This site allows you to view all of the products from Crayola. You can click on an icon that 
allows you to see different art lesson plans for different subjects and grades. They also have a 
forum where you can post or read lesson plans that have worked for you or other teachers. They also have an area where they display art work from students around the U.S. 
 

This site allows you to enter the grade, subject, and unit of interest. It then gives you ideas, activities, suggested readings, and additional sites to help guide your lesson plans. It also provides special thematic monthly unit ideas. The unit this month is The eye of the storm. 
 

This site works in conjunction with the television station, The History Channel.  This site provides access to current event issues, a traveler section, Great Speeches of the past, Fun and Games, and This Day in History.  This Day in History is a prompt which users can click on to read about events which occurred that day in history.  This site has added a section to it allowing users to read The Starr Report and learn more about impeachment and past presidents.   Helpful to Teachers:  This site could be useful teachers on a daily basis, most likely in the middle school grades and above.  If the students had a daily history lesson, this site could be used during it.  The students have access to current events as well as past events.  Teachers could really utilize this site in their classroom to allow students to become more computer literate, while learning and having fun. 
 

This web site is designed by Houghton Mifflin, a major textbook publishing company.  This very bright and colorful web site has a teacher center which offers many ideas in math, reading/language arts, and social studies.  There are discussion forums with other teachers and there is an online store to purchase books and a link which introduces different software which can be used in the classroom. 
 

This site gives up to date information on education in the news. It allows you to see projects that schools are doing worldwide. The site reviews various education sites and gives suggestions on sites to use.  They feature monthly thematic lesson plan ideas. Some ideas for Sept./Oct. are Johnny Appleseed, pumpkins, and bats. 
 

This is another resource specifically designed for elementary school teachers wanting to incorporate computers into the curriculum.  This program was created to "meet the need for comprehensive, yet specialized information on the rapidly growing children's software market."  This website included more than 2,100 evaluative reviews on software products for children up to sixth grade. 
 

This is a website that is designed by the same people that own Comcast Cable Company.  It provides links for great exploration in many fields.  Links include, art, Computers, English, Language Arts, Math, P.E./Health, Science, Social studies, Misc. Subjects, Auditorium, Library, Playground, and Faculty.  Each link provides the student or teacher with a chance to explore facts and in depth information in all these subjects.  It really accomplishes its goal of creating a virtual school. 
 

    This site focuses on teaching and learning with technology.  The site shows how technology in the classroom can enhance students learning and increase teacher productivity.  There are many articles under different sites within the microsoft site, like the K- 12 connection.  Lesson plans are shared by teachers for every subject.  There are teacher guides that go with the lesson plans.  There are also real stories from different schools about how to use technology, from teachers and students. 
 

This site is full of links to great teacher resources.  There's an 
encyclopedia online and the latest info on tech products on the 
market.  It gives you options to visit global sites, see lesson plans, 
or add a lesson plan, learn about new games (educational too), and 
have the latest updates on issues in your field.  I'd personally enjoy 
the global links.  Seeing what teachers are doing in other countries 
as well as in my own state is important and can aid in developing 
your own goals and methods for teaching. 
 

Part of professional development includes creating your own professional library.  Those of us in early childhood education may have a hard time finding good resources for hands on activities.  One of my favorite companies to order books for my professional library is Gryphon House.  They are a locally based publisher (in Beltsville, about 5 minutes from campus), that specializes in books for teachers and children.  This company has books on just about ever topic an early childhood teacher could need.  I strongly suggest you order their catalogs.  This site has free activities, and samples of some of the books they carry. 
 

Another one of my favorite companies is Lakeshore.  Especially in today’s multi-cultural society, I look for materials in the classroom that promote and confirm diversity.  A very reliable company that I order from that has a variety of multi-cultural materials, is Lakeshore Learning Materials.  Although I tend to order from their catalogs for early childhood and the primary grades, they also have catalogs for secondary education as well.  At their web site you may preview some of their materials, order a catalog, and find out about some of their special events.  I strongly suggest you order the catalog.  I get ideas from just thumbing through the pages! 
 

This is a good site for finding the most up to date software for your 
classroom.  This site gives free samples of software and has a 
school news link.  It also offers a school product catalog.  There 
are many links through this site to the top suppliers of educational 
technology, staff development and services to schools nationwide. 
I'd use it to find the latest materials out there and to link up with 
some other very helpful sites.  Through this site one can receive 
news, lesson plans, and lots of helpful stuff for your desktop and 
classroom. 
 

This site provides a multitude of information concerning Inspiration Software.  Teachers can access information concerning books which include lesson plans and strategies for teaching grades K-12.  This site offers computer software which can be used in the classroom to help students learn how to create and use graphic organizers, concept maps, and other various visual diagrams.  Useful for Teachers:  This site can be extremely helpful for teachers just beginning to use computers in the classroom or a teacher which wishes to update the classroom materials.  The information provided on this site and through this site is very specific and step-by-step.  Teachers can order books and materials for the site and even preview lesson plans and helpful strategies for in the classroom. 
 

This site was a network of educational resourses and materials intended for educating younger students. This site includes many lesson plans on several different areas of study that would be useful for a kindergarden teacher in helping them gain ideas for classroom activities. The activities and lessons that I looked at appear to be fun, interesting, and effective at driving home a point. 
 

Disney's Edustation is, yet, another great website for teachers. It has many great ideas for lessons for all subjects and grade levels, as well as, downloads to enhance the lessons. It features a school of the month link where educators and students can visit the school's site. It contains teacher-tested activities and a list of recommended links. Teachers can share ideas for lessons and classroom ideas through this site. It, also, has a Teacher Store where educators can purchase Disney products to use in the classroom. One of the best features of this site is that it teaches educators and students about internet safety.