Links

Listed below are some links that you might find useful for planning and preparing your lessons.

Crossword Puzzle Maker: www.armoredpenguin.com/crossword/
Another Wordsearch Maker: www.armoredpenguin.com/wordsearch/
This one allows hidden words - words that are in the puzzle but not listed: www.armoredpenguin.com/wordsearch/index2.html (one use is to add intentional misspellings to see if kids are really checking what they circle - hidden words are handy for this)
Scrambled Words: www.armoredpenguin.com/wordscramble/
Colour by numbers or letters: www.coloring.ws/cbn.htm
Connect the dots: www.coloring.ws/connect.html
Alphabet links: www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/links.htm
Find the letters: www.beginningreading.com/Alphabet%20Set%202.htm
Write the beginning letter: www.beginningreading.com/Alphabet%20Set%203.htm
Circle the correct letter: www.beginningreading.com/Alphabet%20Set%205.htm
How many?: www.beginningreading.com/counting_set_1.htm
Handwriting Sheets (only three lines): www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/manuscript.htm
Handwriting Sheets (only three lines): www.handwritingworksheets.com
Handwriting Sheets (four lines): www.writingwizard.longcountdown.com/handwriting_practice_worksheet_maker.html
Wordsearch: http://colorstudy.com/scramble/javascript-wordscramble.html
Printable dominoes: www.dltk-cards.com/dominos/index.htm

Drawings of Famous People in Japan: http://star.nigaoes.com/nigaoe01/
Royalty-free clip art collection for foreign/second language instruction: http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj//FLClipart/default.html
Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (Wikipedia Page) is a collection of "freely usable" media files, including pictures, graphics, sound clips, and probably more.
OpenClip Art: www.openclipart.org — Huge collection of public domain clip art, much of it in SVG format.
Yasu's Illustrations: http://dns.satonishi.town.satosho.okayama.jp/vg/english/ resources/imgs/tnthemes.htm
Google image search (English): http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&q=
Google image search (Japanese): http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=ja&tab=wi&q=
English Microsoft clipart: http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us

Vocabulary Guide at SuperSummary.com: www.supersummary.com/vocabulary-guide/
Very large collection of sites to do with English: www.usingenglish.com/links
Collection of resources for teachers: www.mes-english.com
Alphabet, phonics, crafts and more: www.kizclub.com
Various activities, worksheets, etc.: www.first-school.ws
Interactive site links: www.owen.k12.ky.us/trt/kindergarten.htm
High level interactive site links: www.citycol.com/basic_skills/interactive%20english.htm

TuxType: http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/.
PortableApps.com: http://portableapps.com — Apps you can use from a usb drive, without installing to the computer. Very useful for people who work at more that one school or who cannot install software on school computers.
Inkscape: www.inkscape.org — an SVG editor. Easy to make very cool worksheets very quickly.
The GIMP: www.gimp.org — The main site for the GNU Image Manipulation Program. http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net — The GIMP for MS Windows.
Snipshot: http://snipshot.com — A cool online tool for making changes to your pictures. Easier to use than The GIMP, and no need to install anything - everything happens right in your browser.
LibreOffice.org: www.libreoffice.org — an office suite, comparable to MS Office.
Google Documents: http://docs.google.com — online wordprocessor and spreadsheet. Not as many features as MS Office, LibreOffice.org, or Ichitaro, but because Google Documents is online, your documents are available anywhere.
Google Earth and Google Maps: http://earth.google.com — Google Earth is a 3D program that lets you fly around the world and zoom in almost to street level. Works best on a fairly powerful computer with a broadband connection.
http://maps.google.com — Google Maps is similar to Google Earth but runs in your web browser.

Universal Currency Converter: www.xe.com/ucc
Current population of countries: www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/population/index.php
World Times: www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_JP.aspx
CIA World Factbook: www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
World Flags: www.flags.net
World Weather and Maps: www.wunderground.com
Encyclopaedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Japanese version: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/メインページ
World heritage site: http://whc.unesco.org

Kanazawa homepage: www.city.kanazawa.ishikawa.jp/index.html
Kanazawa homepage (English): www.city.kanazawa.ishikawa.jp/index_e.html
School homepages: www.kanazawa-city.ed.jp/sch/sch_set1.html
Department of tourism homepage: www.kanazawa-kankoukyoukai.gr.jp/index.html
Department of tourism (English): www.kanazawa-kankoukyoukai.gr.jp/kanazawa_e/index.html
Kanazawa 21st Century Modern Art: www.kanazawa21.jp/ja/index.html
Kanazawa 21st Century Modern Art homepage (English): www.kanazawa21.jp/en/index.html