Reading
Rockets is a national multimedia project offering information and resources
on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults
can help. This site can be read in English or Spanish.
Colorín
Colorado is a free, web-based service that provides information, activities,
and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language
learners (ELLs). This site can be read in English or Spanish.
Children's
Literature Web Guide's Recommended Book Lists
Colorado Department
of Education - Homeschooling in Colorado
This is the official site of the Colorado Department of Education on Homeschooling
in Colorado. Search this site for up-to-date information on homeschooling
laws, resources and CSAP testing for homeschoolers.
GetNetWise
GetNetWise is a public service brought to you by a wide range of Internet
industry corporations and public interest organizations. The GetNetWise coalition
wants Internet users to be only "one click away" from the resources
they need to make informed decisions about their family's use of the Internet.
Hello Friend
- The Ennis William Cosby Foundation for Learning Differences
The Hello Friend Foundation is named in honor of Ennis William Cosby, the
late son of entertainer and educator Bill Cosby, EdD. The site is dedicated
to providing information about learning differences including Attention Deficit
Disorder, Dyslexia, and hearing and sight disorders.
Colorado Department of
Education
The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) is the administrative arm of the
Colorado Board of Education. It is the governing body for all Colorado public
schools, kindergarten through college. This site includes information on the
CSAP, education standards, teacher certification, gifted education, charter
schools, transportation, grants, statistics and more.
700+ Great
Sites - Parents, Teachers and Caregivers section
Compiled by the Children and Technology Committee of the Association for Library
Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, this
site lists dozens of links applicable to parenting and teaching. For example,
sites on child abuse prevention, child psychiatry, childbirth, Internet safety
and more are just a click away.
PBS Teachersource
PBS has put together an excellent website chock full of information for educators
- and it's all FREE! Links, lesson plans, quizzes, book lists, images and
more - all for teachers of young children up through teachers of high school
age students. This site is engaging, thorough and up-to-date.
ERIC - The Educational Resources Information
Center
In its "About" link, ERIC says, "ERIC is a national information
system designed to provide ready access to an extensive body of education-related
literature. Established in 1966, ERIC is supported by the U.S. Department
of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement and is administered
by the National Library of Education (NLE). At the heart of ERIC is the largest
education database in the world-containing more than 1 million records of
journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference
papers, and books."
Zero to Three, the National Organization
for Infants, Toddlers and Parents
Zero to Three is a national non-profit organization dedicated to the development,
health and well-being of children ages 0 to three years old. This organization
supports parents, practitioners and professionals involved with the care of
infants and toddlers. Their website is full of reports, news, research, a
"tip of the week" and other information on early childhood development.
