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Resources for Early Learning

• Note : Individual resources are suitable for teacher use with all early learning levels, including Infants level education, unless specifically indicated otherwise.

1. 4Kids2Play
   Click on icons to access colouring, ‘brainwork’, ‘click and drag’, ecards, screensavers and ‘new’ items.
2. ABC Kid Genius
   Free software to teach basic ideas such as alphabet, numbers, reading.
3. abcteach
   Printable material covering basics, shape books, theme units, fun activities, flashcards, sections at higher educational levels. Access 5 000+ printable documents.
4. Activity Idea Place
   Index of activities for used with early learning students in formal or non-formal situations. Animal Activities, Miscellaneous grouping and Seasonal/Holiday Activities, some American.
5. Ask The Preschool Teacher
   Presently in recess but with an archive of asked questions/answers still available. If they were good questions, you will probably find an answer to help you.
   Preschool
6. Australian Sites :
• ABC - The Playground
  From Australia’s ABC, all your favourite characters and activities. ‘We’ve got pictures to colour, party packs to make and computer goodies for you to enjoy. Search by character, or by activity to find your favourite things.’
  Preschool
• Bab-e-Books
  ‘Bab-e-books are developed using a new media delivery system specifically crafted for the very young [“minimedia”] … [they] retain the wholesomeness, structure and colour of traditional baby board books.’ Come as DVD/CD packages. Now part of Minimedia and accessible through their site.
• Count Us In Games
  ABC Learning. Provides games which can be played to develop understanding of basic number concepts.
• Early Years Ideas with ICT
  Links to resources in Literacy and Numeracy, from organisations and via several schools.
• ‘My House’ and ‘Going to Fair Day’
  Books described as ‘early childhood education material which include same sex parent families, … These readers promote inclusiveness and the acceptance of diversity.’ Worth considering.
• Playground, The - ABC Childrens Television
  Activities.
• Playschool
  The most popular program for the very young.
  Preschool
7. Alphabet Soup
   Units, games, activities, crafts, fun and recipes.
8. A to Z Teacher Stuff
   [Educational Sites for Teachers - Early Childhood]
   Links to information, resources and more.
9. Baby Einstein
   ‘Baby Einstein helps by using music, language, nature and art in playful ways to entertain and engage little ones from birth and up.’ Select products either by age or category groupings. Delivery to a range of countries including Australia.
10. Beantime Stories
    Original stories for children from preschool to primary grades. Parent’s and Teacher’s Guides to assist.
11. BookwaKwala
    Ideas and advice for parents and 600+ activities. In directories. Part of the Up to Ten site.
12. Briana’s Playroom
    ‘You will find nursery rhymes, fairy tales, bedtime stories, pictures of magic fairies and poems about fairies, fun songs to sing and lullabies to help you go to sleep. You can use your mouse and do things like practice writing your numbers and letters on the magic slate, colour a picture or play a game.’
    Preschool
13. Bry-Back Manor, Welcome to
    For people who care for young children or children with special needs. More for younger children. Activities, fun stuff, garden fun, links, picture recipes.
14. Busy Teacher’s Cafe
    Worksheets, lesson plans, management tips, educational tips, links, Free clipart.
    Infants
15. Child’s Place, A [Ruth’s Child Care]
    Themes and activities.
16. Colouring Books and Pages [Online] :
• Animals to Paint Online
• Black Dog’s Internet Refrigerator
• Cartoon Critters
• Colouring.com
• Colouring Page
• Crossroads Village Carousel
• Lite-Brite
  Create patterns by colouring dots.
• Paw Island
  Go to the ‘Activities’ link.
• Preschool Colouring Book
  Note the helpful hint at the top/centre before using.
• Print and Paint Pictures
• Uptoten.com
17. Early ICT
    ‘A collection of themed ICT activities and resources to support learning in the Foundation Stage’. Developed in the UK. A second site can be found here.
    Infants
18. Enchanted Learning
    American but with useful material - crafts, printouts, lesson plans, themes, dictionaries, Kids’ Club.
19. Favourite Friends for Preschoolers
    ‘In these sections find Free printable crafts, colouring pages, cards, etc., to keep your preschooler occupied for hours !’ Two other sections covering ‘favourite friends’ and ‘book breaks’.
    Preschool
20. First School
    Resources for children 2-6 years. Printable crafts, other activities, online resources in Spanish.
21. Funschool - Part of the Kaboose Network
    Printables, downloads, game activities, games guides. In sections for Preschool to Year 6.
    Preschool, Infants, Primary
22. Fun With Spot
    Activities based around this favourite book character. Mouse over home page items for available activities.
23. Games for Children Ages 1 to 5
24. Idea Box
    New ideas and activities. Enough for every day for a long time.
25. Julia’s Rainbow Corner !, Welcome to
    ‘Great games, new ideas for crafts, ideas to keep your kids happy and busy while travelling, Free activity sheets to print … !’ You need Flash player to fully use the site.
26. KidsCom Junior
    Linked to KidsCom. Geared to preschool and infant levels. ‘Kids’ games, educational and learning games, online colouring books, preschool activities, other games for preschoolers.’
27. Kid Stuff !
    [Easy craft activities and projects for Kids]
    Craft and cooking activities, many linked to special events, for preschool students. Many involve recycling household goods.
28. Kidzone
    Mathematics, language and science. Puzzles, magic tricks, worksheets, lesson plans, etc..
29. KinderArt - Art Lessons - Art Education
    Art lessons, art library, Free newsletter, special sections, a ‘Don’t Miss’ section. All aspects of art.
    Infants
30. KinderCrafts for Preschool and Kindergarten
    ‘With adult supervision and guidance, even toddlers can make most of these simple projects. The crafts use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint, glue, etc. See a page about colour mixing on how to combine paint to make all the colours of the rainbow.’
31. Kinderweb Children’s Games
    Matching games using different shapes, animals shapes, colours. You may need to read the questions for children.
32. Lessonsense
    ‘We create and provide lesson material and ideas for preschool and elementary age children. You will find loads of downloadable material that can be used in lessons of your own or at home. What you will not find here are strict lesson plans to follow. The suggestions and materials can be used to create your own lessons. Most of the downloadable materials are in PDF format.’ Done by an early learning teacher from the Netherlands. Well worth visiting.
33. Letter of the Week
    A Free Preschool curriculum. In fact, it goes further than this, providing a curriculum up to age 11. It is US based, but should be adaptable for Australian conditions. There is also access to resources and links to other sites.
34. Lil’ Fingers
    Free storybooks, games, ABCs, number and more for the very young.
    Preschool
35. Multiple Intelligences
    Information addressing development in early learning settings. Check links on the left.
    Preschool, Infants, Primary
36. Parenting Preschoolers
    For children aged 1-3. Contains annotated links to a range of activities. From Suite101.
    Preschool
37. Pauly’s Playhouse
    A mix of games, activities, cartoons and more, geared for the young. Activities include colouring and more complex actions. Much is Flash driven.
38. Paw Island
    While included in ‘Colouring Book’ links above, it has games, Cartoons at suitable levels, e-cards and more.
    Preschool, Infants, Primary
39. Pratt’s Early Childhood Education
    ‘Pratt’s Educational Resources including themes, songs, arts & crafts, literature, online activities, and more.’ Also check this link to viewer and reciprocal links in the same areas.
    Preschool
40. Preschool Activities
    [Paula’s Archives]
    Not only is there a range of activities, many extensively detailed and explained, there are also links to other activity sites suitable to this level. There are also additional, simple listings of activities.
    Preschool
41. Preschool Education
    Access information grouped under ‘Classroom’ headings from Alphabet Ideas to Useful Recipes, find out about updates, additions, articles and much more, including links to related sites.
    Preschool
42. Preschool Express
    ‘Preschool Activities & ideas for teachers, parents and grandparents.’ Done in monthly as well as topic groupings.
    Preschool
43. Pre-school Library
    ‘The StoryPlace Pre-school Library is full of great activities for you to explore. Choose a theme to start the fun !’ Each theme has an online story, online activity, take-home activity, parent’s activity and suggested reading. 15 themes are included.
    Preschool
    Well presented !
44. Preschool Printables
    A large range of printables for both activities and special occasions.
45. Schoolhouse Printables
    Free worksheets for and clipart young children.
46. Seussville Games
    Children love Dr Seuss. Access games played using characters from his books e.g., The Lorax, The Cat in the Hat and Horton. You need Shockwave. Also printable games in .pdf format.
47. Stories to Grow By
    Free and Fee-based materials and extends beyond this level. Free teacher material.
    Infants
48. The Perpetual Preschool
    ‘Over 12 000 Free Ideas for Parents and Educators of young children.’
    Preschool
49. The Printable Preschool
    ‘This group is for me to share my preschool - early primary worksheets. So far we have over 270 files for download. Please only use them for your own personal classes/students.’ A Yahoo Group.
    Preschool, Infants
50. Toddlers - Activities
    ‘Children grow and develop at different rates and this is perfectly normal. So if your toddler has trouble with one of the activities, don’t worry. Try it again in a couple months or adapt it to her abilities.’ From Quaker Oats.
    Preschool
51. Toddler’s Edge, The
    Use phonics to develop initial reading ability. Fee-based.
52. Under 5’s
    Rhymes, printables, activities. Designed for the United Kingdom curriculum.
    Preschool
53. US National Association …
    [For the Education of Young Children]
    Developmentally appropriate activities and practices for children from birth to Year 3.