Parent Resources

General Education Sites

http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/index.html

http://tangischools.org/

Summer Learning (some may contain ads)

http://school.familyeducation.com/summer/family-learning/36089.html

http://aftcalendar.cleverspin.com/

http://www.partnershipforlearning.org/article.asp?ArticleID=121

http://www.readwritethink.org/beyondtheclassroom/summer/

http://www.professorgarfield.org/pgf_home.html (Cute Garfield stuff!)

Sites for Parents

http://childfun.com/ (lots of fun "stuff")

http://family.go.com/ (Family Fun)

http://www.kidsource.com/ (a variety of resources)

http://www.familyeducation.com/home/ (family education)

http://childparenting.about.com/od/parentswebsites/ (K-6 parenting resources)

Elementary Years (cross-curricular)

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/sightword/dolchgames.htm (Dolch word games)

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/money/moneymain.htm  (Money worksheets)

Language Arts Sites (including Reading, English, Spelling)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/ (Lots of interactive games -- site from Britain -- strong accent.)

http://www.kidsspell.com/ (Spelling games) 

http://www.storyit.com/wgames/wgames.htm (Interactive links for Elementary students)

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/achick.html (Writing Process)

http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/ (Essay Writing)

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/proofread.html (Punctuation & Grammar)

http://www.learningplanet.com/act/rats/rats3.asp?rats_advadj (Adjectives & Adverbs)

http://members.tripod.com/%7Elklivingston/essay/ (Essay Writing)

Math Sites

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/educational/maths.html (Middle School interactive math)

http://www.kidsnumbers.com/ (Various skills)

http://www.mathpower.com/video.htm (Algebra video tutorials)

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/quizit/feature_quizits.php (various "quiz its" for math)

http://www.kidport.com/Grade4/Math/MathIndex.htm (basic math facts practice)

http://www.algebra.com/ (algebra help)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/maths/algebra/index.shtml (algebra practice)

http://www.dositey.com/addsub/Mystery11.htm (positive and negative numbers)

http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/sm/index.asp ("Spacey Math" - elementary skills)

http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html ("Math Baseball" - math facts)

http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php?TB=2&page=12 (Flashcards, incl.money skills)

http://www.mathfactcafe.com/ (pre-made/ "build-it-yourself" flashcards, worksheets)

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/toc_vol7.html (pre-algebra topics)

Social Studies Sites

http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/mummy.html (Create a mummy like the ancient Egyptians did.)  

http://www.kidspast.com/ (History, including World)

http://www.usahistory.com/trivia/ (Historical, State, and other Trivia)

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/hunt.cgi/es (Explore the States)

http://www.history.com/tdih.do (This day in history)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/USA/ (Zoom School)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm (various games, including those about our 50 states)

Science Sites

http://www.kidsbiology.com/animals-for-children.php

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/ (Cool Science for Curious Kids)

http://simscience.org/ (Science simulations)

http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/ (Science questions answered)

http://www.billnye.com/ (variety of topics with Bill Nye)

Cross-Curricular Sites

http://www.kidsmemory.com/ (Memory Games )

http://www.didyouknow.cd/kids/kids.htm (some cute trivia here)

http://www.kidsmemory.com/number_scrambler/index.php ( Memory Games)

http://www.brainpop.com/ (a variety of content areas)

http://www.studystack.com/Home.jsp (Flashcards)

http://brainbashers.com/illusions.asp (Optical Illusions)

http://www.hippocampus.org/ad/edwen.html (Various content areas)