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Nearly every culture, from America to Asia, has ancient myths and legends about these fascinating fire-breathing creatures. But dragons are not extinct in the minds of modern children. They inspire the imagination with their power, as demonstrated in the many stories, poems, songs, artwork, toys, computer games and movies about them and their glory. Check out some of these sites and let your imagination take flight…Catch a Dragon By the Tale!
- http://dragonneo.net/
This is my main source for dragon clipart. This talented artist provides free use of his clipart for educational purposes.- http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading7/dragonslayers.htm
This literary web site focus on the book The Dragon Slayer by Bruce Coville, Lexile Level 680. It includes online and printable questions, vocabulary word of the day, and activities for each chapter.- http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/yrca_coville.html
This web site highlights another Bruce Coville book, Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, Lexile Level 710. There are book talk questions, author information, and suggestions for integrating reading, writing, and science on this web site.- http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/funkids/dragons/
This Dragon theme unit from ABC Teach contains printable writing, poetry, Venn diagram, similes, writing prompts and other fun activities.
- http://www.crayola.com/
Type dragon in the search box to get poetry, portraits, puppets and more to enhance a dragon theme at the Crayola site. (Note: Free registration is required to access the items.)- http://www.cdot.org/history/chinese_dragons.htm
If you are looking for information regarding Chinese myths, Chinese New Year, and oriental dragons, The Crystal Dragon is a great web site to visit.- http://www.dragonsdungeon.com/
The Dragon's Dungeon web site is a comprehensive guide to all things Dragon. This site includes a wonderful selection of dragon books, art, and information about mythological and real dragons.- http://www.zoo.org/komodo/index.html
If you are interested in learning about Komodo dragons, this is the site for you. Here you will find Komodo dragon facts, photos, conservation issues, video, interactive quiz and more.- http://lilyquench.com/
The character, Lily Quench, comes from a long line of dragon slayers. This web site includes information about the Australian author, Natalie Jane Prior and background information about the various characters and their adventures. There is a section for teachers and fun activities for kids. Penguin Group (Puffin) in the USA publishes Lily Quench books.- http://www.mape.org.uk/startower/menu.html
Star Tower is a group of learning activities, many of which have a dragon theme. Word Drop is a vocabulary game and helps students see the relationships between words. You could complement this activity with a word web to clearly illustrate the connections between these words. Other activities include games for practicing punctuation, math facts, and writing skills.- http://www.kidsonthenet.org.uk/dragonsville/about.htm
Dragonsville is an online collaborative writing project that was developed as part of the Writers for the Future project, run by the trAce Online Writing Centre. The activities on this site encourage children to produce literary works such as: writing letters, biographies, stories, instructions and information writing. Students can design a poster, name a dragon, write endings to stories, and read and participate in online discussions.- http://www.alagaesia.com/
“One boy...Two dragons...a world of adventure” can be found on this website promoting the books Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini. Readers can submit questions to the author, play an interactive fiction game, download an Eragon screensaver, sign up for a newsletter, and link to the promotional site for the movie.
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