The Compact
for Reading Guide is a user-friendly handbook designed to walk your family-school
compact team through the steps of building and implementing a Compact for Reading.
It provides information, strategies, examples, and checklists to help parents,
educators, and community members develop effective, workable compacts that can
improve your school, increase family involvement, and increase student skills
and achievement in reading.
Early
Childhood Activity Calendar - filled with helpful tips and special activities
that promote reading and language skills for young children. Calendar sheets for
June 1998 to May 1999. Calendar may be old but activities are still fresh!
Is
your child ready for Kindergarten? - The Get Ready to Read! Screening Tool
- sample question and 20 items. Each item is a set of four pictures and a question.
Read the question aloud while your child looks at the pictures. Your child answers
by pointing to or clicking on one of the 4 pictures and then clicking the Next
button. When you've finished all 20 items, the screener will be scored automatically.
Parental
Involvement - 100 School-Home Links activities for the kindergarten level.
The activities are organized by reading and literacy skills appropriate to this
grade. Under each specific skill, there are varying numbers of activities to help
children develop their ability to read and write. From the U.S. Department of
Education. (for
first grade parents) (for
second grade parents) (for
third grade parents)
National
Center for Family Literacy - Literacy is a legacy that can be passed from
parent to child. But the barriers associated with low literacy - poverty, unemployment,
low self-esteem, school failure - are also handed down from generation to generation.
Children whose parents lack basic literacy skills often grow up to face similar
challenges, perpetuating a cycle of disadvantage.
Parents helping children
learn to read (tips provided by Irvine Unified School District in California)
Tutor
Training Activities [from NWREL] - Parents, consider
yourselves tutors and look at some of the activities that the North West Regional
Educational Laboratory suggests.
Talk
About Math - a guide to raising children who can do math [several videos are
included]
Teaching
Math to Young Children - This is one of a series of web pages to help students
understand math, and to help parents teach their children math.
Including
Your Child - All children can succeed with the right supports. And when you
are raising a child with special needs, finding the right supports and information
can make all the difference in your child's learning and development.
Kidsource
- articles and information that will help you raise your child from who is from
6 to 18 years old
Listen Up! -
a site for the parents of hearing impaired children
Parents
Guide to the Internet - Good introductory on topic; is intended to help parents--regardless
of their level of technological know-how--make use of the on-line world as an
important educational tool. The guide gives parents an introduction to the Internet
and suggests how parents can allow their children to tap into the wonders of the
Internet while safeguarding them from its potential hazards.
Helping
your Child Series - Pamphlets from the US Department of Education - Office
of Educational Research and Improvement. The Helping Your Child publication series
aims to provide parents with the tools and information necessary to help their
children succeed in school and life. These booklets feature practical lessons
and activities to help their school aged and preschool children master reading,
understand the value of homework and develop the skills necessary to achieve.
Parents:
Let's Talk - Links to articles about how parents can help their children learn.
Internet
Safety
CyberAngels
- helping you to parent your online child (a short video is available)
Disney's
Doug - Safety Tips from Doug's Adventures Online
GetNetWise - four areas of assistance;
Online Safety Guide, Tools for Families, Web Sites for Kids, and Reporting Trouble
Kid
Safety on the Internet - presented in a "slide-show" fashion, containing questions
and answers to help kids protect themselves and handle emergencies (Parents may
wish to help guide younger kids through the pages and discuss how these ideas
apply to them around the home and at school.)
Kids' Rules
for Online Safety - (from SafeKids.com) This would be good to print and post
near your child's computer.
KidsCom
- The Idea Seekers want you to Play Smart, Stay Safe and Have Fun while you're
on the Internet. (Internet safety games included)
Privacy
Playground - designed for ages 8-10, the CyberPigs play on their favourite
Web site and encounter marketing ploys, spam and a close encounter with a not-too-friendly
wolf.
SafeKids.Com
where you'll find tips, advice and suggestions to make your family's online experience
fun and productive!
Web
Surfing Safety - five Family Fun strategies for keeping kids safe online
Planning for your Child's Future
Funding
Your Education - provides general information about the U.S. Department of
Education's federal student financial aid programs. It is designed for high school
students and others considering entering a post secondary school for the first
time.
Getting
Ready for College Early - a`guidebook to help you and your children understand
the steps you need to take during the middle and junior high school years to get
ready for college.
Preparing
Your Child for College - It's never too early to think about college--about
the benefits of a college education and about ways to put college within reach
academically and financially. Throughout their school years, students make academic
and other decisions that affect whether they will be eligible to enter college.
You working with others can help your child make these decisions wisely.
Summertime
Fun time Activities from the US Department of Education's Office of Educational
Research and Improvement Summer can be more than just vacation time for kids;
it's also a great opportunity for parents to spend more time participating in
learning activities with their children. Includes a calendar of daily activities
for June, July, and August 1999.
Summer
Home Learning Recipes - for parents and children. Suggestions for four age
groupings; K-3, 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12
Summer
Learning - How to stop the summer brain drain and make learning a fun part
of your everyday routine.
When children try your soul, as
they will, When they cause you grief, as they do, When they rouse your
anger and provoke you to wrath, as is their way, When they reduce you to tears
and prayers, as often happens, Love them.
Don't
bother about anything at all until you have first made clear to yourself
that your love for the child in question is holding firmly, swelling warmly
in your heart. Then, whatever you do will be as nearly right as it is possible
for human judgment to be.
Preschool
- the different stages of cognitive development from birth to five years of age
- (Preschool Esta sección ofrece orientación
e información sobre las diferentes etapas del desarrollo cognitivo de su
niño desde la primera infancia hasta los cinco años de edad.)
Primary
Grades - The key to educative success in the first years is in learning to
read. (La clave del éxito educativo en los primeros
años está en aprender a leer.)
How
to help your child to be a good reader - Here you will be able to find an
ample variety of services, as much for parents as for educators.(Cómo
ayudar a su hijo ser un buen lector)
Kids’
Puzzles - online interactive hidden picture puzzles, mazes, word searches,
cryptograms, jigsaws, connect the dots, match games, and some math reinforcement
Neuroscience
for Kids - The smell of a flower - The memory of a walk in the park - The
pain of stepping on a nail. These experiences are made possible by the 3 pounds
of tissue in our heads...the BRAIN!! Explore their activities to learn more about
this part of you.
Safety
for Kids - What to do if you are lost, avoiding fights, and lots of other
issues.
StudyStack - The StudyStackTM
concept was designed to help people memorize information about various subjects.
Using the StudyStack web site, you use your computer to display a stack of "virtual
cards" which contain information about a certain subject.
Words
and Pictures - These games and activities from the BBC will make learning
phonics fun.
The
American Secular Holidays Calendar - "Let's see ... hmmmm, when is Veterans
day?" If you ever ask questions like that, go to this page enter the year and
see important dates for that year. This calendar covers years later than 1776.
If you are interested, in the year 2195 Earth Day will be Wednesday, 22 April.
Surfing the Net with Kids
- Barbara J. Feldman, a former computer consultant and programmer, is the mother
of two young children. "Surfing the Net with Kids" is syndicated in newspapers
nationally. Incudes a large list of kids games.