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 Standards of Learning
for Virginia
Public Schools
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| All teachers know the importance of knowing and meeting the Standards of Learning. Here you will find links to all of Virginia's SOLs (English, History and Social Science, Mathematics and Science). |
 Billy Bear's Playground
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| Wow! What a wonderful site for children! Here you will find fun stories, games, puzzles, coloring pages and many more activities. There are even holiday pages that can provide great fun throughout the year. This is a definite bookmark site. |
 Theodore Tugboat Online
Activity Centre
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| What a delightful site for young children! Here you can read interactive stories about Theodore Tugboat, listen to other stories about Theodore, see a short video or even download coloring pages. The site is bright and colorful and sure to be one kids will love. |
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Smokey the Bear's Home Page
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| If you have the Shockwave plugin, your students can enjoy activities about fire prevention. The site is colorful and nicely animated. There are several fire prevention related games offered as well. |
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Preschool Education -
Discover the Fun in Learning
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| What a wonderful discovery to find this site and the two sister sites listed below. There will be many teachers who can use these great sites who are not preschool teachers. On this site you will find great ideas on many early learning topics. You will even find ideas for circle time, drama, music, and recipes to use. These sites should not be ignored. |
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Preschool Printables
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| You don't have to teach preschool to take advantage of the wonderful collection of printables here. You can print colorful name plates, certificates, lesson plan pages, calendars, flannel board stories and so much more. What a find! |
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Preschool Coloring Book
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| You will be amazed at the number of great printable coloring pages you will find here. Alphabet pages and pages on many themes (numbers, bugs, school, fire safety, ocean life and many more) are available. Check this one out. |
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Education for Kids
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| What a fun way to drill basic facts! You can have the computer drill students on math skills (including time and money), social studies, science and language skills. You can customize the drill in many ways. This is a nice site for elementary teachers. |
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NASA - Liftoff!
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| NASA stories and neat information for teens and older can be found here. For those under 13, try NASA Kids . You'll find cool photos, information and projects on this site. |
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Lesson Plans by Yamnitz
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| Here you will find lesson plans that will provide interesting activities in many subject areas and on many levels. You can view lesson plans submitted by other teachers as well as submit your own. This is an excellent resource site for elementary teachers. |
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Megamath
Workbook
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| Fun activities including coloring, working with knots and other games are used to teach important math concepts on this site. This looks to be a very interesting site for teachers of younger students. |
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Fact Monster
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| Wow! This site offers a wealth of information about almost everything! It is colorful, well organized and easy to use. Take a look! |
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Games Kids Play
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| What a delightful site! Here you can find the rules to all those games you used to play as a kid, from Duck Duck Goose to Jacks, you can find it here. This is a very nice site for teachers of elementary students. |
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Cool Science for Curious Kids
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| Offered by the Howard Huges Medical Institute, this site is a great one to interest kids in the science of the world around them. This could easily become a classroom favorite. |
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Volcano World
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| Though this site seems a bit confusing at first, and some pages are a bit slow to load, it really is a nice site. You can learn about any current eruptions and get lots of good information about volcanoes. You can ask questions of a volcanologist and find pictures and information of all known volcanoes around the world. |
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Waikiki Aquarium
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| What a nice place to visit if you are studying the ocean! Here you can take a virtual tour of the aquarium by pulling up pictures from the different tanks and clicking on the sealife in the picture to get information. You can research in their library, link to other ocean resources and do other fun activities. |
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WhaleNet
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| Here you can get information packets that will help you use the study of whales for interdisciplinary activities in your classroom. You can link to recent sightings and data on pollution, or link to other ocean related sites. |
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Electronic Zoo
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| Children are always interested in animals. Here they can look at many many animals and get lots of information about them. There are teaching resources listed and they even have a nice link to the AVMA's Care for Pets site. This award winning site is certain to be useful. |
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Children's Butterfly Site
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| This wonderful site offers you great pictures and information about butterflies. It also lists related links and you can even print out coloring pages of butterflies. The site is nicely prepared and is definitely worth a visit. |
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Cyberkids
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| Wow! What a wonderful site for teachers and students. Students can do many things here! This site offers games and puzzles, a reading room where students can read works of other students or submit their own work. Student art and music compositions are also online here. There is so much to see when you visit. There is even a section for adult resources. This is one to bookmark! |
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Winnie the Pooh and
Friends
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| If you are a Pooh lover or just want lots of information, this is the site for you. You can find everything from character sketches to recipes at this super site. |
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Horsefun
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| It doesn't take horse sense to know that this is a fun site for any horse lover. You can find lots of horse information here as well as stories to read, coloring activities, a place to ask for help with a horse problem, and more. A nice, colorful and fun site. |
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Scholastic for Teachers
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| Interesting stories, great teaching tips, and lists of resources are just a part of what is offered here. The online version of this magazine should be as helpful as the paper version has always been. You will want to bookmark this one. |
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Rebecca's Toad Hall
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| Wow! Bright colors, sounds, music, and fun stories are all available on this site. The animated graphics add a special touch to this wonderful place for children. This is a very nice site. |
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Children's Television Workshop
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| If you work with very young students you will find this site a nice place to visit. The children will always love to visit Sesame Street and will enjoy the activities they find there. You may find helpful information in the parents' section or you can print shapes, alphabet and number coloring pages that feature the Sesame Street gang. |
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Chateau Meddybemps - Where
Jelly
Beans Ripen Under Tropical Rainbows
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| This is a cute and colorful site that could be of benefit to preschool and kindergarten teachers. There are cute stories and simple learning activities that youngsters are sure to enjoy. |
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Montessori Online
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| This site offers good information on many aspects of Montessori education. It discusses the theory and practices involved and defines what is and is not true Montessori learning. |
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The jack-in-the-box, books with apple and alphabet block on this page came
from Vikimouse's Mousepad. The background on this page came from a collection, Webpaper, by Jay Boersma. The green wooden bars and the green planks used for the TLO banners and buttons on this page came from Four Bees. The first grader font used to make these banner and buttons was found at Surf Madison File Libraries.
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