Useful websites for students and parents
Broadmoor Elementary Library
The following information contains web sites that might be useful for parents and students. Please remember we cannot guarantee that some links or advertisements within these web sites are completely safe, but I have previewed the sites and recommend their use. As always, parents are asked to review any web site, before allowing your child access to the site.
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General Search Engines for Children
Kids Read get reviews on books kids love to read.
Yahoo Kids searches its subject tree of child-safe and popular sites.
Ask for kids - lets students type in questions and then it gathers web sites where the answer might be found.
Internet Public Library for kids - lots of online references available.
KidsClick! - a web search engine for kids maintained by librarians. Use search words or use their subject tree of 600 high-quality sites.
ALA Subject Tree - over 700 kid-safe web sites organized in a subject tree maintained by the American Library Association.
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Recommended General Sites
Funbrain.com a site with games in math, grammar, spelling, science and culture.
Discoveryschool.com lots of homework help with links to other good sites
World Almanac for Kids a great site with quizzes, games and interesting information on lots of different topics.
Time for Kids a news site with current events of interest to children, plus links to games and homework help sites.
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Author and Favorite Character Pages - it's always fun to visit an author's individual web site to learn more about them and see what fun activities they provide on their site. Web sites devoted to favorite characters are also loads of fun! Here are some recommended sites:
Jan
Brett
Sharon
Creech
Roald Dahl
Laura Numeroff
Patricia
Polacco
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Recommended Science Sites
Dr. Bob's
Interesting Science Stuff
Science Monster
National
Geographic Kids
Cool Science for Curious
Kids
Scholastic's
The Magic School Bus Site
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Recommended Math Sites
Coolmath
Aplus Math
Math Baseball
AAA Math
Fun
Mathematics Lessons
Lemonade Larry
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Recommended Sites Just for Fun!
Dav Pilkey's
Extra-Crunchy Website o'Fun
Wacky Web Tales
Up to Ten Kids
Wicked4kids
Jokesbykids.com
HarperCollins
Children's Books Games & Contests
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Recommended Sites for Parents
Helping Your Child Succeed in School is a publication designed for parents of children ages 5-11. It offers tips for talking with your children & getting them to talk with you, encouraging them to read, monitoring TV watching & video game playing, using the library & the Internet, working with teachers & schools, & helping children with test taking. More than 60 fun activities can help children develop important skills.
Reading
Rockets: Launching Young Readers a first stop
resource for early literacy for parents of young readers.
Scholastic
a good
resource for teachers, parents and students.
