Preschool Websites

KneeBouncers.com: fine motor skill activities for the littlest learners

from Welcome to NCS-Tech! by Kevin Jarrett

Good morning all,
Came across http://www.kneebouncers.com/ a little bit ago, not exactly sure when, but I tagged it for later sharing because I was instantly impressed with it. It’s a delightful, colorful, fun, easy to navigate Flash-based website for the littlest learners who are just getting their digital feet wet.  The founders have an interesting backstory, check it out when you can. The activities are simple and engaging for toddlers and Pre-K types, though Kindergarten-age youngsters who know their way around Webkinz may get bored quickly, but this site isn’t really for that age group. Would also be great for young English language learners.
They have a small shop (10% of their proceeds go to theChildren’s Aid Society, a nice touch) but also offer freedownloadables and embed codes for many (all?) of their games, so, if you like something, you can build it into a blog or website.

PreKinders

http://prekinders.com/early-childhood-search/  
from Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero by dkapuler
PreKinders is a fabulous early childhood teacher's search engine. That searches websites that have only been created by Pre K and KDG teachers.

http://boowakwala.uptoten.com/kids/boowakwala-home.html
Lots of games, songs, etc.


from Digital Tools for Teachers by Steph
http://wotwots.com/americas/games/
Animal Creator. You go to the drawing board and choose the activity. Select a colour and then select from different animals for different body parts and a cartoon version is drawn. You can save the image and then go to the scrapbook and print the image. This can lead into some fun art projects and then write a description or story about the creature.


Rainbow Magic - chapter book series about fairies 
http://www.rainbowmagiconline.com/
 
http://www.wordworld.com/ebook1/index.html
 
http://www.wumpasworld.com/flash.html?langue=e
Click on the different characters and students can engage in a range of activities such as searching, sorting, creative games, storytelling and many more.