Education & Schooling Links
Especially for Parents, U.S. Dept. of Education
Everything from early childhood education to applying for college financial aid. Has an excellent article on how to help your child learn to read at home. Includes what to look for in books, how to use reading and writing as part of a child's response to events and using television to reinforce reading. Publications on anything about education for any age. Includes subjects such as self esteem, education of children with medical syndromes, bullying, safety, etc. Includes Spanish articles.
Guys Read
Boy-friendly books, some at lower reading levels, that will help boys want to read.
Ready Web
Resources on school readiness sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
RIF Reading Planet
Online lists of suggested books, activities and games for kids. Book reviews are done by children.
Sample books in the Family Health Library
- “99 Ways to Get Your Kids to do Their Homework (And Not Hate It)” by Mary Leonhardt; Three Rivers Press, 2000
- "100 Easy Ways to Get Your Kids Reading" by Kathleen Duey; Big Guy Books, 2006
- “Baby Read-Aloud Basics” by Caroline Blakemore; Amacom, 2006
- “Games for Writing: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Learn to Write” by Peggy Kaye; Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995
- “How to Get Your Child to Love Reading ” by Esme Codell; Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill , 2003
- "Motivaton Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning on the Tuned-Out Child" by Richard Lavoie; Touchstone /Simon & Schuster, 2007
- “The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond” by Donna Goldberg; Fireside, 2005
- “Simple Steps: Developmental Activities for Infants, Toddlers, and Two-Year-Olds” by Karen Miller; Grpyphon House, 1999
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