Games & Resources

The following are reading and math resources and games.

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The following websites give good advice on managing children’s behaviors:

www.123magic.com Psychologist Thomas Phelan’s approach to discipline is straightforward and useful.

www.empoweringparents.com. This site has particularly good advice for parents of particularly difficult children, especially teenagers.

The following websites promote learning for children in elementary school or below:

www.ala.org American Library Association site contains booklists and additional website recommendations
www.bookpals.net/storyline Site sponsored by the Screen Actors Guild and Verizon Reads – actors and other personalities read or encourage reading
www.canteach.ca Site contains games and activities organized by subject for individual or group play
www.discoveryeducation.com Discovery Channel site where you can create puzzles and paper-pencil games to aid in learning vocabulary
www.drakensang.com/fantasy-stories Site contains classic fairy tales, folk tales, Aesop’s fables and more
www2.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/reader/index.html The U.S. Department of Education’s tips on helping your child become a reader
www.eduplace.com Houghton Mifflin website posts resources for parents and students (this is the reading program your student uses in the classroom)
www.funbrain.com Alphabet, beginning-letter-sound and word search games
www.funwithspot.com Fans of author Eric Hill’s Spot books will enjoy playing games and reading animated versions of some of the stories
www.guysread.com Author Joe Scieszka makes suggestions that connect boys with books they want to read
www.helpingwithmath.com Excellent site with math problem-solving explanations, examples, worksheets for practice
www.ipl.org Internet public library
www.janbrett.com Celebrated children’s author’s website
www.khanacademy.org Tutorials on math and science that help learners from kindergarten through graduate school
www.marylandhealthybeginnings.org The Maryland State Department of Educationwebsite gives learning advice for parents of newborns to 3-year-olds
www.mhsschool.com Macmillan McGraw-Hill textbook publishers’ site with many content-specific learning games and activities
www.readingrockets.org Prepared by WETA public television, presents strategies, activities and lessons designed to help children learn to read
www.readyatfive.org Offers resources to help assure a child is ready for school at age 5
scholastic.com Parent information, activities, and advice; kids games, contests and books
www.starfall.com Lots of animated stories and elementary math problems
www.storybookonline.net Presents short stories that children can read – and also add to
www.weeklyreader.com/homepage.asp Read about current events and do fun activities related to the topics covered in that issue
http://wonderopolis.org A daily dose of fun facts and learning activities

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