Cumberland Valley School District
6746 Carlisle Pike,
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
Phone:(717) 697-8261

Favorite Book Links
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Junie B. Jones
Magic Tree House
Roald Dahl
Author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and so much more!!!
Tomie de Paola
Author of Strega Nona, Bill and Pete, and so much more!
Arnold Lobel
Amazing author of the Frog and Toad series!
Jan Brett
Jan Brett wrote and illustrated The Mitten, The Gingerbread Baby and many other amazing picture books.
Dav Pilkey
Wacky author of the Captain Underpants series!
Gail Gibbons
One of the best author's of non-fiction for kids around!
Magic School Bus
Pay a visit to Ms. Frizzle!
Geronimo Stilton
Geronimo books are enticing adventures for kids!
Little Bear
I love this series and so do kids!
Eric Carle
Author of the Very Hungry Caterpillar and a wealth of other delightful children's books!
Don & Audrey Wood
Author & Illustrator of The Napping House, Quick as a Cricket, Piggies, and countless others.
Curious George
Amelia Bedelia
Judy Blume
Louis Sachar
Author of Holes, the Marvin Redpost series AND The Wayside School Series!
Crockett Johnson
The Harold and the Purple Crayon series is delightfully imaginative!
 
Language Arts Web Sites
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StarFall
 
Reading Games
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Wall of Words
This is a fun way for your child to practice creating sentences with proper punctuation.
Word Confusion
Here's a fun way to help your child understand homonyms-words that sound alike but have different meanings.
Word Work Games
This site is full of fun games which will help your child to work with words!
Between the Lions!
This site was created by PBS and has lots of fun reading-oriented games for kids to play!
Fun with Clifford
Clifford the dog will take your child on a fun reading adventure!
 
Help with Fine Motor Skills
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Activities for Fine Motor Skills
Try these activities with your child if they are having difficulty acquiring fine motor skills-handwriting, cutting with scissors, etc.
More Fine Motor Activities
Tons more great ideas for ways to help your child!
 
Math Web Sites
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catching leaves game
This website helps children count, group by tens and ones, and practice eye-hand coordination.
Resources for our math program
This website gives a lot of helpful information about our Math Expressions program. Click on mathematics, then on Math Expressions and then on Kindergarten to get valuable resources and games.
Our math activities
This is the site that you can use to do math activities with your child.
 
Motivating Your Child to Write
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Wacky Web Tales
Remember Mad Libs? This site allows your child to create fun stories of their own-while helping them practice the parts of speech. Try it-it's fun!
Magnetic Poetry
Have you seen those cool kits full of magnetic words that you can use to make poems? This site allows your child to create poetry using an on-line magnetic poetry kit. Cool!
National Geographic Cartoon Fill-ins
This fun site will encourage your child to write-and they won't even realize it! :)
 
Multi-Subject Web Site
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ABC ya!
This website has a variety of activities including math, language arts, and things that are just for fun.
 
Elementary Reading Department Web Page
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Elementary Reading
This web site explains the elements of balanced literacy instruction. To review our new balanced literacy report card see link on the left side of the web page.
 
Good Stuff for Your Kids
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Good Stuff for 1st & 2nd Graders
Full of lots of great things to do at home to help your child learn to read!
 
Great books for your Growing Bulldog
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1st Grade Bulldogs
This link will lead you to a great list for your first grader. The books are organized so that you can choose the books that are closest to your child's current reading level.
More Books for 1st Graders
The books in this link are listed by genre:Adventure, Mystery, Folk Tales, etc.
 
Do you like green eggs and ham? I do!
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Complete list of Dr. Seuss books
All about Dr. Seuss
Read all about the man who created all of the amazing Dr. Seuss stories.
March 2: Dr. Seuss's Birthday
Seussville
Great Dr. Seuss games for your gator to play!
Seussville University
Seussville University, where you can have "lots of good fun that is funny" while learning basic reading, math, science, and reasoning skills. Your favorite Seuss characters will serve as your guides in this brand-new interactive learning environment.
 
Motivating Your Child to Read
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Time for Kids
Is it difficult to get your child to pick up a story book and read? Try this site: It has short non-fiction articles that are perfect for kids who want to learn more about the world around them.
Book Adventure
Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning.
Reading is Fundamental
Great ideas to motivate your child to read at home!
 
Understanding the PSSA
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Pennsylvania's Academic Standards
This is a direct link to the Pennsylvania Department of Education's explanation of the academic standards.
 
On-line Books
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Toon Books
A fun way for your child to interact with text!