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Excellent site for in depth reviews of books,magazines, videos,
movies,websites, video games, etc
COMMOM SENSE MEDIA
AdLit.org is a national multimedia project offering information
and resources to the parents and educators of struggling
adolescent readers and writers. AdLit.org is an educational
initiative of WETA, the flagship public television and radio
station in the nation's capital, and is funded by Carnegie
Corporation of New York and by the Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman
Family Foundation.
ADLIT ORGANIZATION
Information on child developments, learning problems, education
references.
FAMILY EDUCATION
Compare your eating habits to recommended foods for a healthy you!
FOOD PYRAMID
World's leading website on learning disabilities and ADHD
LEARNING DISABILITIES ON LINE
Book club where you can trade new or used paper backs, hardbacks,
and recorded books. The children and young adult section is
growing. In addition they have a sister site where you may trade
videos
PAPERBACKSWAP.COM
National multimedia project offering info. and resources on how
kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults
can help
READING ROCKETS
Want to know more about the Star-Spangled Banner, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., trains and railroads, or September 11, 2001?
Each theme represented on the site includes a recommended
historical fiction book and activities appropriate for children
in kindergarten through fourth grade. There are currently over 15
themes and more will be added throughout the year!
OurStory is designed to help children and adults enjoy exploring
history together. Themed activities approach historical topics in
different ways to support different kinds of learners. Activities
include field trips, technology-based investigations, arts-and-
crafts projects, and opportunities to learn from the over 3
million objects in the collections of the National Museum of
American History.
NATL. MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY
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GOOD ADVICE ON HELPING KIDS BECOME LIFELONG READERS:
Buy your kids books. They cost much less that cable TV and offer
children ownership of the written word.
Put book baskets in the bathroom and at the breakfast table to make sure
kids always have something to read.
Put a good reading light over your children's beds
and let them stay up a little later when they are reading.
Turn on closed caption feature of your televisions, but limit TV
total viewing to a few hours each week
Remember reading achievement is the best predictor of academic &
career success
Suggestions from Jim Trelease
, national speaker and reading advocate, from Galveston County
Daily News, Mar. 6th, 2005.