If it is true that "everything you need to know in life you learn in kindergarten," then at North Bend we make that happen. A love for learning, social skills, life lessons, a foundation for reading, writing and mathematics - we address all these every day in our new full day kindergarten program. We celebrate each child's individuality and learning style with centers, hands-on activities and language experiences.
Throughout the kindergarten day, we are learning. From preparing for the day to the singing of our goodbye song, the students are immersed in beneficial activities with the focus on becoming a life-long learner. We intentionally nurture respect for others as we offer our respect to the students.
Together with thefamilies of the students, our goal is to develop the whole child.
On this page we have collected links for our students and their parents. As always, be sure to supervise children when they are on the Internet.
Links For Students
Between The Lions - A PBS Kids site that has stories and games.
PBS Kids - Choose your own activity.
Links For Parents
Children's Software - Students in Kindergarten are using some of this software in the classroom. Contact your child's teacher for specific recommendations.
Starfall Parent's Page - Find helpfull read information on this page.
NAEYC - The National Association For The Education Of Young Children - This extensive website has a great deal of information for families about young children.
PBS Parents - Another great resource for parents. Lots of information on developing a life long love of learning.
Kindergarten Vocabulary Resources
Scholastic Books: Clifford - Clifford reading and writing activities for early childhood.
ABC Teach - This is a website for kids, parents, teachers, and student teachers offering a variety of activites and lesson plans.
Playhouse Disney: Stanley - Kids love Stanley! Go into the Great Big Book of Everything and learn animal facts, play animal riddles, and sing songs as you build basic science vocabulary together.
Enchanted Learning: Picture Dictionary - A picture dictionary for primary grades. Click on a letter to see a list of words with the same beginning sound paired with colorful illustrations. Click again, and visit an encyclopedia page to read with a grown up!
Word Central - Interactive counting and other math activities. Some games for ages 3 - 5!
Literacy Center - Letter recognition, shapes, colors, etc.
Learning Planet: Kids - Counting fun and ABC recognition and word correlations Pre K and K.
Between The Lions: Word Play - Vocabulary activity where children can visualize the meaning of the word that they click on.
Between The Lions: Blending Bowl - Word parts acitivty that blends beginning sounds with a word family to teach children to create rhyming words.
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