After commenting on another blog I follow, I realized I should probably make you aware of some of the great FREE resources available to help the preschool – 2nd grade child explore and learn.

One of our favorites is Starfall.

There are some great online games and my kids cannot get enough of them!  It is designed for the preschool child, but they have added some Kindergarten resources.

National Geographic Kids is another great one.

Some of the stuff here is more educational than others, but there are some really great learning resources here!

PBS Kids has some great stuff, and there are some of my favorite shows on PBS!  Sid the Science Kid does a great job of teaching some great science topics.  Dinosaur Train has taught us a lot about dinosaurs. (I even use the show to learn more.)  I credit Word World for teaching some great phonics to my daughter.  (The Word World website even has some eBooks.) I could go on and on about how great PBS is…

Progressive Phonics has some GREAT books that I love!

We have printed a few and I have been impressed with the books!

Hunkin’s Experiments has some great science experiment ideas.

Although, many of them tend to be a little too advanced.  There are some interesting ideas in there, though.

Scholastic has some great resources, too!

Most local museums and organizations have free resources that support the subject matter, too.

Many of the national chains offer resources, too.  Lakeshore Learning has some great free resources that I frequent, too.

Of course, there are plenty of blogs out there, and many have great ideas.  That may need to be a post for another day….

What are your favorite resources?