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"Life affords no
greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next
generation."
C. Everett Koop
Resources
Sites that are designed to help you deal with living, caring and raising
of teenagers
ABC
Teach abcteach is a quality educational site that
offers free printable theme units, word puzzles, writing forms, book report
forms, ideas, lessons and much more. Great for new teachers, student teachers
, homeschooling and teachers who like creative ways to teach. Updated on
a regular basis
ABCs
of Parenting Site dedicated to information on all levels
of parenting Use the search engine above to find specific topic of interest!(Recommend
you check this site out)
ALA
Resources for Parents and Kids. Established by the American Library Association,
this site maintains links and guides for kids and teens. It also has links
to many Homeschool based sites.
All Star Activities This website assists parents in the decision
making process of selecting an appropriate extracurricular activity for their
child, by providing helpful information about the requirements and commitment of
pursuing a particular sport or activity. Additionally, it contains photos,
reading lists, movies, musical instruments, vacation destinations and more.
America
Reads Program This site provides links and a list
of free reading tutorial programs available through many colleges and universities.
Ask
Mr Jeeves for kids Just type in a question and Mr. Jeeves will
help you find an answer. This site is for students , teachers and parents.
Bonus.Com Offers hundreds of quality activates that
invite kids to play, color, explore, learn and imagine. If you are
an educator or a parent, check out the activities in this section for use
in the classroom and the family room!
Children'
Literature Web Guide The Children's Literature Web Guide is an
attempt to gather together and categorize the growing number of Internet
resources related to books for Children and Young Adults. Much of
the information that you can find through these pages is provided by
others: fans, schools, libraries, and commercial enterprises involved in
the book world.
Education
K-12 Articles This site has articles that provide information
and tips on many subjects, skills or lessons of children of all ages.
Family
Circle Magazine dedicated to the health, safety and
welfare of the family.
Familyeducation.com An education site that provides information,
activities and links on all subjects for teachers, parents and students.
We highly recommend this site.
Family
Resource Center This Resource Center is full of information
for everyone in the family. For the kids they offer homework help in all
subject areas. Mathematics, science, history, English, languages and various
dictionaries. For the college-bound there is online help with SATs, financial
aid and guides to choosing a college.
Fun-Attic
Game and Activity Guide. Here you will find great game ideas that are ideal for the
entire family. Some games can be adapted for indoor play
First"Online
Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Test
We provide complete and accurate result of your intelligence quotient (IQ)
test. The GIQTest correlated with an individual's full scale score on a
clinically proctored IQ test. (Some charges may be made)
GetNetWise The Internet offers kids many opportunities
for learning, constructive entertainment, and personal growth. At the same
time, parents are concerned about the risks kids face online. The challenge
for parents is to educate themselves and their children about how to use
the Internet safely. GetNetWise can help.
Helping
Your Child With Homework For Parents of Elementary and Junior High
School-Aged Children. By Nancy Paulu Edited by Kathryn Perkinson
Illustrated by Becky Heavner
iGrandparents Information and links for grandparents and
their grandchildren.
Internet
Safety Resources and tips to heighten public awareness
to the serious dangers of the Internet and to inform Internet users of
ways they can make the Internet safe for everyone.
Helping
Kids with Math and Reading Math and Reading Help for Kids is a growing
directory of
original articles and resources centered on the topic of
children's
education. The purpose of this site is to provide a centralized information
portal to help parents and children
make informed decisions about school
related issues.
The
Parents Page - Our Son Is Off To College Follow along as Barry Simmons, author of Send
Your Child to College For Free Or Close To It, provides a monthly diary
of his own son's first experience with college, from Barry's
perspective
as a parent. You'll find it both humorous and informative.
Parent
Soup This site contains chat rooms, boards, experts,
resources, fun & games, and an education central. Use their search
engine to
find a wide variety of information. (I recommend you check this
site out)
Practical
Money Skills A site brought to you by VISA to help you
teach your child how
to use money.
PTA Central, A central information resource for PTA groups, PTO groups
and other school related parent teacher
organizations.
Research
Center Doing a project or research paper here is
a page with a wide variety of sources, links and search engines designed
to help
you in your quest.
Thinkport A Maryland Public
Television’s free multimedia supersite for the K-12
classroom, communities and families. Comprehensive
lesson plans, teacher support materials, and online
interactive field trips provide innovative resources
for classroom and home use. Thinkport offers online
professional development,
innovative technology tools, a classroom web site
builder and many more free educational resources.
U.S.
Department Of Education Office Of Educational Research and Improvement
Help Your Child Improve in Test-Taking April
1993 Tips on how
to take a test from the US government
Weathereye A webpage that has information to help you
explain to your children the weather that effects us all.
WebPoetry Poetry submitted to The Classroom. Perhaps
we can learn a lot from today's modern graffiti.
The William Gladden Foundation Library
This nonprofit organization website hosts a
library of free educational materials for teachers, counselors and
administrators to use in the classroom and as staff training materials
Work
Family Tips Get a tip or leave a tip on many areas of
interest from school, travel, parenting, health, safety, humor, childcare
and a
multitude of topics.
Yuckiest
Site Answers questions that young children always
seem to ask
adults. A great source of information from the Disney
People!
Resources