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Reading Resources | |
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Helping your child learn to use the library |
| From the U.S. Department of Education. | |
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Let's Read! |
| Information for parents from the U.S. Department of Education. | |
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American Library Association Resources for parents, teachers, and kids |
| Recommended book, Internet sites software, videos, and more. | |
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Starfall |
| Starfall is a creative website designed to teach children to read. The interactive books available here have sound – so please turn your speakers on. Teacher may request free writing journals for classroom use that reinforce the sequential phonics lessons of each interactive book. | |
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Parents and Children Together On-line |
| An online magazine published by the Family Literacy Center at the ERIC Clearinghouse for Reading, English and Communication. The magazine's goal is to further the cause of family literacy by bringing parents and children together through the magic of reading. It features stories and articles for children suitable for reading aloud. | |
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Today's Parents: Comic Books |
| This is a great, informative article about how comic books can stimulate reading interest in children. | |
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Reading is Fundamental |
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An exceptional site for parents of children of any age. Suggestions on how to motivate kids to read, choose good books, and make your home "literacy-rich". Searchable by age groups. | |
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Internet Safety | |
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America Links Up |
| With Internet safety tips, fun links for kids, and "Tools and Tips" for parents, this is a good place to start learning about Internet safety. | |
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Other Helpful Resources
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Let's Do Homework! |
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From the US Department of Eduation: Ideas for helping children develop good homework habits and a good attitude towards homework assignments. | |
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The Internet Public Library (IPL) Teacher/Parent Corner |
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Many links to a variety of sites on several topics that could be useful to teachers and parents. Included topics are Health Resources, Math and Science Resources, Our World Resources. | |
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OCLC First Search - Email us for passwords |
| For magazine articles, books, journal articles, government publications, almanacs etc. | |
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