COOL LINKS

http://school.discovery.com/parents/ - Great list of resources for parents that include not only ideas on how to help your student as well as reviews of games and software. Ideas for literacy development, how to help with homework are shared…in fact, there is even one brochure on how not to be driven crazy by your child’s research project. Great resource for parents!

http://www.vtnea.org/blist-16.htm - Here’s a list of summer reading ideas for written for parents of K-8 students…

http://www.vtnea.org/links-3.htm - Looking for a good book for children? More great ideas for children and young adults!

http://www.scottforesman.com/families/index.html - Ideas for parents by grade level – how to help with homework, how to help with reading at home, and help with taking tests. Includes links to children’s author websites.

http://www.ira.org/publications/brochures/brochures.html - Parent brochures that are published in both English and Spanish. You can download single copies. A variety of topics including literacy and learning styles can be purchased for a small fee – 100 for $12.00.

http://www.naeyc.org/parent_resources/default.asp - A page that lists resources –both books and brochures for parents of young children. Topics include choosing toys, books, day care centers, how to help your child with reading, and other important parenting topics.

http://www.trelease-on-reading.com

http://www.bookadventure.org/ki/NotLoggedIn.asp

6+ Writing Traits

http://www.nwrel.org/eval/writing/definitions.html

http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm-on-line dictionary and thesaurus

Time for Kids-ties in with our weekly current events paper

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/

Homework Help for Kids

http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/

http://www.iln.net/main/learning_center/

http://www.bigchalk.com

http://www.askdrmath.com/

http://www.dictionary.com/

http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/

http://www.kcls.org/hh/homework.html (Kirkland Public Library)

http://www.ala.org/ICONN/kidsconn.html

http://www.school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/

Math Help

http://www.teachrkids.com/

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html

http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/webmath/

http://www.edu4kids.com/math/

http://www.allmath.com/

http://www.syvum.com/online/math.html

http://coolmath4kids.com

http://schoolexpress.com

http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html-fun site for kids/info. for parents

http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/fac/pwang/mathpage/grade5.html

http://hbogucki.staffnet.com/aemes/apps/mmm/mmm.htm

http://www.mathsurf.com/

http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/dr-math.html

http://www.edbydesign.com/automath.html

http://www.mathfactcafe.com/

http://www.mathfax.com/

http://www.funbrain.com/

http://www.aplusmath.com

http://bg016.k12.sd.us/math.htm (fifth grade math activities/tutorials)

http://www.multiplication.com/index.htm

http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

Caring for Puget Sound

http://www.wolfenet.com/~greenway/

http://www.pugetsound.org/

Inventing-Toymaker

http://www.toyworkshop.com

Pacific Marine Research (website related to our field trip in May)

http://www.marinescienceafloat.org/

One World Challenge

http://www.oneworldchallenge.com/schools/

http://www.blakexpeditions.com/

http://www.oceanguard.com

http://www.hmu.com/seakeepers

http://www.tigers.ca/home/world.html

http://www.birdlife.net/seabirds/index.cfm

Neat Timelines

http://surfaquarium.com/newsletter/vt.htm

Educational Games

http://www.funbrain.com/

http://www.funschool.com/

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/index.html

http://www.mamamedia.com/

MISCELLANEOUS LINKS-a help for all research subjects

www.school.discovery.com

Poetry Fun

http://www.gigglepoetry.com

World Wildlife Federation

http://www.worldwildlife.org/fun/kids.cfm

Mammoth or Mastadon?-Fun, interactive site

http://www.discovery.com/exp/mammoth/prev_dispatches.html

Pandas

*Our site wouldn't be complete without these cool links:

http://www.discovery.com

http://www.sandiegozoo.com You will find the famous panda cam here

http://www.giantpandabear.com

http://www.zooatlanta.com/home.html

Fun with puzzles and mazes-good practice for spelling words/vocabulary words

http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html

http://www.puzzlemaker.com

Online Magazines

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

http://www.sikids.com/index.html

Headlines and News

http://www.cnn.com/

http://www.eastsidejournal.com/

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/

Science

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/ solar system fun

http://vathena.arc.nasa.gov/curric/space/planets/index.html

http://www.nasa.gov/

http://nyelabs.kcts.org/core.html?flashtarget=core.html&noflashtarget=noflash.html

(Bill Nye, the Science Guy)

Idioms

http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/id-list.html

Children's Book Reviews

http://www.carolhurst.com

http://www.bookhive.org

http://www.kid-lit.com

Children's Search Engines

National Geographic	http://www.worldbookonline.com	SuperKids	ksearch	Net Trekker
http://www.kids.gov	Ask Jeeves	http://www.classbrain.com		Yahooligans

http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com

http://www.yahoo.com

http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/

http://www.britannica.com/

http://discoverer.sirs.com	http://www.new.school.eb.com
http://www.infoplease.com	http://www.factmonster.com

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