Web
Sitings: Interactive ABCs
Get
back to basics with sites that help teach the alphabet
and more!
By
Cindy Kicielinski
Alphabet Soup
http://pbskids.org/lions/fox/soup.html
Students use context and spelling knowledge to unscramble
the letters in the soup to play this fun interactive game.
Clues such as letter recognition and letter sounds are
available for younger children. Kids will love that each
solved word becomes part of a joke! Please note that shockwave
is required to play.
Printable Alphabet Coloring
Pages
www.learningplanet.com/parents/alphabet
LearningPlanet.com has free alphabet coloring pages for
teachers to print for their primary students. Along with
upper and lowercase letters, each page contains an example
word beginning with that letter and a corresponding picture
of the word. Just click on the letter you would like for
your class and print!
Enchanted Learning
www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
Enchanted Learning for Little Explorers is an interactive
Web site designed for young ones that is worth repeat
visits. Kids can click on any letter in the alphabet and
link to an abundance of activities. Factual and fictional
information can be found here, as well as links to play
online games and to purchase computer software. Enchanted
Learning also includes a talking dictionary and much more.
Primary teachers must check out this Web site!
Grimm Fairy Tales
www.grimmfairytales.com
At this site, children can read or listen at their own
pace to animated folk tales by the Brothers Grimm. There
are also links to play Flash games, learn about Wilhelm
and Jacob Ludwig Grimm, and make arts and crafts projects.
Explore the Anderson Fairy Tales and Classic Fairy Tales,
including the story of Faithful John. Teachers can use
this site in endless ways for their Language Arts lessons.
abcTeach
www.abcteach.com
The abcTeach Network is a winner for parents, teachers,
and students. This free site offers more than 5,000 printable
pages for immediate use in the classroom. All basic subject
areas are covered, but don't miss the theme section, in
which a number of cross-curricular topics are available
to enhance any classroom unit. Each section includes lesson
plans, online links, and worksheets that can be printed
directly from the screen. This is a quality educational
site-one you'll use often!
Billy Bear's Alphabet Game
www.billybear4kids.com/games/online/alphabet/abc.htm
This alphabet activities page is loaded with fun and superb
graphics. Lesson one is a warm-up activity that enables
your computer to store the site's bulky graphics in its
directory. Once the temporary files are in place, the
other alphabet games play faster. The remaining lessons
ask children to identify what pictures match corresponding
letters and to identify what letter is missing from a
particular word. This site is a must-try for young children
who are ready to point, click, and type their way to alphabetical
excellence.
Cindy Kicielinski
is the Instructional Technology Specialist for the Jennings
School District in Jennings, MO.
Send your favorite Web
site links to fcabreja@scholastic.com
