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American Library Association (www.ala.org)

2002 Top 10 Best Books for Young Adults (http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya/2002top10best.html)

2002 Top 10 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers (http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/quickpicks/2002top10quick.htm)

Great Sites (http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/)

2002 Notable Children’s Books (http://www.ala.org/alsc/nbook02.html)

DiscoverySchool.com (www.school.discovery.com)

Student tools, games and learning activities. Parent advice,
reviews and study tools.

Kathy Schrock’s List of Educational Websites (http://www.school.discovery.com/schrockguide/)

Book Adventure (www.bookadventure.org)

Parent’s Place with education motivation and support links and much more (http://bookadventure.org/pa/index.asp)

Kid’s Zone with Book Finder, Quiz-o-Matic, and Face Maker (http://bookadventure.org/ki/index.asp)

FunBrain.com (www.funbrain.com)

Features a variety of games and quizzes (math, reading, science, and more).

The Exploratorium (www.exploratorium.edu)

Provides interactive online science exhibits that children and parents can view. It also has dozens of resources to help with science fair projects.

Spacelink (www.spacelink.nasa.gov)

Provides information about NASA and links to NASA’s web sites.

Helping Your Child Series (www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/hyc.html)

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. Published by the U.S. Department of Education.

Put Reading First: Helping Your Child Learn to Read (PreSchool through Grade 3) (www.nifl.gov/nifl/pfr.html)

This link will direct you to a document written by The Partnership for Reading for parents. It describes valuable tools that parents can use to assist in their child’s reading education.

Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read (PreSchool through Grade 3) (www.nifl.gov/nifl/pfr.html)

This link will direct you to a document also written by The Partnership for Reading. It describes more in depth what research-based strategies should be used in your child’s reading instruction.

Assessments & Standards (www.ksde.org/assessment)

This link provides other links to Education Assessments and Standards

Just for Parents: A Guide to the Kansas Curricular Standards (www.ksde.org/topics/just_for_parents.html)

The Just for Parents booklets were created by the State Board of Education to help parents understand the academic expectations that have been established for their children and the ways they can help their children achieve those expectations.