Parent Internet Links

Communication with Children

Children's Grief Education

Listening Skills

Talk with your Kids

Drug & Alcohol Education

ESL Resources

• About.com: English as a Second Language

• Activities for ESL Students

• Dave's ESL Cafe

• English Club

• ESL Gold

• ESL Partyland

• ESL Resource Center

• Interesting Things for ESL Students
• Practice Your English Online

Health Resources

• Household Products Database
• Peanut Allergy Resource Page

Interdisciplinary

Awesome Library

Citation Machine

Fact Monster- interactive activities on a variety of topics, including spelling & geography

i Know That! - educational games

KnowPlay? Internet directory

ThinkFinity - Verizon education resources

Parenting in a Digital Age

Family Education Network

OnGuardOnline--Resources to help parents guide children's online experiences

PBS Parents Guide to Media (also Spanish)

Reading

ALA Frequently Challenged Books - compiled by ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom

America Reads!- available in Spanish
Children's Books Forever- free downloads of classic titles

Get Caught Reading- promoting reading

Guys Read- Reading initiative for boys

International Children's Digital Library

Lexile

Description of Lexile System

Find A Book

Outstand Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learner

Parent's Choice Award lists

Parent's Choice on Graphic Novels

Read Kiddo - James Patterson's good reads for kids

Reading Planet
Reading Suggestions K-3

Storyline Online - Screen Actors' Guild members reading children's books

Science

PBS Parents

TryScience - virtual field trips, experiments for ages8-15
TAKScopes - Rice University student tutorial in K-5 science curriculum - contact school for login information

Study Skills- teaching study skills to children

• Helping Children Learn Series -Includes information en Español
• Track - UT System TAKS prep

Tools for Evaluating Web Sites

• Elementary

• Middle School

• High School

User/password available from campus librarian.