Great site for early childhood. The site has checklists and info for screening as well as other resources.
Site with links to free photos
This site has lots of great vocabulary activities. Word Girl is a PBS series that deals with vocabulary. Explore Huggy's House of Fun for some neat vocabulary activities.
Good for blending word parts...sn + ack. Football theme.
Several great vocabulary games. The site even has videos that teach vocabulary.
This site is actually links to literacy and reading skills.
Motivation ideas, things to do before/during/after reading, activities for kids, etc.
Welcome to Literactive
Literactive is the leading provider of reading material for pre-school, kindergarten and grade 1 students available online. The program is comprised of carefully levelled guided readers, comprehensive phonic activities and a wealth of supplemental reading material which gradually develop a child's reading skills in a sequential and enjoyable manner. Developed and approved by teachers and parents across the United States, Literactive is the acknowledged leader in early learning online. All the material is available for free from this site but you need to register.
This site has Dolch lists and phrase cards. There are downloadable flash cards and bingo games. There are also tips for organization and record keeping.
Links to book report alternatives.
Early literacy and letter/number recognition
Tips for booktalks. This site even has some ready made talks for you. Search by author, title, or subject.
This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
Printable dictionary activities