Read-Aloud Stories

These are some great little story videos! They all show the words, so you can read along:
http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/



Parents and Teachers: If it's not working, you may need to click the "?" by the player to download Quicktime. It also gives the option of changing the player to Windows Media Player instead, however even though I have Windows Media Player, the Quicktime version is the only one that works for me on the site.

A Nice Little Site for 4-8 year olds

The Little Animals Activity Centre

Writing Web Resource!

This is a very nice site for practicing the elements of good writing:
The Magic Key

Great Word-Making and Reading Games!

Word Blender - Making Words with Consonant Clusters

The Whirlyword Machine - Making Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Words

Write a Postcard - Making words with Vowel Combinations

Star Words - Sight Word Practice

Synonym Sal's Lab - Synonyms

The Good, Better, Best Trampolini Game - Adjectives

You may need to install Adobe Shockwave Player to run some of these Word Games. It's free and easy to download here: Shockwave Player

Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park

Here's a website with some Junie B Jones activities!
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/

Magic Tree House Author Interview

Mary Pope Osborne has some incredible advice for young authors as she tells about her way of writing the Magic Tree House books!



Here's a website with a couple Jack and Annie activities:
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/index.html

Interview of Kate DiCamillo

Kate DiCamillo is interviewed on her new book to movie success, "The Tale of Despereaux!"

Here's the Movie Preview!


The Original Book Cover

Welcome to Mr. H's Blog!

This blog is for early elementary students, parents, and teachers who are interested in children's books, authors, and fun learning activities! Enjoy!