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Education
- 50
Ways Parents Can Help Schools, Want to be involved, but can't
be in school during school hours? Lots of good ideas
here!
- 8
WAYS PARENTS CAN PROMOTE READING AT HOME
- Activities
for Reading & Writing Fun Site with fun ideas to
build reading/writing skills for children and their families birth
through grade six!
- American School
Directory Searchable directory for K-12 American
schools; phone and fax numbers, street maps, number of homerooms,
number of students, school calendars!
- BEST Educational
Sites Today, Wide selection of educational topics with
built-in search capabilities
- B.J.
Pinchbeck's Homework Helper, A wealth of links to sites that
should provide resources to kids doing their homework
- Children's
Literature HomepageFor adults who want to select books for
children
- Encouraging
Young Children's Writing
- HELPING
YOUR CHILD ADJUST TO CHILD CARE
Helping
Your Child Get Ready For School
- Helping
Your Child Learn Responsible Behavior, Info on responsibility
and activities parents can do with children to encourage
responsibility
- Helping Your
Child Learn Math, U.S. Department of Education site with ideas
for home, at the supermarket, etc.
- Helping
Children to Read, Site with good suggestions for reading to
your child
- Learning
Styles, What are learning styles and what do they mean for
your child?
- Literature and the
Preschooler, Regular column by Lois W. Stern, children's
author and presenter, about how parents help children to become
good readers. (First installment 15 March 97)
- LRP Publications
- The
Media Awareness Network, Information on making media a more
positive force in the lives of children.
- National PTA web site
- NURTURING
GIFTEDNESS IN YOUNG CHILDREN
- Online
Children's Stories, Index of fictional works for children
- Parent Education
Resources, Information concerning kindergarten readiness,
survival, questions and answers, parenting links, commercial
site
- Parent
and Family Involvement
- Parent
Involvement How paarents can help children become readers,
writer and successful students
- Parent
Involvement: Literature Review and Database of Promising
Practices
- Parents
Let's Talk, NorthWest Regional Education Lab site with
articles for parents about education
- ReadyWeb:
A Resource for Parents and Educators, Is your child ready for
school; is your school ready for your child?
- Student
Performance and the Changing American Family Research on
family configuration and its impact on student performance
- Strong
Families, Strong Schools Building community partnerships for
learning
- Talking
to Your Child's Teacher About Standardized Tests
- TeacherTalk
Glossary, What do all those words that teachers mean? Let this
site help you figure it out.
- Testing,
Another site with lots of information for families about testing
from the SmarterKids website
- Understanding
Tests and Measurement for the Parent and Advocate,
LD Online site with very helpful information for anyone
wanting to better understand testing and measurement
- Weather
Cancellations, Find all the cancellation news you could ever
need!
- What's Right With American Public
Education or What the Media and Public Officials Failed to Tell
You
- When
Retention Is Recommended, What Should Parents Do?
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