SOME GREAT SITES FOR PARENTS
- Black
History.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
This
outstanding Black History site offers a full range of activities and was created
to support students as they explore topic related to Black History and African
American issues. Try the Black History treasure hunt.
- Child Abuse Prevention
Network.
http://child-abuse.com
A network of organizations and
individuals fighting child abuse.
- Child Safety on the
Information Highway.
http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm
A
guide to Internet safety for young people, originally from the National Center
for Missing and Exploited Children and Interactive Services Association.
- Childbirth.org.
http://www.childbirth.org
Resources
on all aspects of pregnancy, childbirth, and pre- and post-natal care.
- Children’s Defense
Fund.
http://www.childrensdefense.org/
This Washington, D.C.-based
organization advocates on behalf of children at risk and children with
disabilities.
- Connect for
Kids.
http://www.connectforkids.org
This nonprofit site provides
news and information on issues affecting kids and families, over 1500 helpful
links to national and local resources, and two e-mail newsletters.
- Dr. Toy’s Guide on the
Internet.
http://www.drtoy.com
Information on hundreds of
recommended toys and products for children.
- Facts for
Families.
http://www.aacap.org/web/aacap/publications/factsfam/index.htm
Information
on issues that affect children, teenagers, and their families from the American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
- Family
TLC.
http://familyTLC.net
Parenting tips, family activities,
articles on child development, and many child-friendly and age-appropriate
activities are featured on this site.
- Fun
Brain.com.
http://www.funbrain.com
Educational games for children
and teens, plus some teacher and parenting resources.
- Jean Armour
Polly’s 100 Great Sites in Ten
Categories.
http://www.netmom.com/ikyp/samples/hotlist.shtml
For
families that would like to explore the Web together.
- Kidcapital.com.
http://www.kidcapital.com/
Practical
information for teaching kids about money. Topics include allowances, shopping,
and saving for college.
- KidsDoctor.
http://www.kidsdoctor.com/
Searchable
database of pediatric advice.
- KidsHealth.org.
http://www.kidshealth.org/index2.html
Articles
on many aspects of child health—for parents, kids, and health professionals—from
the Nemours Foundation.
- KIDSNET.
http://www.kidsnet.org/
The
only national non-profit computerized clearinghouse and information center
devoted to children’s television, radio, audio, video, and multimedia. Provides
resources, including monthly media guides, to help families make smart choices
about their children’s media use.
- KidSource
Online.
http://www.kidsource.com/
Information for parents on child
health, education, and more.
- The Learning
Page.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
Sponsored by the
Library of Congress, this site offers lesson plans, activities, and educational
initiatives to enhance the teaching of American history and culture.
- Mother
Goose
Pages.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymes.html
A
collection of nursery rhymes, with tips on how to share them with children of
different ages.
- National Information Center for Children and
Youth with Disabilities.
http://nichcy.org/
“The national
information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and
disability-related issues for families, educators, and other
professionals.”
- National Runaway
Switchboard.
http://www.nrscrisisline.org
This site offers advice
for teens who are having problems as well as general information for parents,
teachers and concerned adults.
- Netsmartz.
http://www.netsmartz.org
Games,
activities and information to help kids, teens and parents stay safe on the
Internet.
- Pampers Parenting
Institute.
http://www.pampers.com/
Information from T. Berry
Brazelton and other experts on infant and toddler care.
- ReadyWeb.
http://readyweb.crc.uiuc.edu/M
An
electronic collection of resources on school readiness sponsored by the ERIC
Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education.
- SafeChild.Net.
http://www.safechild.net
This
child safety site includes information about product recalls, childcare, home
safety, camp and Internet safety and more.
- Speechville.
http://www.speechville.com
This
valuable resource for families, educators and medical professionals offers about
a myriad of speech, language and communications disorders in children.
- WholeFamily
Center.
http://www.wholefamily.com/
Help for families passing
through life’s difficult spots.
- Zero to
Three.
http://www.zerotothree.org/
Lots of information on infants
and toddlers for both parents and professionals.
SITES FOR HOME SCHOOLING FAMILIES
SITES FOR EDUCATORS AND LIBRARIANS
- American Association of School
Librarians (AASL).
http://www.ala.org/aasl/
Includes AASL
partnerships, activities, and the ICONnect project.
- Association for Library Service to
Children (ALSC).
http://www.ala.org/alsc/
Includes ALSC
partnerships, activities, and the Newbery and Caldecott Medal pages.
- Awesome
Library.
http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/awesome.html
The Awesome
Library organizes your exploration of the World Wide Web with 10,000 carefully
reviewed resources. It includes a directory, an index, and a new search
engine.
- Blue
Web’n.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
A searchable
directory of “Blue Ribbon learning sites” on the Web.
- Book
Links.
http://www.ala.org/BookLinks/index.html
Latest news from
this popular magazine for adults interested in connecting children with high
quality books and other media. Includes index to all back issues.
- BookHive: Public Library of Charlotte
and Mecklenburg Co.
http://www.bookhive.org
A reader's advisory
tool for infants through sixth graders that can be searched by topic or reading
level; includes materials for parents and other adults.
- Booklist.
http://www.ala.org/booklist/index.html
This
digital counterpart of the American Library Association’s Booklist
magazine posts reviews and information about new books and other media for
young, middle school, and older children.
- Bulletin of the Center for
Children’s Books.
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb/
Great for
teachers and librarians looking for reviews of materials for young
people.
- Council for Exceptional Children
(CEC).
http://www.cec.sped.org/
A national organization for those
involved in special education and gifted education.
- Dewey
Browse.
http://www.deweybrowse.org
Librarian Gail Shea Grainger
maintains this listing of web sites for K-12 students, arranged in Dewey Decimal
order.
- Discovery
School.com Teaching
Tools.
http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html
This
portion of the highly regarded educational site offers teachers a puzzle maker,
worksheet generator, quiz maker, glossary builder, and clip art gallery.
- Education Week on the
Web.
http://www.edweek.com
Online news from the world of
education.
- Education
World.
http://www.education-world.com/
An e-zine “where educators
go to learn.”
- ERIC: Clearinghouse on Elementary and
Early Childhood Education.
http://ericeece.org/
From the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- History/Social Studies
Web Site for K–12
Teachers.
http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html
Resources to
encourage the use of the Web as a tool for learning and teaching.
- Information Literacy
and the Net.
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/literacy.htm
This
eight-hour staff development course emphasizes student investigations as
vehicles to explore the information available over the Internet. From Bellingham
(Wash.) School District.
- International Reading Association
(IRA).
http://www.ira.org/
Seeks to promote high levels of
literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction.
- Internet Resources for Special Children
(IRSC).
http://www.irsc.org/
Information relating to the needs of
children with disABILITIES on a global basis.
- Learner
Online.
http://www.learner.org/
Site of the Annenberg/CPB Project,
which uses public television as an educational tool.
- Making
Multicultural Connections Through Trade
Books.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/MBD/Books_Begin.html
Using
multicultural books with children that focus both on specific cultures and on
the universality of human experience; from Montgomery County (Md.) Public
Schools.
- Madera Method:
Learning Through
Research.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/MaderaMethod/
The Madera
Method aims to make history come alive for middle and high school
students.
- Media Literacy
Online Project.
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/HomePage
A
support service for teachers and others concerned with the influence of media in
the lives of children and youth.
- National Association for the Education of
Young Children.
http://www.naeyc.org/
The nationwide professional
organization for early childhood educators.
- National Council of Teachers of
English.
http://www.ncte.org/
The NCTE site contains curriculum
ideas for teachers, resources for parents, and information on English language
standards.
- NEA Teaching, Learning and
Technology.
http://www.nea.org/cet/
Advice for educators on using
technology in the classroom, from NEA.
- On Air: The
History Channel
Classroom.
http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/index.html
The
History Channel Classroom provides television programs that middle school,
junior high, and high school teachers can videotape and keep for up to a
year—along with support materials to help with lesson plans and class
activities.
- Peter Milbury’s School
Librarian Web Pages.
http://www.school-libraries.net/
Model school
library sites and other great professional links.
- Reading is Fundamental
(RIF).
http://www.rif.org/
RIF gives free books to children in the
schools, encouraging literacy.
- Rolling
Readers.
http://www.rollingreaders.org/
A California program that
brings books to children in need of a little extra boost to improve their
literacy.
- School Library Journal
Online.
http://www.slj.com/
News, ideas, and software reviews for
school and public librarians who work with children and YAs.
- Table of
Contents: Cleveland State University Multicultural
Fair.
http://prometheus.ed.csuohio.edu/mcf/mcweb1.html
Education
students from CSU present many of the issues surrounding multiculturalism and
diversity, accompanied by booklists.
- Teacher/Pathfinder.
http://www.teacherpathfinder.org
Resources
for teachers, with a special section for homeschoolers.
- TeachNet: The Teachers’
Network.
http://www.teachnet.org/
Includes approximately 500
teacher- and student-tested classroom projects for preschool through grade
12.
- ThinkQuest.
http://www.thinkquest.org/
ThinkQuest
is an annual contest that challenges “Students, ages 12 to 19, to use the
Internet as a collaborative, interactive teaching and learning tool.” Take a
look at some of the wonderful winning sites!
- Urban Education
Web.
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/
From ERIC; dedicated to
urban students, their families, and the educators who serve them.
- The Vermont
Historical Society: Using Historical Journals in the
Classroom.
http://www.state.vt.us/vhs/educate/diaries.htm
A
fascinating look into the past: two diaries of Vermont children of more than a
century ago, and some excellent curriculum suggestions ideal for home schooling
families.
- Women in World
History
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com
Interactive site full
of information and resources about women’s experiences throughout history. For
teachers, teenagers, parents, and history buffs.
- www.4teachers.
http://www.4teachers.org/home/
Suggestions
and stories from the front lines of technology in the classroom.
- Young Adult Librarian’s
Help/Homepage.
http://yahelp.suffolk.lib.ny.us
Designed to gather
resources on and off the Web to help librarians serving teens.
- Young Adult Library Services
Association (YALSA).
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/
Events and
information for librarians serving young adults.
SITES ABOUT CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, STORYTELLING AND PUPPETRY
- Center for the Study of
Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents (English
version).
http://www.csusm.edu/csbs/english/
A searchable database
of books in Spanish for young people (also available in Spanish).
- Children’s Book
Council.
http://www.cbcbooks.org/
This non-profit trade
organization is dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of
children's books. The CBC also sponsors Young People's Poetry Week and
Children's Book Week each year.
- The Children’s
Literature Web
Guide.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Online
stories, kids’ writing, and information about books, authors, book awards, and
storytelling.
- Cooperative Children’s
Book Center.
http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/
At the “virtual
library” of the School of Education at the Unversity of Wisconsin, find unique
online lists such as Thirty Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know and a
review of a new and recommended book for children every week.
- Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children’s
Literature.
http://www.fairrosa.info/
An assortment of online
resources for those interested in the more theoretical side of children’s
literature, including archived discussion from the Child_lit electronic
discussion list.
- National Center for Children’s
Illustrated Literature.
http://www.nccil.org/home.html
This center
in Abilene, Texas, provides recognition of the artistic achievements of
illustrators and gallery exhibition of their works.
- Native American Indian: Art,
Culture, Education, History,
Science.
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/
An extremely large site
offering information and extensive resources on Native Americans, including
stories and books.
- Picturing
Books.
http://www.geocities.com/dimatulka
This site is an
introduction to picture books, including the anatomy of picture books and
descriptions of various artistic media and styles. Created by Denise I. Matulka,
a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, this is a
must-see for anyone studying the art of the picture book.
- The Puppetry Home
Page.
http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/
The Puppetry Home Page is
a free resource for the puppetry community. Information about the theater’s most
enthralling art form.
- Society of Children’s Book Writers and
Illustrators.
http://www.scbwi.org/
This is the professional
association for children’s books authors/illustrators.
- StoryNet.
http://www.storynet.org/
Information
about the National Storytelling Festival held in Jonesborough, Tennessee, and a
print directory of storytellers and storytelling programs.
- Vandergrift’s Children’s
Literature Page.
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/
A
wide-ranging discussion of issues in children’s literature, plus a directory of
author and illustrator Web sites.