Resources

PARENT ASSIST MODULE

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ADULT LEARNING LINKS

American Federation of Teachers - Parent Page
American Library Association - Parent's Page
Awesome Library - The Awesome Library organizes your exploration of the World Wide Web with 12,000 carefully reviewed resources. It includes a directory, an index, and a search engine. Select who you are (teacher, student, parent) to see an Awesome Library that is designed for you.
Children's Literature Resource for Parents
Coolmath 4 Parents - Link to Coolmath.com for math and science games
Discovery School - Parent's Page
Enchanted Learning -Lots of different themes for learning. Animals, Holidays, People, Oceans, Vehicles
Family Fun Routines - Daily Reading Routines, Preparing for a Test, Doing Homework
Fun School - grades K-2
Kid Info Parent Resources - Reference Site, Games and Fun
Kidsource Online -A helpful set of tips on everything from helping your child with homework to influencing school policy.
Library in the Sky -With over 6,300 links to some of the best educational resources on the Internet, The Library in the Sky guides teachers, students, parents, librarians, and members of the community on their journeys through cyberspace.
Parents as Teachers - All parents are their child's first teacher
Parent Resource Center - America Taking Action
Parent Soup - Toddlers, Preschoolers, Grade Schoolers, Preteens, Teens, Family Pets, Family Travel
Spiderman -offers reading and thinking games involving Spiderman. You can print out the pages and work with your child on them to build literacy skills.
SoYouWanna.com - SoYouWanna.com teaches you how to do all the things nobody taught you in school
The Learning Network - Parent Pages

ENTERTAINMENT

Parents can preview movie clips and read informed reviews about the violent content of films. Kids-In-Mind reviews are objective, non-critical assessments of the potentially objectionable material contained in movies and are primarily addressed to parents. www.kids-in-mind.com
Screen It! was created to give parents a way to access the content of popular entertainment their kids are exposed to. It is designed to allow Hollywood and Record Labels to continue to produce movies, videos and music while informing parents of the content in them. www.screenit.com

DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE

The National PTA Web site has an area called " COMMON SENSE - Strategies for raising alcohol- and drug-free children " which features a Parent's Center area with questions and answers on numerous aspects of parenting. www.pta.org
The National Inhalant Prevention Coalition (NIPC) promotes awareness of the dangers of inhalant abuse and helps parents identify if their child is at risk. www.inhalants.org
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) is a private non-profit, non-partisan coalition of professionals from the communications industry. Our mission is to reduce demand for illicit drugs in America through media communication. www.drugfreeamerica.org
These resources will help teachers and parents who want reliable information about alcohol and other drugs, including how to talk to kids about the dangers.

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