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For Parents

In today’s changing economy the need for advanced skills and technical knowledge is growing.  Showing our children that we value learning and education is important and will pay off in the long run as they mature.

You can help your child succeed by providing a home that encourages learning and supports your child’s physical, mental, and emotional development. Use these parent resources to help your child achieve in school.

• Prepare My Child for School - Tips and Resources from the U.S. Department of Education
• MilitaryStudent.org (Parent Section) - Information, tools and resources to enhance your understanding and ability to handle the unique issues that face your child. Topics covered include everything from deployment, to moving, to your child’s education.
• Parent Power (National Education Association) - Home Learning Recipes for children at various grade levels.
• Tools You Can Use (National Education Association)
• Education News Parents Can Use - Live and archived webcasts of the television series from the U.S. Department of Education about ways to ensure children's educational success.
• Parent's Guide to the Military Child During Deployment and Reunion. (Department of Defense)

Homework Helpers

• Help My Child Read - Reading Resources from the Department of Education.
• Helping Your Child With Homework (U.S. Department of Education)
• Help Your Student Get the Most Out of Homework (National Education Association)
• Homework Help for Parents (About.com: Pediatrics)
• Helping Your Teen With Homework (KidsHealth.org)
• Sites to Help Parents Help Their Children (Internet4Classrooms.com)
• Put Reading First: Helping Your Child Learn to Read (National Reading Panel)
• Reading Rockets Parent Tips
• PBS Kids Literacy Tips
• Dial-A-Teacher Online - A free service provided by Miami-Dade County Public Schools - offers homework help in most subject areas in grades K - 12. Can also provide parents with assistance in helping your children with their homework.

English as a Second Language Resources

• Supporting Early Literacy in Natural Environments:  - Activities for Caregivers and Young Children in English and Spanish. Free reproducible language and early literacy activities in English and Spanish developed by Angela Notari-Syverson, Ph.D. and Kristin Rytter, Ph.D, with Judy Challoner, Faith Haertig Sadler, Young Sook Lim, Ph.D., Marilyn Sturm, and Rodd Hedlund (2005).
• Colorín Colorado! , Web site specifically for Spanish-speaking parents to help their children learn to read.

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Media & Technology

• Internet Safety (PTA.org)
• WiredSafety.org offers a large collection of resources on keeping kids safe online.
• Netlingo.com the shorthand and acronyms used in online communication.
• Cell Phone Safety
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• Media Awareness Network

Home & School Communications

• Tips for talking with teachers

Other Resource Topics

• Project ChildSafe, The Nation's largest firearm safety education program.