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 Page last modified 05/27/21
 
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Parents & Teachers Look below for sites that are helpful to parents, teachers, caregivers, and the home schooled. 
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- Assorted Sites
- Craft Recipes
- Music Resources and Lesson Plans
- Plagiarism
- Science and Math Lesson Plans
- Social Studies Lesson Plans
- Storytelling, Song, Puppets
- WebQuests
- Work Sheets

Assorted Sites

  ArtsEdge
https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/

A collection of lesson plans and activities for teachers of the arts.
  Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
http://www.csusm.edu/education/outreach/

The Center, located at California State University San Marcos, offers a searchable database of books for children and adolescents published worldwide.
  DiscoveryEducation
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/

Discovery Education transforms classrooms, empowers teachers and captivates students by leading the way in providing high quality, dynamic, digital content to school districts large and small, rural and suburban and everything in between.
  EnchantedLearning.com
http://www.enchantedlearning.com

This site provides theme related activities, crafts, worksheets an more.  There are also Spanish Language themes.
  History Channel Classroom
http://www.history.com/shows/classroom

Brought to you by the History Channel.  Sign up for the teachers newsletter, download study guides, and visit educational exhibits.
  One World Classrooms
http://www.oneworldclassrooms.org/

OneWorld Classrooms wants all students to emerge from their K-12 education as confident, engaged, competent and caring members of the global community to which they belong.
  PBS Learning Media
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/

Teacher source offered by PBS.  Find out what shows are coming on.  There are also 4,000+ free lesson plans and activities.

  ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/

This site provides educators and students access to high quality practices and resources in reading and language art instruction.
  Smithsonian Education
www.smithsonianeducation.org

Smithsonian resources brought to the classroom or home. There is information the 16 Smithsonian museums, The National Zoo and research centers.  You can search by grade level and subject.
  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

   

Music Resources and Lesson Plans

  Music Resources for Teachers
http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/musicresources/teachers.html
 

Plagiarism

   

Science and Math Lesson Plans

  Lesson Planning Center: Math and Science

Math - http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/
archives/math.shtml

Science - http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/
archives/science.shtml
  National Science Digital Library
https://nsdl.oercommons.org/

NSDL is a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services, organized in support of science education at all levels. Starting with a partnership of NSDL-funded projects, NSDL is emerging as a center of innovation in digital libraries as applied to education, and a community center for groups focused on digital-library-enabled science education.
  Science and Math Lesson Indexes
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/
 
  Lessons - Science NetLinks
http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/
 

Social Studies Lesson Plans

  Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers
www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/index.html
 

Storytelling, Songs, Puppets, etc.

  Aesop's Fables
http://www.aesopfables.com/

An on-line collection of Aesop's Fables.
  Children's Songs with Free Lyrics
http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/allsongs.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.

WebQuests

  WebQuest Page
https://webquest.org/

Thousands of WebQuests from educators around the world.

Worksheets

  Discovery Education Puzzlemaker
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
free-puzzlemaker/?CFID=29606702&CFTOKEN=40200598

Create puzzles for you classes with your own words.
  Lesson Plans & Activities
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/

Scholastic offers a wealth of lesson plans and activities.
  National Pet Week
http://www.petweek.org/in-the-classroom.html

An assortment of lesson plans and worksheets to celebrate Nation Pet Week (In May)
Sites for Parents
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Homeschool Resources
Stories to Read Online

Assorted Sites

  ¡Colorín colorado!
https://www.colorincolorado.org/es?langswitch=en

Información, actividades y asesoría para padres de familia que hablan español.

Information, activities, and advice for Spanish-speaking parents.  English version of website.
  Net Family News
http://www.netfamilynews.org/

Newsletter and current events regarding families and their use of the internet.
  National Parent Teacher Association
http://www.pta.org/

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
https://www.parenting.com/

Web Site for the magazine Parenting.
 
Two bunnies reading in a chair Read to Your Bunny
https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/read-to-your-bunny.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.
  Starfall.com
http://www.starfall.com/

This website is for those children that are learning to read. There are tips for both parents and teachers.

Home School Resources

  Home Education Magazine
https://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
  Regional and Worldwide Homeschooling
http://a2zhomeschooling.com/regional/
regional_worldwide_homeschooling/

Presents information on such topics as homeschooling associations, events, resources, and support groups.
  Texas Home School Coalition
http://www.thsc.org/

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

  American Literature Classics
http://www.americanliterature.com/books

Read books like Moby Dick, Little Woman, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, or the Secret Garden.
  Between the Lions
https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/btl07-ex/

This is the web site for the PBS program "Between the Lion".  Select  "This Week" to see the story for this week.
  International Children's Digital Library
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

A digital library freely available for children worldwide.
  We Give Books
https://www.penguin.com/static/pages/features/wegivebooks/

We Give Books is a free website that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don't have them, simply by reading online.