Sites for Parents and Care Givers

Art and Artists

• Artcyclopedia
• Avalon Art Studio Play recipes

Camps

• American Camping Association’s Find-a-Camp
• My Summer Camps

Children's Health

• Children With Diabetes
• Dental Hygiene: How to Care for Your Child’s Teeth
• Helping Your Overweight Child
• Kane County Health Department
• National Institute of Health

Child Safety

• Safechild.org

Cooking With Kids

• Cookalotamus Parents
• Spatulatta

Education

• Federal Student Aid
• Fermilab Education Office
• Get Set 4 Kindergarten
• Illinois Parents
• Smithsonian Education
• Top 25 Web Sites for Teaching and Learning
• US Department of Education

Educational Games

• Bedtime Math
• Born Thinker
• Enchanted Learning
• Figure This! Math Challenges for Families
• Lil' Fingers Storybooks
• Literacy Center
• Orisinal: Online Learning Games
• Primary Games

Homeschool Resources

• A to Z Home's Cool
• Chicagoland Homeschool Network
• Home Educators Resource Directory
• Homeschool.com
• Homeschool Central
• Homeschool Literature
• Homeschool World
• Homeschooling
• InHome Conference
• Internet Public Library (ilp2) Homeschooling Resources
• Johnsburg Public Library Homeschool Resource Center
• Jon’s Homeschool Resources
• St. Charles Public Library Homeschool Resources

Internet Safety

• GetNetWise
• Safe Kids
• Surfing the Net with Kids

Literacy

• ABC Fast Phonics
• Early literacy - You can help your child be ready to read
• Free Online Reading Lessons
• NNCC Reading Aloud
• Reading Rockets
• Read It Loud!
• Read Write Think
• Tracing Paper for Writing Practice

Literature Resources

• ALA Children's Notable Lists
• Best Books for Babies
• The Best Children’s Books – Teachers’ Picks
• Book Adventure
• Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
• Facts On Fiction
• Guys Read
• International Children’s Digital Library
• Kids Reading List
• James Patterson’s Read Kiddo Read
• Lexile Framework for Reading
• Literature for Learning
• Mighty Book
• Official Flat Stanley Project
• On-Lion for Kids
• Trelease on Reading
• What's Next?: Books In Series

Museums

• Museum Adventure Pass

Parenting Sites

• Baby Center
• Childbirth.Org
• CreativeParents
• Family Education
• Girls Inc.
• Kinderstart
• Zero To Three

Reviews

• Common Sense Media
• KIDS FIRST!

Special Needs

• ADHDNews
• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperacticity Disorder
• FAQ: Attention Deficit Disorder
• Hot Braille
• Internet Mental Health - ADHD
• LD Online
• NIMH
• Our-Kids
• Parents Active for Vision Education
• Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights

Stories

• Alice in Wonderland: An Interactive Adventure
• Bedtime Story
• Between the Lions
• Children's Storybooks Online
• Storyplace

Note: Although we have tried to provide sites that are current, the Internet is a constantly evolving resource. Therefore, there are no guarantees for the types of materials accessible via these sites.

Updated 4/2013