Helpful Sites for Parents

DiscoverySchool.com
http://school.discovery.com/parents/

"DiscoverySchool.com is rich with features that are helpful for parents and students as well as teachers." The site includes product reviews, educational advice, study tools and homeschooling resources.

Family Edge
http://www.familyedge.com/

A website geared for helping the entire family integrate learning into the home environment. It includes interactive games and homework help for children, as well as resources for parents and grandparents to help promote educational opportunities beyond school walls.

Family Education Network
http://www.familyeducation.com/home/

This site offers advice for parents and for children. The information is broken up into sections for little kids, kids, and teens. The site gives suggestions on helping parents manage their family at home, at play and at school. There is a discussion board to discuss various parenting issues and concerns.

Kid Safe Sites
http://www.cwa.co.nz/eduweb/edu/worlded/kidsafe.html

This is an annotated listing of Kid Safe websites on the Internet. There are many sites to explore for various ages.

Page Wise: Children's Education
http://www.essortment.com/in/Children.Education/

Page Wise offers links to articles to assist parents in selecting toys and games for children. It has articles that give advice to parents for interacting with teachers and enhancing critical thinking skills at home.

Promoting Reading At Home
http://www.nncc.org/Parents/8ways.read.html

This page is part of the National Network for Child Care website. It is a checklist to help parents promote reading at home. The site suggests eight ways to promote reading and provides examples.