Websites for Young Readers at Perry Public Library

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2009 Great Web Sites for Kids


From the American Library Association

also.... Reading Games Web Sites
& Fun websites for Readers

Little Lunkers
 http://www.takemefishing.org/fishing/family/little-lunkers-learning-center

Janet Wong http://www.janetwong.com/

Catch the Science Bughttp://www.sciencebug.org/

Color with Leohttp://www.colorwithleo.com/

Coretta Scott King Book Award Curriculum Resource Center  http://www.teachingbooks.net/crc.cgi?id=1

Global Trek
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/globaltrek/

What’s it like where you live?http://www.mbgnet.net/

Literacy Connections http://www.literacyconnections.com/index.php

Getty Games http://www.getty.edu/gettygames/

Kids’ Science Challenge http://www.kidsciencechallenge.com/

I was wondering…http://www.iwaswondering.org/

CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/home/index.php

Storynory http://storynory.com/

Earthquakes for Kids http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/

The Great Plant Escape – http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/gpe.html

Invention at Play http://www.inventionatplay.org/

Library of Congress: Books for Kidshttp://read.gov/kids/

Encyclopedia.com http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Up To Ten http://www.uptoten.com/

The Story Home http://thestoryhome.com/

 

The complete listing of great sites with annotations and selection criteria can be found at www.ala.org/greatsites 

Great Web Sites for Kids (GWS) features links to Web sites of interest to children 14 years of age and younger, organized into diverse subject headings from astronomy and space to zoos and aquariums, from games and entertainment to geography and maps. There is also a special section with sites of interest to parents, caregivers and teachers.

 

 

Reading Games!


Rags to Riches
become a virtual millionaire
using your knowledge of libraries
and the internet

Parts of a Book Hangman Game

Fiction or Non-Fiction?

Name that Genre

Practice Your ABC Order

Put Fiction Books in Order

Dewey Decimal Game

Dewey Decimal Concentration

Dewey Number Order

Dewey Number Challenge

More Library Skill Games

Websites for Young

 Readers!
 

...Uncommon amusement for children and grown-ups. 

 

Go to The BookHive

 A guide to children's books categorized by genre and reading level. Includes coloring  activities, a quiz, and story telling. 

Starfall.com, Where children have fun learning to read! Teachers around the world use Starfall.com as a way to make  the classroom more fun and inspire a love of reading and writing. Primarily designed for first grade, Starfall is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade.

Storyplace - The Children's Digital Library  A bi-lingual web site for young children.   Listen to on-line stories, try interactive on-line activities,  and print out take-home activities and reading lists

The websites listed here include authors' personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars, and readers.

The Scoop  conversations, background information and insights from your favorite authors and illustrators.

  KIDSREAD   Browse a large list of authors .  More authors are added every week so keep coming back to this page.