/
This link will connect you to information from the Ministry of Education about the new Full-Day Kindergarten program!
www.pinterest.com
Pinterest is a pinboard-style social photo sharing website that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections such as events, interests, hobbies, and more. Users can browse other pinboards for inspiration, 're-pin' images to their own collections or 'like' photos. Pinterest offers many printable activities for children, suggestions for crafts, and covers other areas of interest for parents.
www.starfall.com
Starfall is a free website that teaches children how to read and write in English.
www.ABCya.com
ABCya is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn.
www.tumblebooks.com
TumbleBooks are interactive e-books for children that are available online. TumbleBooks are, "animated storybooks which can be played with sound on a computer or read aloud by a child with the sound off. TumbleBooks also offer a variety of games and audiobooks." Use the following user name and password to access TumbleBooks for free! (User Name: scdsb Password: books)
www.funbrain.com
FunBrain is an educational browser game website for children and adults.
http://kidslearningstation.com/
Kids Learning Station is the newest addition to the All Kids Network. This site is dedicated to providing high quality printable worksheets for teachers, parents and other care givers. We have hundreds of free printable preschool worksheets and kindergarten worksheets that are perfect to add to any preschool or kindergarten lesson plan. So far we have collections of worksheets for learning the alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors, math, phonics and much more and we are adding news ones all the time!