Online Kindergarten Learning
The following websites on these pages are not associated with Hermosa Elementary School or the Alta Loma School District. Neither the school or school district is responsible for the content on these third-party websites. By clicking on the below links, you understand you are doing so on your own free will.
ABC Match
A very simple to use website. This game helps matching up letters with pictures.
ABCya! Keyboard Challenge
Today ABCya! can be found on the first page of results on most search engines when looking for educational web sites for children. It is linked to by thousands educational web sites and receives over one million visits per month. Additionally, ABCya! has received praise from numerous educational publications in print and on the web. What I am most proud of is the fact that visitors return to my site several times a month.
Animal Train
Directions are given orally when the activity starts. If children want to hear the directions again, they must reload the activity by using the reload button on the navigation bar of the browser. In this activity, animals emerge from a train in a zoo. Children must click on the uppercase letter in zoo map to move the animal to its proper habitat. When children click on an incorrect letter, they are encouraged to try again.
Bembo's Zoo
This animated website allows children to choose a letter and watch the animal with the corresponding first letter in it's name appear on the screen.
ABCya! For Kindergarteners
ABCya! Kindergarten children's computer games & activities feature large and easy-to-use navigation buttons as well as voice instructions. Games and activities include: alphabetical order, upper-case and lower-case letters, counting numbers, connect the dots, numerical order, shapes, addition, e-storybooks and holiday games.
Visit www.abcya.com/kindergarten_computers.htm
Disney Games
Children can play various games from Disney's cast of characters and movies. Disney Interactive is one of the world’s largest creators of high-quality interactive entertainment across all current and emerging digital media platforms. Products and content released and operated by Disney Interactive include blockbuster mobile and console games, online virtual worlds, and No. 1-ranked web destinations Disney.com and the Moms and Family network of websites
KinderWeb
18 years ago, Brian Petro built his very first website, Kinderweb. It appears to have stood the test of time because here we are tens of thousands of users later and it still exists largely as it was originally built. The idea behind the site was to provide free online educational games for young kids (1 to 4 years old).
Visit www.free.kinderwebgames.com
Learning Planet
Parents and teachers can have a treasure chest of online learning resources. Access hundreds of learning activities with no banner ads, if you purchase a membership account. There are plenty of free games available without a membership.
NORAD Santa
Follow along as Santa Clause prepares to deliver gifts around the world on December 25th through this interactive website sponsored by the North American Aerospace Defense Command. This website is only active during December.
NorthPole.com
Northpole.com celebrates the holidays with dozens of activities for children and families. A child-safe, award-winning holiday site,northpole.com promotes a traditional look at Santa’s Secret Village at the North Pole, but with high-tech, creative features to keep children and adults entertained—all for free.
PBS Kids
PBS KIDS is committed to making a positive impact on the lives of children through curriculum-based entertainment. With a 360-degree approach towards learning and reaching children, PBS KIDS leverages the full spectrum of media and technology to build knowledge, critical thinking, imagination and curiosity.
Picture Match
Match up beginning letter sounds, short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds with this online game.
Seussville
Seussville—the official home of Dr. Seuss on the Web—is the place for children of all ages to play and learn with Dr. Seuss’s wonderfully whimsical books and classic characters.The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!and all of the Dr. Seuss books leap to life through interactive games and activities that will enrich each child’s reading experience.
Starfall
Starfall is recognized and highly rated by experts. The "Reading Teacher" named Starfall.com one of "Five Internet sites too good to miss" (May 2006). In 2005 and again in 2008, Homeschool.com recognized Starfall as one of their top five educational websites. Starfall was the first Internet site to be recognized by Children's Software & New Media Review as the highest rated product in their Early Elementary category, Spring 2004.
The Moms' & Kids' Playground
Since 1997, kids, teachers, librarians, and parents have enthusiastically turned to Funbrain for its free educational games, online books, and comics. Funbrain, created for kids ages preschool through grade 8, offers more than 100 fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy. Plus, kids can read a variety of popular books and comics on the site, includingDiary of a Wimpy Kid,Amelia Writes Again, andBrewster Rocket.
Ticket To Read
Ticket to Read® is a self-paced, student-centered online program that results in improved reading performance. As students complete tasks in the areas of foundational skills, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, they earn points that can be used to decorate their personal clubhouse or stock their toy store.
Ziggityzoom
Our goal in designing ZiggityZoom.com was to create a fun, Kid-friendly environment online that wassuper easy for even a preschoolerto navigate. Simple Icons and Directional Graphics make it easy to get around.We provide stories, online games, pretend play environments, like the Pirate and Princess World, and many varied activities to encourage creativity and independent thinking. Parental interaction is important to us as well as offering fun educational content.