Top 10 Kindergarten Teacher Websites and Why

As Kindergarten teachers you are very busy with a lot of duties; using top websites is one of the best ways to get teaching ideas. But with so many kindergarten websites for teachers, how do you know which ones are the best? We take a look at the best options, including what makes them so useful. The all important links are included at the end of the article.

The Learning Page offers free professionally produced lesson plans, books, worksheets and other teaching resources. Included in your free membership you would have access to over 1500 professionally produced worksheets, lesson plans and activities that are accompanied by teaching notes, facts, cut outs and murals. You can also download “Ewe Books”, which are designed to be folded into a complete book and are accompanied by teaching notes, fun sheets and activities that relate to each story. Teachers will love this site because not only is it free, you receive professional lesson plans that are made by teachers.

Kelly’s Kindergarten is an excellent online resource that contains behavior management tools, kindergarten classroom organization, printable calendar materials, reading strategies and much, much more. This website has everything a kindergarten teacher would need to help her with her classroom.

 Crayola.com has over 1,000 coloring pages, crafts and lesson plans for educators to use in their classrooms. This site is great because you can search for a craft by type or theme and lesson plan by grade, subject and theme. You can also have students play games and printout coloring pages online. You can read the full length review of Crayola.com right here on Bright Hub.

Teachingheart.net is a site that was created by a teacher, to help fellow teachers get great ideas for their classroom. This site is a wonderful resource for kindergarten teachers because it has every component a teacher would need to have a successful class. Some of the resources include bulletin board ideas, centers, themes, reading comprehension and finger plays.

This is definitely one of the best online resources for kindergarten teachers. Internet 4 Classrooms motto is “Helping you use the Internet effectively…” That is exactly what they do, they provide teachers with every component they would need, from teaching tutorials to assessment assistance. Internet 4 Classrooms is a resource where teachers can find just about everything for free.

 This website is so popular that when A to Z Teacher Stuff heard the site was closing, they decided to take over ownership of the site. This site has the three components that all teaching sites should have, lesson plans, teaching ideas and printable resources. There is also a teacher forum where you can talk with fellow teachers.

Scholastic is an educational book publisher that offers teachers lesson plans, teaching strategies, printable resources and teaching tools. Teachers can place book orders and have students play games right on the site. You can read the full length review of Scholastic.com right here on Bright Hub.

 Alphabet-soup.net is a great website for kindergarten teachers because it contains thematic units, crafts, teaching tools and resources, teacher forums and pintables. The best feature of this site for kindergarten teachers is the kindergarten Kafe. This section is dedicated to publishing children’s recipes as they wrote them. Teachers can have students describe how they make a food and have it published on the website.

ProTeacher is a website where kindergarten teachers can exchange ideas with fellow kindergarten teachers about lesson plans, activities, teacher development and much, much more. This is a great site to learn new ideas for your classroom, while venting to your fellow teachers on the kindergarten message board.

The Idea Box is tailored to make kindergarten teachers lives easier, because it includes a menu that lists categories, so it is easy to find the information you need quickly. The menu includes, music, crafts, holiday, seasons, recipes, games, activities and a teacher forum.

There is a multitude of kindergarten teacher websites out there but these ten websites for kindergarten teachers offer the best lesson plans, printable resources and teaching ideas for the classroom.

http://www.alphabet-soup.net

http://www.crayola.com/educators/

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/skills_kindergarten.htm

http://www.kellyskindergarten.com/

http://www.learningpage.com/main/home.html

http://www.littlegiraffes.com/

http://www.proteacher.net/discussions/forumdisplay.php?f=10

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp

http://www.teachingheart.net/

http://www.theideabox.com/

Image Credit: Website photos: Aphabet-soup.net, Crayola.com, Littlegiraffes.com