Web
Sites for Parents
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites
Links
to 700+ websites for parents, caregivers and anyone who cares about kids.
http://www.looseleafbookcompany.org/
The
Loose Leaf Book Company is a weekly hour-long radio series for
adults that celebrate children's literature. You can use this
website to experience the world of LLBC, the books we cover learn more
about or link to many interesting facets of children's books.
http://www.carolhurst.com/
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - Reviews and teaching ideas for
kids' A collection of reviews of great books for kids, and classroom
activities
and lesson plans for teachers about particular subjects, curriculum areas,
themes and professional topics.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
The Internet has become a great source of information about a great many
children's writers and illustrators. The websites listed here include
authors' personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars, and
readers.
http://www.cbcbooks.org/navigation/parindex.htm
This guide is intended for the use of parents, grandparents, aunts,
uncles,
caregivers, and all those who care for children. It is also intended for
those young-at-heart adults who still have a deep love of childrens books.
http://homearts.com/depts/relat/bookintr.htm
An excellent article from the Hearst Corporation's HomeArts website. In
it,
Chris Van Allsburg, Maurice Sendak, Captain Kangaroo, poet Rita Dove, editor
Anita Silvey, and all-round-intellectual-type-guy Harold Bloom offer their
suggestions about children's books, about the importance of reading, and
ways to encourage reading.
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Reading/index.html
With activities for children from infancy through age 10. Written By
Bernice
Cullinan and Brod Bagert. One of a series of Publications for Parents from
the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) of the U.S.
Department of Education.
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/fl/pcto/menu.html
A Magazine for Parents and Children.
The magazine's goal is to further the cause of family literacy by bringing
parents and children together through the magic of reading. PCTO features
original stories and articles for children, suitable for reading aloud. A
special section for parents features articles on issues related to
children's reading and writing and book reviews of recent children's
literature.
http://www.eduplace.com/parents/
Parents' Place: Family resources for parents and caregivers who want to
help
their children excel in school. Includes the Home Activity Center, Homework
Help, Kids' Publishing Corner, and the Home Schooling links.
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/
The award-winning Random House Childrenšs Books website, kids@random
offers an array of materials and activities free of charge for children,
parents,
and educators. Teachers@random website
features many teaching tools and
classroom activities. The web site contains over 100 title-specific
teacheršs guides developed by leading educators and more than 75 author and
illustrator biographies with exclusive interviews and full color
photographs.
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/
The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am,Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the
Seuss
characters welcome you to Seussville, Dr. Seuss's playground in cyberspace.
You can play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat, win prizes, find out about
new Dr. Seuss books and CD-ROMs, and much, much more!
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/index.htm
Scholastic Web site offers Book suggestions,
activities, and articles for parents.
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/3/wa/BCPageDA/Parents
Big Chalk, the Education Network, maintains this Web site with
resources for parents. Sample links: Home schooling, online tutoring, top 8
Web sites.
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