Series that interest girls:

The Babysitter’s Club by Ann Martin

American Girl written by various authors

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie

A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy

Junie B. Jones written by Barbara Park

Mary Pope Osborne’s famous Magic Treehouse series

Ramona by Beverly Cleary

Clifford by Norman Bridwell

Arthur by Marc Brown

Book suggestions that could interest girls:

Stephanie’s Ponytail by Robert Munsch

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

Love you Forever written by Robert Munsch

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini

Books about school:

If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff

Miss Nelson Is Missing by Harry Allard

I Spy School Days by Jean Marzollo

The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

Some Favorite Authors:

Eric Carle, Don Freeman, Leo Lionni, Margret Rey, E. B. White, Joanna Cole, Mercer Mayer

Center for Summer Learning

www.summerlearning.org

This website features resources for parents and activities for children to support summer learning.  There is a printable Summer Calendar that suggests activities.  Type Activity Resources in the search field.

Family Education

www.familyeducation.com

The activities are grouped preK – 2, 3-5 and 6-12.  There are skill builder activities, games, family projects, and health, safety and family issues activities on this website.

Reading is FUNdamental-Summer

www.rif.org/

Lots of fun games for summer reading.

Kid’s Domain – Summer

www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/summer/index.html

Parents will find free software, online games and links for reading, pintables, clip art and more.

Book Adventure

www.bookadventure.com

Free reading motivation program by Sylvan Learning.  Parents or teachers can register to monitor reading.  Students make their own reading lists and take quizzes for prizes.

Funbrain.com

www.funbrain.com

Games for all the content areas, by grade, with difficulty levels and scores are featured on this website.

KidZone

www.kidzone.ws

This Fun Facts site has thematic units, online games for math and language, arts, animal and geography facts, even lesson plans.  There are timed quizzes for math facts or free books can be downloaded.

The Reading Lady

www.thereadinglady.com

This website has Reader’s Theatre books that can be downloaded for grade level K -3 children.

Florida

www.fcrr.org

This is an informative website that has resources for teachers and families, as well as links to other websites with helpful strategies.

Department of Education from Indiana

http://www.doe.in.gov/primetime/welcome.html

The website features a wealth of information and links for educators and parents from the Indiana Department of Education.

Writing Site

http://thewritingsite.org

Resources for educators and parents to support writing are found on this website.  There are suggested writing prompts for elementary, intermediate and secondary students.

Colorin Colorado

www.colorincolorado.org

This bilingual site features information for parents and educators.

Kids Planet

http://www.kidsplanet.org/

This fun, interactive website will allow students to explore the world of animals. Read about animal facts, play games, or check out the “cool stuff.”

PBS

http://www.pbs.org/parents/

PBS Parents is a trusted resource that’s filled with information on child development and early learning. It also serves as a parent’s window to the world of PBS KIDS, offering access to educational games and activities inspired by PBS KIDS programs.

Kids National Geographic

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/

Explore the world of animals before you visit the zoo this summer!

Creative Kids at Home

http://www.creativekidsathome.com/

These free childrens crafts, kids activities and science projects should be fun for one or more kids as long as the adults plan to be involved too.  Most of the craft projects use items commonly found around the house. It could be anything from an empty milk carton to a newspaper.

Kids Reads

http://www.kidsreads.com/index.asp

This website features books, books, books.  Find out what’s new, book selections for boys, award winning books, books into movies and much more about books, books, books!

Parents, educators, and others in the community share responsibility for students’ learning and development.

School age children spend 70% of their waking hours (including weekends and holidays) outside of school.

The earlier in a child’s educational process parent involvement begins, the more powerful the effects.

The most effective forms of parent involvement are those which engage parents in working directly with their children on learning activities at home.

Lack of parental involvement is the biggest problem facing public schools.

When parents are involved students have higher grades, higher test scores, higher graduation rates, better school attendance, increased motivation, better self-esteem, lower rates of suspension, decreased use of drugs and alcohol, and fewer instances of violent behavior.

Family participation in education is twice as predictive of students’ academic success as family socioeconomic status.

Please contact the school office to see how you can be more involved in your child’s educational experience.

1. Encourage your child to read everyday.
2. Read aloud to your child.
3. Visit the library often.
4. Start a family library.
5. Limit your child’s TV time.
6. Discuss book content.
7. Be a good role model – Read!
8. Help your child investigate through books.
9. Read a book with your child and watch the mover.
10. Prepare a comfortable reading area in your home.

Series:

Everyone loves the Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park

Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne

Magazines Subscriptions for kids: 

Time for Kids, Scholastic News, Weekly Reader, Highlights for Kids, Ranger Rick, Zoo Books, Sports Illustrated for Kids, Kids Discover

Favorite Authors:

     Eric Carle                    Jan Brett                          E.B. White

     Marc Brown               Cynthia Rylant              Roald Dahl

     Pat Hutchins              Laura Numeroff            Matt Christopher

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This is one of my favorite videos encouraging students to select a just right book!