Asa C Adams Elementary

Habits of Mind

• MINDful ReMINDers: Helpful Tips for Teaching the Habits of Mind
• Habits of Mind Books (Most of these can be found in the Asa Adams Library)
• Habits of Mind Book List (Asa Library and beyond!)

Writing

• Creative Commons–Find copyright-approved images & videos.
• KidBib Toolkit–a basic & free bibliography maker
• Citation Maker
• EasyBib–free bibliography maker
• Creative Writing Links–Kids on the Net
• Fun Writing Games for Kids
• Digital Storymaking Sites and Tools
• Digital Storytelling Resources
• Make Beliefs Comix–Create a digital comic strip story!

Reading & Speaking

• Seussville
• Free Audio Books for Children–So many great stories to read and listen to!
• Unite for Literacy–A wonderful and FREE site with digital picture books!
• Reader’s Theater–Fun and free scripts!

STEM

• Fab Lab Portaportal
• STEM Resources–Tons of free resources gathered by STEMfinity
• Demco Makerhub–Create an account and access free STEM lessons
• Easy Science for Kids
• Math Lines

Keyboarding

• Typing Club
• Keyboarding without Tears–for K-2 classes!
• DanceMat Typing from the BBC–a fun tutorial for all! (USE SAFARI!)
• Sense-lang.org–another excellent tutorial
• FreeTypingGame.net
• Keyboard Revolution–follow up practice!
• Keyboarding Practice
• Keyboarding Game
• Supersites–lots of great keyboarding games!

Coding

• Made with Code–A fun and easy way to ease into the world of coding!
• Code.org–Learn the basics of coding with Javascript!
• Scratch–Create stories, games, and animation
• More Coding Resources (from commonsensemedia.org)
• Tinkercad (3D Printing Design)
• Coding with Dash and Cue

Evaluating Resources

• C.A.R.S. Method for Evaluating Websites
• Evaluating Websites with Students

Eno Board Resources for Teachers:

• Eno Board Easiteach
• Eno Board and Smart Board Resources
• Eno Board Inservice’s Blog

Author Links

• Author & Illustrator Biographies from Scholastic
• Children’s Authors & Illustrators–A very comprehensive list!
• HarperCollins Children’s Authors–Hundreds of authors listed.
• Authors!  Authors!  Children’s Book Authors on the Web
  
• Author Biographies from DMOZ
• Author Biographies and Bibliographies from Biblio.com
• Author Lynn Plourde’s Home Page
• Tomie dePaola’s Home Page
• Mo Willem’s Home Page
• Ryan T. Higgins’ Home Page

Maine Sites

• Famous People from Maine (Maine.gov)
• Famous People Born in Maine (Biography.com)
• Notable and Famous Maine People (Stuffaboutstates.com)
• Famous Celebrities from Maine (Hubpages.com)
• Search for Current Famous Maine Olympians
• Joan Benoit Samuelson-A Born Athlete
• Joan Benoit Samuelson Biography
• Samantha Smith History

U.S. History Sites

• Kids.gov U.S. History Links
• The Pilgrims and Thanksgiving
• PBS:  U.S. History Videos
• Ben’s Guide to U.S. History for Kids–a fun site!
• Colonial Williamsburg

Just for Fun!

• ABCya–elementary games and activities
• ABCya Paint–a fun, basic painting program
• ABCya Animate–Animate your own cartoon!
• FlipAnim–Another fun animation site!
• Animation Links
• Make-a-Flake–Design your own snowflakes!
• Snow Days–another fun snow flake site!