General Information for Parents

50 Ways Parents Can Help Schools

Want to find out ways you can make a difference in your child’s education? Here are some ideas!

Administration for Children and Families

Information from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Administration for Children and Families' Programs.

Awesome Clipart for Kids

Student and family-friendly free clipart, coloring pages, backgrounds, banners, and wallpaper with aliens, animals, cats, creatures, dogs, education, and more. Created and maintained by 13-year-old Tom Brown.

Canadian Parents Online

Information, news, and discussions on parenting from Canada.

The Children's Partnership

Their mission is to inform leaders and the public about the needs of America's 70 million children, and to engage them in helping children.

Dear Parents

Each week a new question and answer is featured in school content areas, such as reading, writing, mathematics, as well as in learning styles, gifted education, homeschooling, and more.

Disney's Family.com

Resources and information for parents and children.

ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication

Information for parents and educators concerning children and literacy.

Expect the Best From a Girl: That's What You'll Get

Topics of interest to parents raising daughters.

Family Education Network

Information on a variety of topics for parents.

Family Math

FAMILY MATH is a program developed by EQUALS, at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, to encourage underrepresented groups (especially girls and minority students) to enter careers that use mathematics.

Father's Day Fun

Kid's Domain offers some crafts, projects, activities, and links for this holiday.

FDA, Recalls and Safety Alerts

A list of items brought to the attention of the FDA over the past 60 days.

Great Sites for Kids from the American Library Association

700+ wonderful websites for kids and the adults who care about them with a librarian's guide to cyberspace and lots of other neat stuff!

Helping Your Child Get Ready for School

Activities to help children from birth to age five years in their preparation for school.

Helping Your Child Learn Responsible Behavior

Article edited by Theodor Reharber providing practical suggestions for helping young children appreciate the importance of acting responsibly in their everyday lives.

Helping Your Child Learn Geography

Information about assisting your child in learning geography skills.

Helping Your Child Learn History

Information about assisting your child in learning history.

Helping Your Child Learn Responsible Behavior

How to help your child learn mature behavior.

Helping Your Child Learn to Read

This publication was written to help parents build the language skills of young children to get them ready to learn to read.

Helping Your Child Learn Science

Provided by Programs for the Improvement of Practice at the U.S. Department of Education.

Help Your Child Improve in Test-taking

An article describing how you can help children take tests, provided by the U.S. Department of Education.

Help Your Child Learn To Write Well

An article describing ways a parent can improve their children's writing skills, provided by the U.S. Department of Education.

Houghton Mifflin's Parents Place

Parent resources for reading, language arts, math, and social studies, as well as other information.

How Can I Be Involved in My Child's Education?

Here are some ideas to help you get started

InfoLine of Los Angeles

InfoLine counselors can establish a direct link between persons seeking help and agencies that are able to provide that help. Typical requests include emergency food and shelter, legal and financial assistance, health care and substance abuse treatment, children and senior programs, and mental health services.

Interesting Places for Parents

Links to a variety of resources and information of interest to parents.

Kids' Money

Information on allowances for kids.

KidSource Online

Their objective is to provide current, in-depth education and healthcare information that will make a difference in the lives of parents and their children.

Merriam-Webster OnLine - The complete Merriam-Webster Collegiate

Dictionary and Thesaurus online -- free and searchable with definitions and audio pronunciations. You can also read the Word of the Day, play Word Games, etc.

National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education

Working to create more effective family-school partnerships to increase student achievement, empower parents, and support classroom teachers.

The National Parenting Center

Provides advice from nine well-known child rearing specialists.

National PTA Website

A large collection of information resources for parents.

The Natural Child Project

Articles on homeschooling and parenting.

Parents Helping Parents

A parent-directed family resource center for children with special needs (mental, physical, emotional, or learning disabilities).

Parent Involvement at the Middle School Level

Article answering questions like: What is middle school? What are middle school students like? What can parents do to help children have success at home? At school? Why is it important for parents to be involved?.

Parent Involvement in Education

This article points to some recent research concerning the benefits of parent involvement in the schools.

Parenthood.com

Pediatricians and psychiatrists respond to your e-mail and provide answers to common questions.

Parent Resources

General reources for parents from the Texas Education Network (TENET).

ParentSoup

Discussion forums that address issues from step-parenting and disciplining to children with attention deficit disorder and other disabilities.

Parents' Place

The Parents' Place Reading Room features an "Ask the Experts" section, information on "Health, Pregnancy", "Early Childhood," "Family Fun," and "Some Types of Parenting."

Partnership for Family Involvement in Education

This site is dedicated to promoting children's learning through the development of family-school-community Partnerships.

PhillyNeighborhoods Online

Neighborhoods Online's aim is to provide fast access to information and ideas covering all aspects of neighborhood revitalization in Philadelphia, as well as to create a national network of activists working on problems that affect us where we live.

Strong Families, Strong Schools

Based on Strong Families, Strong Schools, written by Jennifer Ballen and Oliver Moles, for the national family initiative of the U.S. Department of Education.

Summer Home Learning Recipes

Here are activities for parents of young children in prekindergarten through third grade to do with their children to improve reading, writing, math and science skills.

Zero to Three

This child-advocacy group provides a wealth of research on the physical, cognitive and social development of infants and toddlers.

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Keeping Your Child Safe on the Internet

Children Accessing Controversial Information

An article on Internet safety.

Child Safety on the Information Highway

This guide offers ideas for parents to minimize the potential risks of children going online.

Kid Safety on the Internet

Through a question and answer format, students learn how to protect themselves on the Internet.

Parental Control

Infomedia provides information on Parental Control Software and organizations focused on Internet safety for children.

The Parents Guide to the Information Superhighway

Rules and tools for families online.

Parent's Guide to the Internet

This comprehensive guide is provided by the U.S. Department of Education.

SafeSurf Home Page

Useful Internet information on a rating system for the Web, a parent-child Acceptable Use Policy, and instructions on how to block access to chat rooms on America Online.

Staying Street Smart on the Web

Yahooligans offers rules for online safety.

Telecommunications Act of 1996

Provided for concerned "Netizens" with links to some information for protecting children online, at home, and in their neighborhood.

Toy Hazard Recalls

A list of toys that have been recalled for safety reasons.

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Publications and Articles for Parents

Family.com

A collaboration of 30 monthly parenting publications from around the world--all members of the national trade association, Parenting Publications of America.

The Future of Children

A publication of the Center for the Future of Children, featuring articles related to children's well-being, effective programs and policies, and constructive institutional change.

Parents & Children Together Online

The Family Literacy Center at the ERIC Clearinghouse for Reading, English and Communication offers their magazine Parents and Children Together via the Web.

Publications for Parents

A searchable index of articles for parents from the U.S. Department of Education.

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