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Aesop's Fables: Interactive text to speech with familiar fables, may be appropriate for older children http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop

Jan Brett:  Links to authors page with graphics and activities to order  http://www.janbrett.com

Enchanted Learning:  Activities and lesson plans for all subjects in early childhood  http://www.enchantedlearning.com

Everything Preschool:  provides themes, resources and lesson plans/ activities for literacy, math, science, social studies and art. http://everythingpreschool.org

International Reading Association:  Links to articles on line from the Reading Teacher, Reading Research Quarterly.  http://www.reading.org

High Scope:  Links to current articles and resources involving preschool children and their development including literacy.  http://www.highscope.org

Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement:  Links to exemplary practices in early childhood literacy development. http://www.ciera.org

Mem Fox: links to the author's page with activities and text to download http://www.memfox.com/

Mighty Books:  Several classic children's tales available with text to speech and activities included. http://mightybooks.org

Preschool lesson plans:  Provides lesson plans, resources and activities for classrooms.  Includes ideas to support basic skill development. http://preschool_lesson_plans.com     

Preschool education:  Resources, ideas and activities for the busy preschool teacher. Issues, perspectives and discussions of theory included. http://www.preschooleducation.com

Read, Write, Think:  IRA and NCTE sponsored web site that provides lesson plans for K-8 in all areas.  Includes links to strands.  http://readwritethink.org

Favorite Big Books

The following classic books are available in a big book format and support interactive read alouds: Available from Scholastic Books, Newbury Books or Early Childhood catalogs.

The Rainbow Fish, Marcus Pfister

The Mitten, Jan Brett

The Gingerbread Man, retold by Brenda Parker and Judith Smith

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Laura Joffe Numeroff

Farmer McFee by Peter Miller

Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox

In the Tall, Tall Grass by D. Fleming

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Eric Carle

Peter's Chair, Ezra Jack Keats

The Snowy Day, Ezra Jack Keats

Where's My Teddy? , Jez Alborough

My Friend Teddy, Jez Alborough

Sheep in a Shop by N. Shaw

We Went Walking by S. Williams

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak


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