Interactive
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: The Pirates Song

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Listen to a song about pirates and read along. Do the puzzle and print out an activity sheet that not only uses pirate vocabulary, but is also an anagram activity.
Interactive
British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: Voyage of the Animal Orchestra

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Use this story of the shipwrecked animals in the orchestra to focus on plot, characters, and sequence of a story. Included are assessment activities and flash cards.
Interactive
British Council

Learn English Kids: My Favorite Day: Christmas

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Listen to a story about Christmas traditions in United Kingdom. Included are Christmas activities, a quiz about Christmas traditions, and descriptions of many children's favorite days.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Sesame Street: Games: Oscar's Rotten Ride

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Help Oscar collect trash on the beach, underwater, or in space.
Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: Count the Wheels

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this read-along story activity, students count the wheels on a variety of vehicles such as a unicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, bus, and car.
Website
Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Eric Carle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What do you know about Eric Carle, the author? This Carol Hurst site highlights some interesting facts about this author's life and refers to some of his books.
Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: Tomie De Paola's Biography

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource features a booklist for Tomie dePaola. There is a summary and a picture of each book.
Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: Baby Gorilla Goes Shopping

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This interactive story is about Mamma Gorilla shopping for Baby's food. She asks the reader to make seletions using pictures.
Unit Plan
Vocabulary Spelling City

Spelling City: Dolch Sight Word List

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This activity collection allows students to master the concepts of sight words through games, flash cards and a test. A voice reads, spells and uses each word in a sentence to ensure comprehension. Flash cards can be printed.