Engaging Kindergarten Learners with Online Interactives

Word Clouds for Kids - Find creative ways to express your ideas. Word Clouds For Kids makes it very easy for students to print or save their results as a jpg. There are some basic controls like a slider to adjust the number of words used and the results can be edited for color, font, layout, etc. 

http://abcya.com/word_clouds.htm

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Little Bird Tales - "Capture your child's voice and imagination with our creative story building tool and share them with friends and family... Encourages creativity and self expression; Helps reinforce reading and writing skills; A GREEN alternative to books; NO ads, NO merchandising, NO external links; Made with kids... 

http://littlebirdtales.com

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Picture Book Maker - Create your own picture book. Drag and drop the items onto the cover, the pages and the back. Once you do, slide the size and the action bar to change your picture. Add your own story to the pages. Once you are done, it can be printed or sent to an email address. 

http://www.artisancam.org.uk/flashapps/picturebookmaker/picturebookmaker.php

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Math Story - Choose from 1 of 4 stories and click on the missing number to complete the story. Use the arrows to move through the story. 

http://www.turtlediary.com/kindergarten-games/math-games/math-story.html

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My Family - My Family enables you to create a "photo portrait" of your family and friends by creating on-screen characters. Choose hair styles, clothes, eye colour etc. to make a picture of your family. 

http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/My-Family-73

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Gorilla Shopping - Taking Away - Help the gorilla fill his basket and work out how many bananas are left. 

http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Gorilla-Shopping-Taking-Away-621

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All About Me (Starfall.com) - Build a picture of yourself - your eyes, hair, and style make you unique. Then, you can make your special pet! 

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/me/load.htm?f

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Oxford Owl EBooks for Ages 4 - 5 - Click on a book. Click on the arrow and listen and read. Each book provides audio, zoom features and activities. 

http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/Library/Index/?AgeGroup=3&Book=eBooks

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KidsCorner Toy Box - There are many ways to explore patterns and shapes. Click on a shape to get started. 

http://www.poissonrouge.com/kidscorner/

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Grow a Flower - It's your turn to grow a flower. Choose a flower from the garden shop; if you do everything in the right order, your beautiful flower will grow. 

http://www.starfall.com:80/n/holiday/gardenshop/load.htm?f&n=main

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UpToTen: The Picture Dish - Drag and drop the food on the dish to create a face, a train, or a flower...or anything else you want. 

http://boowakwala.uptoten.com/kids/boowakwala-family-cooking-picturedish.html

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Sid the Science Kid: Say What? - Listen and see if you can match the animals to the sounds that they make. 

http://pbskids.org/sid/saywhat.html

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Groundhog Day - Learn about the tradition of groundhog day with this fun activity. 

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/groundhogsday/play.htm?f

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UpToTen: Kwala's Heart Maze - Help Kwala find the hearts that are yellow. Use the arrows on your keyboard to move. 

http://boowakwala.uptoten.com/kids/boowakwala-events-valentine-maze.html

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