PBS Kids is an interactive Web site for children, parents and teachers. It contains fun activities, games and parent resources. Parents and children can even customize stories to include the child's name and favorite character. http://pbskids.org/ Positive Parenting.com is dedicated to providing resources and information to make parenting rewarding, effective, and fun! Current and archived issues of the newsletter are available, as are multimedia resources and links to other pertinent sites. http://www.positiveparenting.com/ Reading Rockets.org offers information about teaching children to read. The site includes what to look for in a preschool program, a list of recommended children's books, and a link to the companion Spanish Web site, ¡Colorín, Colorado! http://www.readingrockets.org/ Sofweb is an Australian educational site with materials for parents translated into 15 languages. The booklets in The Early Years section provide information suitable for parent education discussion. The literacy level is high, so staff will need to have a high reading level in the parents' language. http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/lem/esl/transmat.htm [Spanish] Univision.com offers a wide variety of topics for parents to read and discuss during parent education. Click on Vida, then on Educación for topics such as summer learning opportunities, scholarships, and reading tips. http://www.univision.com/portal.jhtml Zero to Three offers a wide variety of research based articles that can provide teachers with background information for parent education discussions in the Parenting A-Z section. Articles are too advanced for beginning ELL parents to read. http://www.zerotothree.org/ |
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