Websites for Parents
Websites for Parenting Materials
The Parent Institute – www.parent-institute.com
Phone: 1-800-756-5525
Fax: 1-800-216-3667
Offers booklets, “Quick Tips”,” Student Tips”, “Stuffer Cards”, videos and Parent Guides for use on your school website. The Parent Institute also offers parenting newsletters for school leaders and staff as well as newsletters for parents.
Positive Promotions – www.positivepromotions.com
(Smart Parenting) Phone: 1-800-635-2666
Fax: 1-800-35-2329
Great reading incentive awards to hand out on family reading nights or in the classroom or library. Also, provides smart Parenting Booklet , Guide to Everyday Emergency Solutions.
Active Parenting Publishers – www.ActiveParenting.com
Phone: 800-825-0060
Fax: 770-429-0334
Books and videos on many aspects of parenting (character education, substance abuse, parenting, toddler to teens, single/step parenting
Channing Bete Company – www.channing-bete.com
Phone: 1-800-628-7733
Fax: 1-800-499-6464
Booklets, pamphlets for parents and students
Read With Me (Nooks with Books)
Phone: 800-527-4775
Parent Involvement program pre-K through 6th grade. Features “Carry Home Library” including tote bag, book, read-a-long cassette or DVD activity sheets
Parent Partners – www.ecac-parentcenter.org
Phone: 7o4-892-1321
Fax: 704-892-5028
Order Parent Partners Empower magazine at this website. This magazine is provide twice yearly and covers many topics. One side is written in Spanish.
Upstart Reading Promotions – www.upstartpromotions.com
Phone 1-800-448-4887
Fax 1-800-448-5828
Offers incentives for reading, bookmarks, posters promoting reading. Items could be used as favors at parent meetings.
For Teachers Only – www.ForTeachersOnly.com
Offers cute reading incentives (pencils, erasers, holiday items, etc). Could be used as favors at parent meetings
Parent Involvement and Teacher Resources –
www.continentalpress.com
Phone 800-233-0759
Fax 888-834-1303
Provides “Handbooks for Home , Early Literacy Kits. Partners Literacy Kit
Websites for Parents
http://www.nea.org/parents/resources-parents.html
WiredSafety.org offers a large collection of resources on keeping kids safe online. Learn about cyberbullying, online scams, spyware, safe surfing, and good e-mail practices. You’ll find parent’s guides to understanding online safety issues, links to safe sites for kids of all ages, and tips to protect your family’s privacy online.
Teenangels.org a division of WiredSafety.org, offers a downloadable chat lingo translator and an updated list of common acronyms used in instant messaging and text messaging.
Netlingo.com another source for the shorthand and acronyms used in online communication.
http://www.colorincolorado.org/ – Web site specifically for Spanish-speaking parents to help their children learn to read. Featuring beautiful illustrations from Caldecott Award-winning illustrator David Diaz and entertaining video clips of celebrities such as the late Celia Cruz, Miguel Varoni and author Pat Mora, the site also includes downloadable resources for teachers and librarians to distribute to parents in their own communities.
http://www.figurethis.org/ – Web site offered by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics provides interesting math challenges that middle school students can do at home with their families.
http://pbskids.org/lions/ offers educationally sound reading instruction that combines phonics and whole language. Between the Lions is set in a magical library run by a family of big “cats”—lions Theo, Cleo, Lionel and Leona—who run a library where characters pop off the pages of books, vowels sing and words take on a life of their own.
http://www.pta.org/ – the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the United States, offers parents substantial resources to help them ensure “the success of your child in school, with friends, and in life.”
Information on Parent Conferences
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/parents/
http://www.ecac-parentcenter.org/education/pirc.htm
www.babycenter.com/0_how-to-prepare-for-parent-teacher-conferences
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/parentsHome.jsp