for parents
Many teachers are using the web as a means of communicating with parents. Click here to find your child's classroom teacher and check for updates on classroom happenings such as special events, homework, projects, etc.
Below is a list of website links that you may find useful. If you have any others that you would like to share, please send them along.
links
Online Safety
http://kids.yahoo.com/parents/online-safety: Tips for teaching children about online risks.
http://www.bewebaware.ca/english/default.html - online safety tips for parents and children.
Student Health
www.immunize.ca - online information for immunization and updates on virus' such as H1N1 .
About Kid's Health - A great Canadian site if you have questions or concerns about your child's health.
Health Canada - A resource for a variety of health related topics.
www.livinghealthyschools.com - Newfoundland based site for health and active living resources.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency - This site offers information on food recalls and allergy alerts.
Parenting
National Center for Fathering - This site looks at ways to help equip and inspire men to be better fathers. Practical tips, hot topics and more.
Parenting.Com - This site has sections on toys, baby names, current events and more.
About.Com - Parenting and Families - This main page has links to all the different sections the About.com site has on parenting. Sections include those on elementary aged children, special needs, teenagers, babies, adoption, single parents and parents of twins, triplets, etc.,
Parenting Advice - This site offers advice especially to parents of children who may have hard to deal with disabilities or learning/emotional difficulties.
Positive Parenting - This site is designed to offer ideas and resources to make parenting more effective, rewarding and fun!
Canadian Parents Online - Information for parents organized by your child's age. Other areas include recipes, crafts, family activities, discussion boards and more.
Child & Family Canada - A great site for all parents. This site features a number of articles you can read and print out. Articles range from temper tantrums to comforting your young child; from television to new siblings and so much more!
Parenting Humour - Ever had one of those days - then this is the site for you. Relax a bit, have a laugh and enjoy this site of parent humour.
Education
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html - online math resources and games for 7-11 year olds.
Kidsource - A wonderful resource for parents. There is a daily newsletter you can subscribe to, hints for parents, video reviews, information on toys and recalls, specific information on the different age groups from infancy through the teen years. Health issues and education.
Family Education Network - Information for parents on education, homework, crafts and other activities to do at home. Plus forums, discussion areas, polls, recipes and more.
Awesome Library - K to 12- Educational Directory for Parents - an indexed listing of sites that parents can use to help their children with learning and school.
Education Place - Parent's Place - Find information on how to help your child with their homework, learning at home and more.
The Whole Child - A site more for infancy to 5 years. It looks at development of the child in different areas. There is a parent's section with tips, activities and even a question and answer section if you have specific questions you'd like advice on.
Surfing the Net with Kids - Wonderful site!!! This site features reviewed sites, many of which have been recommended by educators and parents. You can sign up for a free newsletter. Kids can find games to play, sites for research, etc., Sites are categorized by subject and themes. A great place to start when looking for sites for your children to use at home.
www.askkids.com/- A unique commercial search engine that allows kids to search by using questions as well as key words.
Awesome Library
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
This non-commercial directory included more
than 20,000 sites reviewed by educators. It has a translation
service that lets visitors browse in several different languages
Educational
Software Directory
http://www.educational-software-directory.net/
In this directory, volunteers have reviewed
and organized more than 23,000 sites into 14 categories.
Great Web Sites for Kids
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/
cfapps/gws/default.cfm&CFID=76395826&CFTOKEN=99671748
This American Library Association (ALA)
directory includes links to online resources for fun and learning --
all reviewed and organized by children's librarians.
KidsClick- http://www.kidsclick.org This non commercial directory lists more than 5000 Web sites hand-picked by librarians.
Canadian Kids Page
http://www.canadiankids.net/ck/default.jsp
Through this directory users can search
hundreds of sites - particularly Canadian ones - by age and topic.
http://www.bigbrainz.com/ - Timez attack game available for free download- students love it!
General
Consumer Product Safety - This site offers information on safety concerns and recalls for children. This is a Canadian site.
US Consumer - Toy Recalls - While this is a US site, many of the recalls affect Canada as well.
Dr. Toy's Guide on the Internet - Information on which toys are the best for your kids.