Thomas Lake Kindergarten Connections

Starfall.com
http://www.starfall.com/

The Starfall learn-to-read website is offered free as a public service.

Kenya Links

Seven Steps To Loving Language
http://familylearningstore.discovery.com/feature4.html

Young children develop literacy skills before they actually learn to read. Here are some concrete ways for you to support your child's emerging reading ability.

Mrs. Alphabet's fun ways to learn the most frequently used words.
http://mrsalphabet.com/wordoftheweek.html

Mrs. Alphabet's fun way to teach your child tongue twisters
http://mrsalphabet.com/tonguetwisteroftheweek.html

The Idea Box
http://www.theideabox.com

A wonderful website for early childhood with hundreds of activities (lots of seasonal ones), games, songs, recipies, and crafts for the youngest of students.

The 100th Day of School
http://users.aol.com/a100thday/ideas.html

give yourself time to go through the 300+ ideas at this site for celebrating the 100th day of school.

Play Kids Games
http://www.playkidsgames.com

Kids games to play online featuring alphabet games. Alphabet games, logic games, and coloring book make this site fun for young kids to learn while playing.

Kaboose.com
http://www.kaboose.com
Fun games for kids

Nick, Jr.
http://www.nickjr.com

Easy and interesting games, coloring pages to print, online coloring and puzzles featuring the cartoon characters from Nick, (Nickelodeon.) Easy for young children to navigate.

Hot Wheels
http://www.hotwheels.com

A site where young kids can develope computer skills and coordination while playing with race cars. One good game is where the kids have to build their own tracks. Go to the kid's section and games, get a drivers license, and ID, then go into games.

Surfnet Sites for Preschool and Kindergarten
http://www.surfnetkids.com/directory/preschool.htm

 

Kenya Links

Map of Kenya
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/CIA_Maps/Kenya_19849.gif

View Kenya's mountain ranges, cities, and boundaries on this map

Kenya Map - including major cities and rivers from Magellan Maps.
http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/KENYA-W1.gif

Africa Project
http://www.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/soc_studies/kenya/africa_front.html

Go on an African safari! Learn about Kenya, the Samburu and Masai, and the Swahili language.

Flag of Kenya
http://fotw.digibel.be/images/ke.gif

Another Flag of Kenya - from the Flags of the World site.
http://fotw.digibel.be/images/ke.gif

Introduction to Kenya
http://www.geographia.com/kenya

Learn about Kenya's geography, people, history, and wildlife from Geographia.

Kenya
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ke.html

Get information on the people, geography, government, economy, and much more from the CIA World Factbook.

Kenya National Parks & Reserves
http://www.gorp.com/gorp/location/africa/kenya/parkindx.htm

Full of information on exploring the great outdoors in Kenya, from GORP.

Oxfam Cool Planet's Kenya
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/world/kenya/kenhome.htm

Learn about life in Kenya today including the people, history, geography, and more.

Useful Swahili Words
http://www.glcom.com/hassan/swahili.html

Learn words and phrases in this national language, also known as Kiswahili, spoken in Kenya

 




 

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