- All of these sites are aimed towards
- elementary school children.
- Listed below are some wonderful web sites
- that I have found just for parents!!
- I hope you have fun looking
- through them.
- Parent's Links:
- Kid's Links:
Creative Ways to Encourage Students to Read:
This web site is great for either teachers or parents. It offers several different tips that you can do with children that will encourage them to read and become more excited about it. The more involvement and encouragement that you do with children at home the more excited they will be to read.
Helping
Your Child Become a Reader:
This is a great web site for parents to use when they
are trying to develop ways to teach their children how to read. It gives
several different activities that you can do with them as they are growing
up. You can also download the whole publication through adobe acrobat
reader. This way you can keep the book on hand and refer back to it at
anytime.
Media
Literacy Activities for Parents:
This is an awesome web site for parents to use with their
children. There are several different activities that they can do
with them. They stress how important it is for children to know how
to read whether it's with a book or using the Internet. It explains
how you can incorporate reading through using the Internet. By creating
a web site with your child it will help them practice their writing and
reading skills. It is also a great way for children and parents to
work together.
Book Adventure:
This is a fun and adventurous web site for parents and
children to use. There are several different articles that give suggestions
to parents for choosing the right book for their child. It also gives
many suggestions of activities that a parent can do with their son or daughter.
Their are links for additional web sites that parents can refer to.
They also have a homework tip link, so that if you and your child get stumped
on a question you can refer to them to get some help.
Scholastic:
This web site is actually one of my favorite ones. I
refer to it a lot when I am trying to think of lesson plans or activities
that I can do with children. It gives many suggestions of different activities
and lessons that can be done with any child. It also allows you to
pick what subject area and grade level you are looking for. It gives
a great deal of information and there is also a separate section for children
to use.
Welcome kids!! Listed below
are some fun
web sites that I have found
just for you.
There are some really neat and
exciting
activities for you to try out.
I hope you enjoy them!!
Kid's Connect:
This is a really neat web site for children to use. It gives them the opportunity to write out some questions and send them in to a librarian. It will only take two days to get a response back and they will give you various web sites and resources that you can look at to help you get more information on whatever topic you may be researching. This web site allows children to practice their writing skills by sending an e-mail. It also allows them to work with the Internet and learn how to actually send e-mail to other people.
Start
Squad:
This is a wonderful site for children. It has great
animation when the web site first comes up. It allows the children
to pick which grade level they want to work on. They can choose from preschool,
elementary, or middle school. It offers a variety of activities and web
sites that are appropriate for children. I also liked this site because
it also has suggestions for parents and teachers. It has several links
for many people and allows children to have fun while getting educated.
The
Young Writers Club:
This is a great web site to encourage children to write.
It is a great way for them to share what they have written with our peers
and adults. It is completely free to join. Once you join children
have access to several different web sites, where they can try different
activities and test out their reading and writing ability. It also
gives them the opportunity to practice using a computer and getting to
know it better. Since, technology has grown so much over the last few years
it is important for children to become familiar with the computer and its
functions as early as possible.
Tips
for Young Writers:
This web site gives great suggestions to children who
are trying to think of what they should write about. It shows them many
examples of what a good topic might be. They suggested to children to keep
a notebook of various information, so that they can refer back to it when
writing a story. It gives suggestions for prewriting, how they can
began their story, and what they should include in it. It also explains
to them how to revise their work before publishing or turning it in.
Word Central:
This is a great resource for children of all ages.
It allows them to look up different words in the dictionary and comes up
with definitions that the children can understand. It gives them
other words that go along with the word that they choose. That way they
can get several definitions at one time. The children can also make
up their own dictionary providing definitions that other individuals can
use. This is a great tool for children to build up their vocabulary,
which will help them become a better reader and writer.
If you have any questions or comments feel free to e-mail me!!
