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Look below for sites that are helpful to
parents, teachers, caregivers, and the
home schooled.  If you know of a
good site, please let us know.

Sites For Parents  |  Sites For Teachers

Many of these sites are for both Teachers
 AND Parents, with links for children.
Please have fun looking at all of the sites!


 

Sites for Parents

 
    BigChalk Education Network
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/ WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/db/Parents.html
Education network for Parents and Teachers
    Connect for Kids
http://www.connectforkids.org/
News stories for parents about Children.  Choose the State-by-State Section to find out information about Texas and El Paso
    Education Showcase
http://www.educationshowcase.com/
A monthly newsletter that highlights the best in family and educational programming each month.
    Net Family News
http://www.netfamilynews.org/
Newsletter and current events regarding families and their use of the internet.
    National Parenting Association
http://www.parentsunite.org/
CFparentsunite/index2.cfm
Information for parents from the National Parenting Association
    National Parent Teacher Association
http://www.pta.org/index.asp
National PTA is the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the United States. A not-for-profit association of parents, educators, students, and other citizens active in their schools and communities,
    Parenting.com
http://www.parenting.com/parenting/
Web Site for the magazine Parenting.
   
Two bunnies reading in a chair Read to Your Bunny
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/
pubs/readbunny/index.html
A packet of information and resources for parents, schools, and libraries to use with the "Read to Your Bunny" program. Made available through the Texas State Library and Rosemary Wells.
    Weekly Reader
http://www.weeklyreader.com/
parents/index.asp
A publisher of educational materials, this site has tips and things to do with your children
  Home School Resources  
    Home Education Magazine
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/
Home Education Magazine presents free online newsletters, discussion boards, a networking list, and selections from the magazine, including articles, interviews, columnists, resources, reviews and more!
    HomeSchool World
http://www.home-school.com/
Official web site of Practical Homeschooling Magazine
    Texas Home School Coalition
http://www.thsc.org/default.asp
Has information for home schoolers in Texas, support groups, and general information.
  Stories to Read - Select an on-line book to read to your child.
    Alphabet Super Highway
http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/tutor/
reading.html
A site for both parents and teachers  sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's READ*WRITE*NOW! Initiative.
    American Literature Classics
http://www.americanliterature.com/
ARCHIVES/ARCHIVES.HTML
Read books like Moby Dick, Little Woman, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, or the Secret Garden.
    Between the Lions
http://pbskids.org/lions/
This is the web site for the PBS program "Between the Lion".  Select  "This Week" to see the story for this week.  Index for all of the stories.
 
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Sites for Teachers
 
  BigChalk Education Network
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa
/db/Teachers.html
Education network for Teachers and Parents
  DiscoverySchool.com
http://school.discovery.com/
teachers/index.html
Sponsored by the Discovery Channel, there are also sections for Parents and Students.  Check out Kathy Schrock's guide for Educators.
  EnchantedLearning.com
http://www.enchantedlearning.com
This site provides theme related activities, crafts, worksheets an more.  There are also Spanish Language themes.
  TheGateway.org
http://www.thegateway.org/
The Gateway to Educational MaterialsSM (GEM) is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. GEM is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
  HighWired
http://www.highwired.com/
HighWired delivers solutions for schools to integrate technology into the classroom.  Most of the El Paso HS are on this network.
  MarcoPolo
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/index.aspx
Provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom.  Online resources include links to top sites in many disciplines, lesson plans, classroom activities and materials to help with daily classroom planning.
  Texas Education Agency
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/

Provides standards for state tests.  Useful site for the home schooled, parents, and teachers.
Craft Recipes  
  Kids Craft Recipes
http://www.theideabox.com/
ideas.nsf/craft+recipe
Provides simple recipes and instructions.
  Kids Domain Craft Recipes
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/_recipe.html
Contains recipes for fun food projects as well as for crafts
El Paso Area School Districts or Organizations
  Anthony Independent School District
http://www.anthony.k12.tx.us/
  Canutillo Independent School District
http://www.canutillo.k12.tx.us/
  Clint Independent School District
http://www.clintweb.net/
  El Paso Independent School District
http://www.episd.org/News/index.php
  Region 19 - Education Service Center
http://www.esc19.net/r19main1.htm
  San Elizario Independent School District
http://www.san-elizario.k12.tx.us/
  Socorro Independent School District
http://www.sisd.net
  Ysleta Independent School District
http://www.ysleta.isd.tenet.edu/home/home.jsp
Storytelling, Songs, Puppets, etc.  
  Aesop's Fables
http://www.aesopfables.com/
An on-line collection of Aesop's Fables.
  Mojo's Musical Mouseum - Get Busy! Songs
http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/busy.html
A Collection of songs.  Look for the words to a song and even listen to the tune if you don't know the song.
  Pratt's Story and Theme Bag Ideas
http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/
theme/storythemebag.html
An assortment of ideas for kits that are put together around a book.  See also Pratt's theme list.
  Puppetry Home Page
http://www.puppetry.info/puppetry/index.html
Created by Rose Sage Barone and Nick Barone of Sagecraft Productions.  This site shares the world of puppetry and even how to build a puppet.  See the tips on using puppets.
  Tim Sheppard's Storytelling - Resources for Storytellers
http://www.timsheppard.co.uk/story/
This is a site for anything and everything storytelling.  There is information on how to begin and stories you may select.
WebQuests  
Introduction to WebQuest
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/
staffdev/tpss99/intro/
Detailed information on how to create Quests and display them on the web.  Created by San Diego city schools.
T-Spider.Net - WebQuest
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~dlyoung/
webquest/wq_intro.html
Covers the basics of planning, research and design of Quests.
WebQuest Page
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html
Thousands of WebQuests from educators around the world.
Worksheets
Ask Asia
http://www.askasia.org/
Covers everything about Asia.  There are sections for students and teachers.  Maps are included.
Free Teacher Worksheets
http://worksheets.teach-nology.com/
Work sheets on critical thinking and research skills.
LearningPage Worksheets
http://www.learningpage.com/
free_pages/gallery.html
Basic worksheets, themes worksheets on creatures.
Lesson Plans & Activities
http://teacher.scholastic.com/resources/
Scholastic offers a wealth of lesson plans and activities.
Worksheets for Teachers
http://www.hptcb.org/cogelia/worksheets.htm
List of worksheet links.
   

 
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