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- A Boost To Your Child's Standardized Test Scores - Experts lead you through step-by-step activities at home that will increase your child's test scores. Excellent for K-6 national standardized tests - IQ's, IOWA's etc.
www.warmandtote.com/edusource.html
- Achieving the Goals, Goal 8: Parental Involvement and Participation - Information about the federal directive to involve more parents in the public educational system.
npin.org/library/1998/n00050/n00050.html
- ACT : Information For Parents : Resources - Educational planning and career development assistance for parents.
www.act.org/path/parent/resource/index.html
- Ages and Grades - Your child's development through the years.
familyeducation.com/channel/0,2916,21,00.html
- Alliance for Parental Involvement in Education - A nonprofit organization which assists and encourages parental involvement in education, wherever that education takes place.
www.croton.com/allpie
- Awesome Library - K-12 Education Directory for Parents - The Awesome Library organizes 10,000 carefully reviewed K-12 education resources for parents. It contains a directory, an index, and a search engine.
www.awesomelibrary.org/parent.html#home
- CGI Parent Newsletters - these provided to classroom teachers to be sent home with children during the schoolyear. They were timed to coincide with lessons going on in the classrooms, and are available here for parents
www.wcer.wisc.edu/MIMS/Parent_Newsletters
- Chart Jungle - Printable charts, for baby, preschool, kindergarten, and other children. Charts include chores, awards, education, potty training, behavior.
www.chartjungle.com
- Children Drawing: Play and Creativity - The art of children through the eyes of a mother, including links to books, and organizations such as Piaget's.
home.online.no/~vals/children.html
- Christians in Public School - Helping Christian parents with children in public school.
christianproliferight.homestead.com/Education.html
- Coyle's Where in the Web and Other Homeschool & Educational Stuff - Originally started for homeschooling families, this site has a lot to offer any parent or teacher looking for educational resources. Commentary is provided for each categorized educational link helping save time...know BEFORE you click if you want to visit or not!
www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/3446
- Does your child dislike school? - Practical tips for parents of children who dislike school from a family therapist and a teacher.
www.schoolsolutionstalk.com
- Educate America - Provides educational resources for families, educators and school systems around the globe. Access and exchange information with others.
www.educateamerica.com
- Education K-12 - Help your child succeed in school. Simple ideas that can boost your child's grades.
www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/education_k12
- Education - K-12 Articles Index - The number one concern of many parents who visit KidSource OnLine is how to help their children do better in school. These articles do just that. They are focused on specific subjects, skills or lessons for children in grades K through 12.
www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/ed.k12.html
- eSCORE.com - Online learning resource for personalized developmental and educational information and products for parents and children.
www.escore.com
- Great Sites - Recommends sites for preschool-elementary age children and their parents. Created by librarians who work with children and the Web every day.
www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites
- Help Excel Testing - Suspect your child has a learning disability? Get a complete educational check-up with a composite of tests developed by educators, doctors, psychologists. Get report emailed with suggestions for improvement.
www.drnita.com
- Help Kids Read - Free information for you to help all children with reading.
www.helpkidsread.com
- Helping Your Child Learn History - with activities for children aged 4 through 11
www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/history.html
- Helping Your Child Learn Science - Online book provides examples of a few simple activities that can be done with children. Includes basic information about science, practical tips on how to encourage schools to develop good science programs, a brief description of nine scientific concepts and a list of recommended science books and magazines.
www.california.com/~rpcman/hycls.htm
- Helping Your Child Learn Science - for ages 3-10 - Introduction
www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/Introduction.html
- Hoagie's Gifted Page - A useful resource for parents of children classified as "gifted". Includes a number of links to other, related pages.
hoagiesgifted.org
- Homework Help: How to guide your child (1st grade) - Our homework help article will tell you how to assist and support your child while he or she tackles school assignments without doing them yourself.
www.parentcenter.com/homework-help
- How Can I Be Involved in My Child's Education? - ACCESS ERIC-Research studies consistently reveal that high student achievement and self-esteem are closely related to positive parental participation in education. Parents and schools need to work together so all children can succeed in school.
npin.org/library/pre1998/n00359/n00359.html
- How Can Parent-Teacher Differences be Prevented or Resolved? - Parents and teachers share responsibility for creating a working relationship that fosters children's learning.
npin.org/library/1998/n00043/n00043.html
- How to choose a musical instrument for your child - A step by step tutorial on choosing the best instrument for your child, this site either leads the parent through the decision making process quickly or provides resources to make a thoroughly considered decision. The site includes interactive questionnaires.
www.adams.net/~cbassett/InstrumentCourse
- Interesting Places for Parents - Interesting Places for Parents includes Educational listings
www.starport.com/places/forParents/parents.html#resources
- Jump Start Your Child's Education - Advice and activities on how to jump start your child's education.
www.parenthoodweb.com/parent_cfmfiles/pros.cfm?n=806&target=preschool
- Jumpstart for Parents - internet safety, financial aid,general resources, parenting organizations...
www.tenet.edu./jumpstart/parents.html
- KidSource OnLine - KidSource OnLine--The web source for in-depth and timely education and healthcare information that will make a difference in the lives of parents and their children.
www.kidsource.com
- Let's Do Homework! - Homework can help students learn and can help parents be involved in their children's education. When parents show an interest in their child's schoolwork, they teach an important lessonthat learning is fun and worth the effort.
npin.org/library/1997/n00259/n00259.html
- Mathematics for Parents - Discusses the importance of parental involvement in children's math homework; includes tips and questionnaire for parents.
www.geocities.com/mathandcomp/parents_math.htm
- Michigan Learning Magazine - Parents resource guide to maximizing your kids' education. View current education headlines, join the parent forum, and win prizes in the Family-Friendly School contest.
www.michiganlearning.org
- Mrs. Alphabet - All you ever wanted to know about teaching the alphabet, phonics, reading, writing, spelling, and math for children 3-7. Free newsletter.
www.mrsalphabet.com
- National Parent Information Network - Provides access to research-based information about the process of parenting and about family involvement in education.
npin.org
- Parent Involvement in Education: A Resource for Parents, Educators, and Communities. Chapter 1: The Basics of Parent and Family Involvement - The Basics of Parent and Family Involvement
npin.org/library/pre1998/n00321/n00321.html
- Parent involvement: Literature Review and Database of Promising Practices - Promising programs to increase the quantity and quality of family involvement in schools. From the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.
www.ncrel.org/sdrs/pidata/pi0over.htm
- Parental Involvement - Part 1 - Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Title I, Part A has been restructured to serve as a means for helping all students to achieve challenging academic standards. To accomplish this objective, the Act promotes the formation of new partnerships, particularly home-school partnerships, to help address more completely the full range of student needs that impact on their learning.
www.ed.gov/legislation/ESEA/Title_I/parinv.html
- Parents as Educators - Discussion board, run by two Australian special education teachers, established to promote debate and discussion about issues related to children's education.
pub41.ezboard.com/bparentsaseducators
- ParentTime - Moving Up Too Fast? - A new look at grade skipping.
www.pathfinder.com/ParentTime/Growing/schmoving.html
- Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers - This award winning site presented by a local teachers' union offers advice to parents, commentary on current educational issues, an interactive survey, and much more. It's updated every month except August.
pmct.org
- Planetpals - An Educational and intercative resource on the Earth. Designed especially for kids.
www.planetpals.com
- Preventing and Resolving Parent-Teacher Differences - It is important for teachers and parents to remember that they know the child in different contexts, and that each may be unaware of what the child is like in the other context. It is also useful to keep in mind generally that different people often have distinct but disparate perspectives on the same issue.
npin.org/library/1998/n00044/n00044.html
- Public School Parents Network - A network, guide and information source to assist parents of public school students. Addressing issues from academic achievement and homework help to bullying, and violence in public schools.
www.psparents.net
- Quickstart for the Family - Texas Math TEKS information for parents
www.tenet.edu/teks/math/qstarts/families.html
- Raven Days - Resources for the parent whose child or teen is being bullied at school.
www.ravendays.org
- Reading to Children is Essential - Fact sheet from the Ohio State University Extension on the importance of books in early childhood.
ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5287.html
- Robyn's Nest - An Online Parenting Site - 101 words to encourage a child. Print it and use them daily.
www.robynsnest.com/101words.htm
- School Essentials for Parents at DiscoverySchool.com - Offers practical advice to parents who are about to make the choice of type of education for their children.
school.discovery.com/parents/index.html
- SchoolTechNews.com - On-line supplement to the SchoolTechNews.com newsletter distributed free to public schools. Also the location of the Say What? publishing project created to fight prejudice and intolerance.
www.SchoolTechNews.com
- Succeed to Read - Resources for parents and teachers to help a child learn to read, combining phonic, whole language methods, games, and an alphabet chart.
www.succeedtoread.com
- Table of Contents - Features the basic concepts of math, games and how math works.
www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/index.html
- Take Your Parents to Cyberschool - Shows parents how their children use the Internet for school and encourages parents and their children to explore online resources together.
www.cyberschool.ciconline.org/index.html
- Teacher-Parent Partnerships - Teachers and parents have a common need for joining together in partnership: the need to foster positive growth in children and in themselves. It is their challenge to create a sense of mutuality so that their efforts are meaningful to all those involved.
npin.org/library/pre1998/n00381/n00381.html
- The Alternative Education Resource Organization - A listing of alternative schools, including charter, independent, Montessori, and other "unusual" schooling options.
www.edrev.org
- The Parent Educator - The Parent Educator encourages parents to view themselves as educators who play an important role in their child?s education. Featured articles focus on how to deal with education issues at home and at school.
www.theparenteducator.com
- Village.com's Parent Soup's Education Central - From preschool to elementary, middle to high school and onto college: Find expert advice, articles, message boards, and chats to help your children excel at every stage.
www.parentsoup.com/edcentral
- Waiting? Have Some Family Fun Times - Strategies from Ohio State University Extension to make the best of otherwise boring times like waiting in line at the grocery store, long car trips, or waiting for an appointment.
ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5312.html
- When Report Cards Don't Make the Grade - Five tips for dealing with the less-than-perfect report card.
www.families.com/article/0,1120,1-538,00.html
- Your Child's Brain: The Crucial First Years - An Ohio State University Extension fact sheet on the topic.
ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5318.html
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