Parent & Student Resources

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• America Reads
  http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/families.html
  Families form the foundations for reading success. Loving parents nurture a child by talking, reading, singing, and rhyming. These acts also help to raise a reader. The love of reading begins at home. Here you'll find guidance and resources on being your child's first and best teacher.

• Between the Lions - Stories
  http://pbskids.org/lions/stories.html
  A list of stories from Between the Lions PBS show.

• BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
  http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/index.html
  This site contains over 700 links to sites that will help you with your homework.

• Caldecott Medal
  http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc
  The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

• Children's Book Council
  http://www.cbcbooks.org/
  The Children's Book Council, Inc. is the nonprofit trade association of publishers and packagers of trade books and related materials for children and young adults.

• Children's Literature Web Guide
  http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
  The Children's Literature Web Guide is an attempt to gather together and categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults.

• ERIC Family Information Center
  http://reading.indiana.edu/www/indexfr.html
  The family information center is dedicated to providing educational materials and services to parents who take an active role in their children's education.

• Especially for Parents Reading Tips
  http://www.nea.org/readacross/parents.html
  A list of tips for parent on how to get children excited about reading.

• Family FUNdamentals Home Learning Activities
  http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140--69358--,00.html
  A child’s ability to succeed in school takes a partnership—one that begins at home and continues in school. To increase learning and stop the summer learning decline, the Michigan Department of Education has developed summer literacy activities for preschool, pre kindergarten, and early elementary students to practice at home.

• FunBrain - Word
  http://www.funbrain.com/words.html
  FunBrain is the Internet's premier location for interactive, educational games (math, grammar, science) for children and kids of all ages.

• Great Web Sites for Kids
  http://www.ala.org
  A list of web site approved by the Association for Library Service to children.

• Guide to Grammar and Writing
  http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
  The Guide to Grammar and Writing contains scores of digital handouts on grammar and English usage, over 170 computer-graded quizzes, recommendations on writing -- from basic problems in subject-verb agreement and the use of articles to exercises in parallel structures and help with argumentative essays, and a way to submit questions about grammar and writing.

• LEARN NC: Student Media Centers
  The following are good resources by grade level.
  Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade

• PBS Kids
  http://pbskids.org/
  The PBS Kids site is funded in part by a Ready To Learn cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Education.

• National Center for Family Literacy
  http://www.famlit.org/
  The National Center for Family Literacy creates educational and economic opportunity for the most at-risk children and parents.

• Newbery Medal
  http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/
  The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

• Reading Between the Lions Parents Site
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions/parents.html
  PBS' latest children's program about reading is one of the best you can find. Its parent's site is equally good with tips and tricks for busy parents, video clips demonstrating methods for helping children read, and a list of recommended books for kids.

• Reading Rockets for Families
  http://www.readingrockets.org/families
  The following pages are a step-by-step guide to what parents can do to raise a reader.

• Scholastic for Parents
  http://www.scholastic.com/parents/
  A site for parents with resources to encourage a love of learning.

• StarFall
  http://www.starfall.com/
  The Starfall learn-to-read website is offered free as a public service.

• Suite 101 Reading
  http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/reading_for_kids
  Here you'll find helpful articles, informative links for parents and links to safe sites where your kids can play with words. Everything found here will, in some way, guide and help you in encouraging your kids to read.

• Word Build & Bank
  http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=3
  Word Build & Bank provides a simple, engaging way for students to generate dozens of different words by first choosing an ending (for example -an, -ed, -at, -op) and then adding a beginning letter or blend.