WEB RESOURCES FOR LITERACY TEACHERS
©2003, Denni Scates, Region 10 Education Service Center
Help for Parents
Tips for Parents. American Library Association’s tip page. Provides tips for parents about how to raise a reader and provides a list of over 700 web sites for children and the adults who care about them. The web sites are organized by subject
http://www.ala.org/parentspage
iVillage. Broadly based parenting site. Children’s literature newsletter, oriented toward parents. Provides a list of recommended books for your preschool aged child.
http://www.parentsoup.com/preschool/
Helping Your Child Learn to Read. Site operated by the U.S. Department of Education. This online book focuses primarily on what you can do to help children up to 10 years of age learn to read and enjoy reading.
http://www.ed.gov/parents/read/resources/edpicks.jhtml?src=qc
Helping Your Child Use the Library. Site operated by the U.S. Department of Education. This online book will give you a short rundown on facts, as well as many simple, fun activities for you and your child to do together.
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Library/index.html
Parents’ Guide Book. Contains a complete guide to how to protect your children on the Internet. Also offers information to teachers, teacher educators, law enforcement, etc.
http://www.familyguidebook.com
Preschool Zone. This website contains ideas and links to ideas to fun and educational things to do "keep your child busy."
http://www.thevirtualvine.com/Links6.html
National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL). A "nonprofit organization supporting family literacy services for families across the United States through training, programming, research, advocacy and dissemination." Located in Louisville. Good links.