Websites for Parents
- Resources for Shared Parenting – Shared parenting is a collaborative parenting agreement in divorce or child custody determinations in which each parent has the responsibility and right to be actively involved in raising a child.
- Disney Family – A site sponsored by Disney which has recipes, parenting tips, and party and craft ideas.
- Family Education – For parents and children of all ages, this site provides parenting ideas, family advice, and much more.
- Parents.com – A site which provides a highly engaging, content-rich Internet learning
- Healthychildren.org – Sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics, this site provides helpful information in English and Spanish for parents about stages of development and healthy habits.
- The Polly Klaas Foundation – Making America safe for children.
- Safe Kids – Learn about child safety laws, regulations, and how to protect your children
- Starfall – free website to teach children to read with phonics
- Child Care Council of Nassau– provides information for families in Nassau about childcare services.
- Get Ready to Read – supports educators, parents and young children in the development of early literacy skills in the years before kindergarten.
- Fuel Up to Play 60 – Fuel UP to Play 60 is an in-school nutrition and physical activity program launched by National Dairy and NFL, in collaboration with the USDA, to help encourage today’s youth to lead healthier lives.
- Funbrain Jr. – helps preschoolers and kindergarteners jumpstart their journey of learning with engaging games, stories and printable skill building worksheets.
- How to Keep Children Safe in Cyber Space – This guide has been created to help keep children safe online. It is aimed at new parents and/or those parents who just want to review and update their information about contemporary online threats.
- Scholastic.com/parents– offers insightful tips on how to making reading an important part of your child’s life.
- NYS Department of Health – NY state sponsored site that offers health information for parents in English and Spanish.
- StopBullying.gov – a website sponsored by the federal government to assist parents and kids with anti-bullying programs.
- Great Websites for Kids – Great websites for parents and teachers compiled by the American Library Association.
- Child Safety Resource Guide – provides over 40 high-quality, informative child safety resources that you can utilize immediately to help prevent any children in your care from becoming victims of needless injury.
- DayByDayNY – provides children and parents in New York State with important health and wellness information, information about exciting educational activities, and a book title each day to encourage reading.
- Important Safety Rules to Teach Your Children – provides parents some basic safety rules for children to abide by to help them become more aware of how they can protect themselves.
Teacher Resources
- Discovery Education Puzzlemaker – Create and print customized word searches and puzzles
- Teaching Channel – online community where teachers can watch, share and learn diverse techniques to help every student grow
- Khan Academy – offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard for Kindergarten through College.
- IXL – offers limited free exercises on math, language arts, social studies & science based on NY state common core standards.
- Teachers First – teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format.
- 4Teachers – Online resources for teachers to empower learners of all ages through innovative technologies
Helpful Common Core
- Common Core State Standards Initiative– The official website of the common core initiative.
- Engage NY– Click on the common core link for a broad range of resources.
- National PTA– PTA (Parent Teacher Association) parent’s guide to students success available to reproduce.
- Common Sense for Common Core – Scholastic-Common Core Book List- provides a list of suggested reading based on common core standards for K-12.
Websites for Parents En Español
- Colorincolorado.org – Sitio web bilingüe para padres y educadores que desean ayudar a los niños a convertirse en exitosos lectores de toda la vida.
- Espanol.fueluptoplay60.com – Nutrición en la escuela y el programa de actividad física lanzado por National Dairy y NFL, en colaboración con el USDA, para ayudar a animar a los jóvenes de hoy a llevar una vida más sana.
- Esp.brainpop.com – Herramienta de aprendizaje que permite a los estudiantes practicar sus habilidades de una manera divertida e interactiva.
- Storyplace.org – es Nuestro preescolar biblioteca está llena de grandes actividades para explorar.
- Choosemyplate.gov/multilanguage-spanish – Excelente recurso para que los padres desarrollen pautas de alimentación saludable para sus hijos.
- Tudiscoverykids.com – Los niños del descubrimiento dan a preescolares las herramientas que necesitan antes de comenzar el jardín de la infancia.