FAMILY RESOURCES
This section provides resources for the entire family including: educational websites for continued learning, information about activities to do outside the home, advice for successful parenting, and parent groups to join.
About.com
Education Variety of subject searches.
American Library Association
Recommends books to read.
Avalon Project
Documents in law, history, and diplomacy.
Awesome Library
Library searches for fun or academic purposes.
Children's Literature Blog
Book reviews, author visit announcements, discussion questions, etc.
ˇColorín Colorado!
For Spanish-speaking parents to help their children learn to read.
Connexions
An environment for collaboratively developing, freely sharing, and rapidly publishing scholarly content on the Web.
Dictionary
Everything you ever wanted to know about words, plus games.
Fun Brain
#1 Education Site for K-8 (Parents, Teachers, Kids)
How Stuff Works
Tutorials on how a variety of daily life and future activities function.
K12
Offers online curriculum and programs in the K-12 market.
LibWeb
Lists over 7700 pages from libraries in 146 countries.
Math Resources
List compiled by the National Education Association.
Microbe Zoo
Discover the world of hidden microbes.
Poetry Archives
An educational resource to aid students, educators, and the curious.
Project Gutenberg
Collection of free electronic books, or eBooks.
RefDesk
Various links to educational sites.
Wikipedia
The free encyclopedia.
Big Brother Big Sister
Oldest and largest youth mentoring organization.
Boy Scouts
Young men achieve the objectives of strengthening character, personal fitness, and good citizenship.
Boys and Girls Club
Safe place to learn, grow and have fun in a safe environment.
Casita Maria
After school education in the Arts, Literacy and Job Readiness while addressing critical needs for youth, families and seniors in predominantly Hispanic communities in New York City and beyond.
Girl Scouts
The world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls where they can build character and skills for success in the real world.
Police Athletic League
Provides chapters with resources and opportunities to grow their own programs and enhance the quality of individual programming.
Salvation Army
Offers youth camps and after-school activities, as well as thrift stores, various forms of rehabilitation, disaster relief, and elderly services.
YMCA
A place to belong and to live the values that guide and unite our members: caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.
Common Sense Media
Dedicated to improving the media and entertainment lives of kids and families.
The Endowment for Human Development
A non-profit organization with the goal of improving lifelong health through prenatal development-based education.
Family Education
General parenting information
National Right to Read Foundation
Online resource for phonics products, phonics research, and phonics advocacy.
Parent Success
Goal is to help parents, children, and families through our tips, columns, resources, and books.
PBS
Guide to getting involved in children's education.
Picky Parent
Inspiring and equipping every parent to make the most of each child's school-age years - first by choosing the best learning environment that fits your child and family, and then by working to improve the results from any schooling situation.
Sylvan Learning
Tips for parents on helping children be the best learners possible.
The Report Card
Unique educational resource website and stores for parents, teachers, students and schools.
U.S Department of Education: Parents
Advice for parents from the U.S. Dept. of Education on promoting educational excellence for all Americans.
Black Alliance for Educational Options
Helps African-American parents understand all of the educational options that exist.
Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options
Empowers Latino families with parental choice in education.
National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)
Advocates the involvement of parents and families in their children's education, and fosters relationships between home, school, and community to enhance the education of all our nation's young people.
Mom Junction
Mom networking: find and share information more effectively.
Parent Involvement Matters
A leading resource for educators, school administrators, parent leaders, researchers, parent educators and coaches, trainers and other professionals working to increase parental involvement in education.
Parent Partners (PIRC)
Provides services to families and educators in Title 1 schools, schools in urban areas and to North Carolina's lowest performing schools.
Parents as Teachers
Providing parents with child development knowledge and parenting support.
PTO Today
The center of the school parent group world (PTOs/PTAs) as both a valuable resource and a trusted voice to the entire parent group market.
The California Parent Center
A statewide parental information and resource center based in San Diego, CA.
The Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE)
This Harvard Family Research Project offers parents current research findings on parent involvement practices, while providing a place for colleagues in the field of education to connect and communicate.
The National Association of Partners in Education (NAPE)
A teacher-parent engagement-through-partnerships program. Its efforts are focused through three core competencies: training and technical assistance, research and materials development, and a unique national member network.
The Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
The largest volunteer child advocacy association in the nation.
The Parent Leadership Network
A unique online community for parents all across the country to connect with one another and talk about ways to develop and expand their leadership skills and opportunities.
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