Computer Lab Curriculum: Sample computer skills are outlined for grades K through 6. Use it to help build your own computer lab curriculum.

Owl & Mouse offers a fairly extensive list of free educational software for the lower elementary level. Learn Letters, Letter Sounds, Map Puzzles (U.S, Europe, South America, Continents and more) Also several programs to create a Farm, Town, Village or Medieval Castle. All the aforementioned programs are very simple programs to download and to use. They are all executables, so no unzipping is required and all are small enough to load onto a floppy.

Featured Link: Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids A wealth of information about the federal government and democracy. There's a hotlist of government Web sites for kids, in addition to games, activities, and images of U.S. government symbols. The site is organized by grade.

For Parents: Parents Channel What your children should know and be able to do, grade by grade. Academic and Developmental Guidelines that serve as a broad outline.

Flat Stanley An excellent unit to introduce students to computers and the internet. Easy to incorporate cross curricular activities, and students love it. Printable Story Mapping template.