EDUCATIONAL LINKS

EDUCATIONAL LINKS

1.OSPI  This site explains what your child should be learning at each grade level. It provides information for parents on their children’s rights, state testing, special education, and early learning. Parents can see what kind of new standards there are and other helpful tips and information that can help them understand their children’s learning. 

2.   PBS Parents. PBS Parents provide information on milestones, parenting tips, and nutrition as well as games and craft ideas based on characters from PBS Kids television programming. This site is easy to find information on topics, especially for the early childhood ages. 

3.    CDC. This site allows parents to be aware of their child’s growth and see what milestones their children should have completed to almost reached. It also provides facts about ADHD, Autism, and other developmental disabilities that their children may have. 

4.    Nutrition for Kids. Parents can use this site to find information concerning snacks, the best healthy foods to buy, and teaching kids to love healthy foods. It also has articles about toddler feeding and ideas for cold weather fitness. There are also activities for kids concerning healthy eating.  

5.    Scholastic. This site is focused on reading and how it creates a better life in children. Scholastic provides information for parents about different books that their children should read. It gives different age groups and popular titles. There is also a section on child development that gives age-by-age guides, cognitive development, language development and other information. There are also kids’ sites for early learners, middle, and older children. 

6.    Funbrain. Funbrain has math and reading games for students. It’s a great interactive website that allows kids to pick what they would like to work on. 

7.    Dole SuperKids. This part of the Dole website is focused on kids and their healthy eating habits. It gives fun recipes that kids will enjoy and that they can actively help make. I think its important for kids to be excited about eating healthy foods and these recipes are perfect for kids. SuperKids also provides information on fun fitness tips for kids and their families. It also has games that kids can play online. 

8.    Brain Pop. This site has information on science, art & music, social studies, English, math, health, and engineering & tech. There is much information for kids to use. It is user friendly and very bright and colorful, making it appealing to kids.

9.    Starfall. This site is perfect for kindergarten aged kids. It has interactive games where children practice their ABCs, have beginning reading practice, and simple math. It is bright and the games are easy for young kids to understand and be able to work on alone. 

     Xtramath. This is a free web program for students, teachers, and parents. It gives games to help progress students math skills. It is easy for parents and students to us.