Sesame Street:  Alphabet Printable Coloring Sheets (and Numbers 1-20)
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• Bob the Builder
• Kids Astronomy
• Online Tests over Presidents
• Worksheets on famous people
  
• Starfall – ABC’s, Phonics, Reading, & Books

Here are more sites with free printable word webs:

• Advanced Word Web lesson sheet
• Basic Word Web Worksheet
• Cluster Word Web Worksheet
• Halloween Word Webs
• Word Web Lesson Sheets

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Our two year old grandson loves to play educational games on our daughter’s iPhone.  It’s perfect to keep him occupied when they’re in the car, at the doctor’s office, or up in her office at work.  His favorite game right now is Toddler Teasers.  The games include letters, numbers, shapes, and colors, and it’s available at the iTunes App Store.

It’s amazing to me that our grandson, who is two years and two months old, knows how to play games on an iPhone.   Technology is amazing and such a wonderful tool for learning!.

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I highly recommend the TV Program called “World World.”  Our grandson just turned two years old, and he knows his alphabet and is making sounds of the letters on his own.  He has watched World Word for the past year, and for a long time that was the only thing on TV that kept his attention.  He loved it!  And he was absorbing reading skills effortlessly.  (By the way, our daughter and s-i-l did not let him watch much TV, especially when younger.  Word World was the only show he watched.)

ABOVE, you will notice our grandson’s World World toys that you can buy at Target and other places.  These toys reinforce the skills learned on the program.

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Colorful, creative workbooks that interest children are a great teaching tool.  For younger children who need a lot of repetition learning certain skills, workbooks with stickers and fun learning activities are very helpful.  If there are pages that involve tracing and the child is tired of tracing with a pencil, try using a washable marker.  Let the child choose what color to use, and the activity will be more enjoyable.

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• Abraham Lincoln
• Andrew Jackson
• Barack Obama
• Benjamin Franklin
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• George Washington
• James Madison
• James Monroe
• John Adams
• John F. Kennedy
• Ronald Reagan
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Thomas Jefferson

Teachers will need to log in and register their class so students can take the online tests.  Remember there is no cost for anything!

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• Word Web Lesson Sheets – free, printable lesson sheets to teach about how to use word webs.
• Basic Word Web Worksheet - free, printable worksheet that is in basic word web format
• Cluster Word Web Worksheet – free, printable worksheet in cluster format
• Advanced Word Web lesson sheet – good example of an advanced word web for older students.  Free, printable lesson sheet.
• Halloween Word Webs – here are some cute examples of word webs to use for Halloween as well as a couple of free, printable word web worksheets.

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AGES 2-5:

• Abe’s Fish:  A Boyhood Tale of Abraham Lincoln by Jen Bryant, published Feb. 2009.  For ages 2-5, 40 pp.
• The Story of Abraham Lincoln by Patricia A. Pingry, published July 2001.  For ages 2-5, 26 pp.
• Abe Lincoln:  The Boy Who Loved Books by Kay Winters.  For ages 4-8.
• Our Abe Lincoln by Jim Aylesworth, published Jan. 2009 by Scholastic.  For ages 4-8, 32 pp.

AGES 6-8:

• Abe Lincoln:  The Boy Who Loved Books by Kay Winters.  For ages 4-8.
• Our Abe Lincoln by Jim Aylesworth, published Jan. 2009 by Scholastic.  For ages 4-8, 32 pp.
• Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig by Stephen Krensky, published Jan. 2002.  For ages 6-8, 32 pp.
• Abe Lincoln’s Hat, Step into Reading Books Series by Martha Brenner, published April 1994.  For ages 6-8, 48 pp.
• Lincoln and Douglass:  An American Friendship by Nikki Giovanni, published Sept. 2008.  For ages 6-8, 40 pp.
• Abraham Lincoln (History Maker Bios Series) by Jane A. Schott, published Dec. 2001.  For ages 7-10, 48 pp.

AGES 8-12:

• Abraham Lincoln (History Maker Bios Series) by Jane A. Schott, published Dec. 2001.  For ages 7-10, 48 pp.
• Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington:  1837-1865 by Cheryl Harness, published Oct. 2008 (reprint).  For ages 8-12, 48 pp.
• Abe’s Honest Words, The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Doreen Rappaport, published Nov. 2008.  For ages 8-12, 48 pp.
• Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman, published Sept. 1989.  For ages 8-12, 160 pp.
• Lincoln and His Boys by Rosemary Wells, published Jan. 2009.  For ages 8-12, 96 pp.
• My Brother Abe:  Sally Lincoln’s Story by Harry Mazer, published Jan. 2009.  For ages 8-12, 208 pp.
• Young Abe Lincoln:  The Frontier Days 1809-1837 by Cheryl Harness, published Sept. 2008 (reprint).  For ages 8-12, 32 pp.

AGES 12 and UP:

• Abraham Lincoln by David Colbert, published Jan. 2009.  For ages 12+, 160 pp.
• Abraham Lincoln:  A Photographic Story of a Life by Tanya Lee Stone, published 2005.  For ages 12+, 128 pp.
• The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln:  A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations by James C. Humes, published 1996.  For ages 12+, 250 pp.

FREE ONLINE BIOGRAPHY:

• Abraham Lincoln

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TEACHING ABOUT LINCOLN:

• On the Abraham Lincoln Museum site, there is one reproducible page for an Abraham Lincoln Discussion Web that would be great to use in the classroom regardless of visiting the museum.  Click on this site for Lincoln and scroll down to page 23.  This is a great page for a Discussion Web on Lincoln’s life.   I have used Discussion Webs many times, and they are great for students of all ages.
• Need a unit on Lincoln?  An experienced teacher has a free unit on Abraham Lincoln on her website with printable worksheets and also a biography.  These materials are free for teachers and homeschooling parents.
• Having an Interest Center in the classroom on Abraham Lincoln would help motivate students to learn about him.   The center could contain pictures of the era in which Lincoln lived.  Old looking objects could be placed in the center as well as student-level books on Lincoln.  Use your imagination and be creative!

Depending on the level of the students, here are some of Lincoln’s accomplishments to discuss with them:

1. His decision to fight kept the country from coming apart.
2. He had great foreign policy which kept other countries from getting involved in the Civil War.
3. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed the slaves.
4. He strongly supported the Thirteenth Admendment which ended slavery.
5. He is known for his honesty,  leadership, and character.
6. He gave the House Divided Speech.
7. He gave the Gettysburg Address.
8. He is quoted even today due to having many famous quotes known world wide.

ACTIVITIES:

• Make a log cabin out of Lincoln Logs
• Make a log cabin by gluing Popsicle sticks together

CHILDREN’S BOOKS:

Some of your Lincoln books would probably come from the library.  Click here to see a list of good kids’ books on Lincoln available on this site. 

CHILDREN’S DVD’S & VIDEOS:

• Abraham Lincoln: Great Americans for Children Series – DVD by Schlessinger Media
• Presidents Day DVD ( Holidays for Children DVD Series)  by Library Video Company

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