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FAMILY LITERACY RESOURCES
FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS



Children's Literature

The Adventures of Shakey Snake
http://www.webtownis.bc.ca/shakey/introduction.html

Aesop's ABC
http://www.storyarts.org/library/aesops/index.html

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

The Ant Hill - An Animated Rhyming Book
http://www.incwell.com/ERW/Ants/index.html

Bedtime-Story - Children's story site
http://the-office.com/bedtime-story/indexmain.htm

The Book Hive
http://www.bookhive.org/

The Brave & Bold Little Squirrel (Audio Narration)
http://www.incwell.com/ERW/Brave/

Childhoodreading.com online stories by author
http://childhoodreading.com/authors.html

Children's storybooks online
http://www.magickeys.com/books/

Edgeriver Wood Illustrated Stories and Poems
http://www.incwell.com/EarlyLearning.html

EZ School EZ Readers
http://www.ezschool.com/Reader.html

Free Kids Books
http://memory.vwh.net/email-forms/free-books/menu.htm

The Little Pink Frog
http://www.incwell.com/Library/PinkFrog/index.html

Mama Lisa's House of Nursery Rhymes
http://mamalisa.com/house/

The Mother Goose Pages - Nursery Rhymes
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/dreamhouse/nursery/rhymes.html

Reading Room Book Stacks
http://www.dalton.org/libraries/fairrosa/stacks.html

The Real Mother Goose
http://trmg.designwest.com

Stories From Around The World (From The Children's Book Of Virtues Site at PBS.org)
http://pbskids.org/adventures/showclips/stories1.html

Story Hour
http://www.ipl.org/StoryHour

The Story Place
http://www.storyplace.org

Tell Me a Story
http://netnet.net/~dciango/xmas.html

Webtime Stories
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/webtime/

Parenting Resources

ABCs of Parenting
http://www.abcparenting.com/

Babycenter.com
http://www.babycenter.com

Child and Family WebGuide
http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/

Child Development Resources in Spanish
http://www.nncc.org/Child.Dev/sp.child.dev.page.html

Child Magazine
http://www.child.com

EL INTERNET: Una Guía Para Padres de Familia
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/El_Internet/

EZ School Parents Resources
http://www.ezschool.com/example/EZLibrary?Name=Parents+Resource

FamilyEducation.com
http://www.familyeducation.com/home/

Family Fun - (From the Disney Company)
http://www.family.go.com

Family Literacy Resources: Internet Sites for Parents
http://literacy.kent.edu/~illinois/illfamilypar.html

Family Literacy Websites and Resources for Parents
http://literacy.owcc.net/famlit/Parents/index.htm

Family Seek Online Resources
http://www.familyseek.com/Education/K_12/

Helping Your Child Become A Reader
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Reader/index.html

Helping Your Child Get Ready For School
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/GetReadyForSchool/index.html

KidSource Home Work Helper: Articles
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/monthly/mon.homework.art.html

KidSource Online
http://www.kidsource.com

Learning Activities for Parents and Kids
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/learnact.html

National Network for Child Care - Parenting Resources
http://www.nncc.org/Parent/parent.page.html

Non-English and ESL Family Literacy Resources
http://www.cyfernet.org/esl.html

Parenthood.com
http://www.parenthood.com

Parenting Magazine
http://www.parenting.com

The Parent Report
http://www.theparentreport.com/

Parents and Children Online Together - eZine
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/fl/pcto/newmenu.html

Parents Magazine
http://www.parents.com

Parents Guide to the Internet
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/internet/

ParentSoup
http://www.parentsoup.com

Pennsylvania Family Literacy Parenting Resources
http://www.ed.psu.edu/pafamilyliteracy/resources/parentspage.asp

Publications For Parents
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/

Read Me A Story - Helping Your Children Become Better Readers
http://www.aap.org/family/readmeastory.htm

Scholastic Magazine Family Resources
http://www.scholastic.com/families/

Web Resources for Children, Parents, Teachers and Children's Writers
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/fl/pcto/links.html

WholeFamily.com
http://www.wholefamily.com/index.html

You and Your Family - American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/family/

Zero to Three
http://www.zerotothree.org/

Interactive Activities for Kids of All Ages

Adventures From the Book of Virtues
http://pbskids.org/adventures/

Amazing Adventure - Stories of Imagination
http://www.amazingadventure.com

Between The Lions (Interactive Reading)
http://pbskids.org/lions/index.html

Big Idea Fun (VeggieTales)
http://www.bigideafun.com

Bob The Builder
http://www.bobthebuilder.com

Book Adventure
http://www.bookadventure.com

Clifford The Big Red Dog Interactive Storybooks
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/

Disney.com
http://disney.go.com

Educational Resources for Kids
http://www.nald.ca/NETLINKS/Ed_res_f.htm

Federal Consumer Information Center Links for Children
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/children

FunBrain Parents Place
http://www.funbrain.com/parents/index.html

Grimm's Fairy Tails (Interactive)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/

Helpful Websites for Children of All Ages
http://literacy.owcc.net/famlit/Children/index.htm

Highlights For Children (Highlights Magazine Interactive Site)
http://www.highlightskids.com/guestarea/h1guestHome.asp

Internet Sites for Children (NIFL Lincs)
http://literacy.kent.edu/~illinois/illfamilychild.html

Kayleigh's Playground
http://kayleigh.tierranet.com/index.htm

KidsMath
http://www.kidsmath.com

LinkOpedia - Quick Links of Interactive Activities for Kids
http://www.linkopedia.com/kids.html

LookLearn&Do
http://www.looklearnanddo.com/documents/home.html

Merpy Nursery Rhymes
http://www.merpy.com/nurseryrhyme/menu.html

NickJr (Blues Clues, Dora, etc.)
http://www.nickjr.com

Noggin
http://www.noggin.com

PBS Kids
http://www.pbskids.org

Pitara - Online Activities Games & Stories
http://www.pitara.com

Planet Gullane (Thomas the Tank Engine & His Friends)
http://www.planetgullane.com

Scholastic Kids Site (Clifford, Harry Potter, Etc.)
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/

Seussville (Cat in The Hat and Dr. Seuss Stories)
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/

Sesameworkshop (Sesamee Street, Big Bird, Elmo)
http://www.sesameworkshop.org

Snuggletime for Kids and Moms
http://www.snuggletime.com/ForMomAndKids/Default.asp

Thomas the Tank Engine
http://www.thomasthetankengine.com

Thornbush Kids Imagination Site
http://www.accuros.com/thornbush/zhindex.htm

Up To Ten (over 500 Interactive Games)
http://www.uptoten.com

Weekly Reader
http://www.weeklyreader.com/

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Teacher Resources

America Reads: Early Childhood Learning Kit
http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/RSRkit.html

America Reads: Resources & Research
http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/resources.html

Cyfernet
http://www.cyfernet.org/

Developing Family Literacy Programs (Professional Development)
http://www.indiana.edu/~l530fl/

Early Literacy Resources
http://www.glarrc.org/glarrc/Resources/InfoMod/infolist.cfm?Pagelist=EarlyLit

ERIC Children's Literature Resources
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/comatt/childlit.html

ERIC Clearinghouse on English, Reading, and Communication
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/www2/

Eric Family Literacy Resources
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/www2/navigate.html

Family Development Suggested Curricula
http://www.extension.umn.edu/specializations/familydevelopment/spanish.html

Family Literacy Resources For Educators (Florida Curriculum)
http://literacy.owcc.net/famlit/Educators/index.htm

Family Literacy Resources for Educators (Virginia)
http://www.vcu.edu/aelweb/favoritelinks_tt_family.html

Family Programming at the Public Libarary: Story Kits
http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/seworkspace/ccollett/storykit/sitemap.html

Family Literacy Starter Kit
http://www.vcu.edu/aelweb/pdf/famlitkit.pdf

Learning For A Lifetime
http://fp.uni.edu/learning/family_literacy/family_literacy.htm

National Center for Family Literacy
http://www.famlit.org

National Network for Child Care Articles, Resources and Links
http://www.nncc.org/Maintitles/info.page.html

Parents' Literacy and Their Children's Success in School: Recent Research
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/OR/ResearchRpts/parlit.html

Pioneer Living Series - Parenting School Site
http://www.pbs.org/pioneerliving/kids_school.htm

Pioneer Living Servies - Parenting Friends Site
http://www.pbs.org/pioneerliving/kids_friends.htm

Practitioner/Component Resources for Family Literacy (Pennsylvania)
http://www.ed.psu.edu/pafamilyliteracy/resources/practitionerpage.asp

RIF - Reading Planet
http://www.rifreadingplanet.org/rif/

Resources for Family Literacy Practitioners
http://literacy.kent.edu/~illinois/resources.htm

Simple Thanks You Can Do to Help All Children Read Well
and Independently by the End of the Third Grade
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/SimpleThings/

Texas Family Literacy HomePage
http://www.texasfamilyliteracy.org/content.htm

Questions? E-Mail sanjacinto@episd.org