Donna’s bookmarks (on delicious.com)

Reading

• Reading Is Fundamental http://www.rif.org/parents/

• Reading Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org/families

• International Reading Association http://www.reading.org/resources/tools/parent.html

• Thinkfinity Literacy Network http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/Parent-Resources.196.0.html

• Put Reading First http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first2.html

• Why Can’t I Skip My Twenty Minutes of Reading Tonight? http://www.gigglepotz.com/3-whycanti.htm

Math

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Family Resources http://www.nctm.org/resources/families.aspx

• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://future.state.gov/educators/

• Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org/

• RainForest Maths http://rainforestmaths.com/

Kindergarten Literacy and Math Resources

• Links specifically for kindergarten level http://web2.burke.k12.nc.us/blogs/dmurray/kindergarten-math-and-literacy-resources/

Science

• National Science Teachers Association Resources for Parents http://www.nsta.org/portals/parents/

Social Studies

• US Department of State for Youth Parents and Educators page http://future.state.gov/educators/

Special Needs

• Learning Disabilities and ADHD website http://www.ldonline.org/

• National Association for Gifted Children Parent page http://www.nagc.org/default.aspx?id=48

• DisabilityInfo.gov Parent Resources http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=100

Other

• NC Dept of Public Instruction Parents, Family, and Community Information http://www.ncpublicschools.org/parents/

• Internet 4 Classrooms: Sites to Help Parents Help Their Children http://www.internet4classrooms.com/parents.htm

• Ed.gov Parent Page http://www.ed.gov/parents/landing.jhtml

• Scholastic Parent Page http://www.scholastic.com/parents/

• PBS Parent Site http://www.pbs.org/parents/

• BBC (UK) Schools site (lots of interactive activities) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/

• DiscoveryEducation School Resources Parent’s Guide http://school.discoveryeducation.com/parents/

• Family Education http://www.familyeducation.com/home/

Learning Websites

• Discovery Kids http://kids.discovery.com/

• National Geographic for kids http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

• Discovery School http://school.discovery.com/

• CNN Student News http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/fyi/

• Cool Websites for Kids http://www.resourcelinks.net/coolkids.htm

• History Channel Classroom http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/classroom.html

• Weather Channel Education: The Weather Classroom http://www.weather.com/education/

• A&E Classroom http://www.aetv.com/class/

• Websites for Kids: Links to many various websites for kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov/subject.html

Children Magazines Online (E-”Zines”)

• American Girl
  Boys Life
  Dicovery Girls
  Dragonfly
  Eeek!
  Kids Castle
  Kid Outdoors
  National Geographic Kids
  New Moon
  Odyssey Magazine
  Owl Magazine
  Plays Magazine
  Ranger Rick’s Go Wild
  Scholastic Kids Fun Online
  Sports Illustrated for Kids
  Stone Soup
  Weekly Reader
  Yahoo kids! News
  Yak’s Corner
  Yes Mag (Science magazine)

Textbook Links

• Houghton Mifflin http://www.eduplace.com/

• Scott Foresman http://www.scottforesman.com/

• Harcourt http://www.harcourtschool.com/

• McGraw Hill http://www.mhln.com/

• Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/

Searching Help

• Google Search Guide http://www.google.com/help/basics.html (advanced: http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html)