27 Tips for Parent Conferences
Learn how to make your conferences more efficient.
Beginning Teacher's Tool Box
"Helping new teachers with the resources they need."
KidCerts
KidsCerts.com offers parents and teachers and fast, easy and cost effective way to reward students achievements with award certificates. All of our awards are designed to be fully personalized and are created specifically with children in mind. Our goal is to help make learning fun!
Kitalogs from the Children's Museum of Boston
Kitalogs bring hands-on, object-based learning philosophy straight to the classroom. Packed with activities, supplies, videos, photos, models and artifacts from the Museum's teaching collection, Kits are multimedia, interdisciplinary teaching units. They offer one- to three-week lesson plans for social studies, art, math, language arts, health and science classes. You can rent them by the week to foster cooperative, participatory learning and motivate a wide range of students.
Smithsonian Education’s Idealabs
Summer spirit is still in the air but it's getting closer to “that time of year” when students and parents prepare for ‘Back to School’ fun. Check out Smithsonian Education’s Idealabs, a great online resource for student’s families and educators online!
TeacherVision.com
This new website from FamilyEducation Network is dedicated to providing teachers with a wealth of resources and information.
Teaching Today
This site offers great classroom resources for all levels of classroom teachers. Find downloads for various topics.
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Clips Ahoy!
A great source for clipart ranging from computers to lockers.
MFL Graphics
Free graphics and inumerable other free resources for language teachers: cliparts, downloads, search engines, education news, and weather.
Sunny Corner Clipart
Find fun school day graphics to spruce up your web site or newletters.
The Teacher's Parking Lot
Find graphic and font resources.
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ABCTeach
Visit this site for a wide variety of thematic units. Great resources for elementary and intermediate grades.
DiscoverySchool Grades K-12
DiscoverySchool gives access to 400+ free classroom-ready lesson plans and activities, organized by grade level and subject for science, social studies, and literature. Choose from many topics including astronomy, animals, physical science, genetics, plants, weather, technology, U.S. history, ancient history, economics, and great books.
EduPuppy Grades PS-2
A great resource for Early Childhood Education. Find lessons, articles, resources, and much more.
Educate the Children
This site provides FREE worksheets, lesson plans and ideas to Teachers and Parents of 5-11 year olds.
For Kids' Sake! Radio: About Kids, For Teachers
Riveting stories that explore social and cultural issues affecting children and teens in text and audio adaptable for classroom use. For Kids' Sake! Radio augments teachers' lesson plans in diverse disciplines. Many topics relate directly to education, while others examine areas such as juvenile justice, gang prevention, kids and sports, research on the effectiveness of nurses visiting "at risk" pregnant girls, violence in video games, breast milk banks, and fetal alcohol syndrome.
Gander Academy
"Theme-Related Resources on the World Wide Web" They have everything from Oceanography to Natural Disasters.
Holiday Ideas
A great resource for all of the holidays. You can find web sites, craft ideas, and much more.
Holidays on the Net
"Your Source for Holiday Celebrations on the World Wide Web"
I Love That Teaching Idea!
They offer FREE K-6 worksheets, reproducibles, and ideas for math, science, social studies, language arts, holidays, character ed, service-learning and more.
Just 4 Teachers
"The Ultimate Website for Educators." Find everything from worksheets to classroom management tips to lesson plans.
Learning in Motion
Take time to visit the Learning in Motion's monthly Top Ten List of educational web sites.
The Learning Page
Provides free, downloadable worksheets and lesson plans for teachers and parents of elementary level schoolchildren. There are hundreds of pages in theme-based and basic skills categories.
Learning with Technology
This site is dedicated to the integration of technology into curriculum.
Lesson Plan Search
Can't find a particular lesson plan? Search througha large database of lesson plans!
Love and Laughter Educational Services
A resource for parents, teachers and caregivers featuring Monthly Themes, Daily Lesson Plans, and a Literacy Enrichment Program. The themes will be explored via Hands-On Learning Activities, Art and Crafts, Language Activities, Music and Movement, Math Activities, and Science Discovery.
Marcia's Lesson Links
Marcia's site is a great lesson index. She has made it easy for everyone to navigate and find what they need.
Microsoft Classroom Teacher Network
The Microsoft company had done some leg work for you! Looking for new and exciting ways to integrate technology into your classroom? Look no further.
rcgem's variety page
You can find various teacher resources...lessons, sites, units, and more.
The Reading Nook
An online resource for parents and teachers. Children's books have been carefully selected by reading experts and organized according to theme or concept and skill. Suggested reading lists are also available for babies and toddlers through fifth grade.
Special Units and Themes
This page is by Greentown Elementary School.
Tammy's Tidbits
Another great collection of sites!
Teacher Education
Not only is this site eye-catching...it is also full of primary and secondary resources.
TeacherHelp
This site offers the latest education news, lesson plans and ideas, a comprehensive Web search directory, and articles of interest to teachers. We are dedicated to providing the best information, tips, and strategies for managing the day-to-day challenges teachers face.
The Teacher's Desk
This is collection of lesson plans for 5th and 6th grade teachers, focusing in the area of Language Arts.
Teachers Helping Teachers
Find some helpful tips, lessons, and ideas.
Teaching Treaures
An educational site with online interactive projects for students K-10 in all subjects. There are free downloadable worksheets, projects, hundreds of links listed alphabetically and much more.
ThemePark Grades K-12
Find a tremendous amount of online resources for a variety of thematic units. Resources include: lesson plans, webquests, virtual field trips and more.
Timesavers for Teachers.com
World's largest and most complete collection of printable, often-used teacher forms, checklists, worksheets, award certificates, passes, report card comments, masters, units, and other downloadable timesaving ideas for busy teachers.
The Total Substitute Teacher's Page
Find some great resources if you are a sub.
Unit Studies
Things to look for when you are planning a unit study.
World Vision
Download "classroom ready" resources, browse the Online Catalogue, obtain information on global issues, and much more!
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2001 Colleges and Scholarships
This page is designed to offer college bound students, parents, and counselors easy access to information on: colleges and universities throughout the United States, free college scholarship and financial aid searches, SAT and ACT test preparation tips, and more.
A+ Resumes for Teachers
Finally, a resume writing service specializing in teachers, educators, principals and other faculty positions.
Achievement Award Certificates
This site has hundreds of free award certificates printable from the web.
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All About Education
A free resource for teachers, parents and students. You can find web links and a pen pal service.
AltaVista Photo Finder
Here you can find "the perfect picture...audio clip...or movie preview".
AmericaTakingAction.com for Kids
A national education network bringing schools and communities together for education.
Azoos.Com - Education Links
Description: Unbiased index of education sites and related resources from the popular Azoos search engine.
Bandaides & Blackboards
This site contains poetry to help children with serious medical problems talk to their peers about what's going on in an age appropriate and appealing manner.
Bemorecreative.com
Provides free online resoures for thinking, working and living more creatively. Search 25,000 quotations from 2,500 famous people at Creative Quotations.
Cando Career Coaching and Resume Writing
This is a comprehensive website that educates visitors on resume and cover letter writing; job search and interview techniques by providing them with informative content, top-notch samples, and articles.
Free Stuff For Canadian Teachers
This web site shows how to get resources into the classroom for free.
FreeTeachingAids.com
These Guides-published for over 66 years-tell you about thousands of FREE materials that are available just for the asking. From aerospace to Zimbabwe, and everything in between, these guides are your key to updating old textbooks, enlivening classroom presentations, and saving LOTS of money on educational resources.
Hoagies' Gifted Education Page
This is a great site for Gifted and Talented resources.
Multicultural & Other Educational Links
A source for other multicultural web sites.
OnEducation
This web site was developed to make a connection between schools, parents and community through Cyberspace. On Education will explore areas that have the most effect on students, educators, parents and community.
Professional Portfolio Development Guide
A good site to help you develop and improve your portfolio.
Riverdeep.net
Online resources that build on Riverdeep Interactive Learning's courseware and interactive simulations. A useful tool for students, educators, and parents.
School Facilities
Schoolfacilities.com is an ever growing resource site providing school facility personnel the opportunity to: access a wide variety of topical resources; real time collaboration with peers; and contact information about national, regional and local services / products.
"Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids."
This is a comic strip that is used in many classrooms. Here you can find the strip's interactive web site.
Teacher Freebies
The best FREE stuff for teachers! Over 100 FREE catalogs, software demos, magazines, 30-day trials, lesson plans, and more...
Teacher Time Saver
A great resource for FREE worksheets!
Twin Sister Productions, Inc.
An interesting resources with activities and a path to learning with music.
The Online Conservatory
Here anyone can take a LIVE interactive music lesson from a teacher over the Internet. This breakthrough in music education is made possible by the NetSessions software - available for free on the Online Conservatory website.
Vision Council of America
Did you know that one out of every four students in Kindergarten through 6th grade have vision deficiencies. Since studies show that 80 percent of all learning during a child's early years in school is obtained through vision, it is possible that poor eyesight could lead to substandard grades and other school-related difficulties.
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Deskadoo
This is a GREAT product to help students and their desks stay neat and organized.
Educational Video Resources
Improve individual math scores! Award winning math video learning system with courses from Elementary Math, Algebra, Trigonometry, to Calculus. Lessons can be correlated to any textbook or course.
Teach Me Tapes, Inc.
"The most asked-for kids' musical language series since 1985." Teach Me Tapes, Inc. makes foreign language tapes designed to teach children foreign languages through music.
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Free Game Site!
You can find some fun and free games to play and download.
One Minute Brainers!
Here you will find a variety of word puzzles and mind benders. So jump through one of the hyperlinks below and into a puzzle!
WizGames
Teachers, sttudents and parents can download games for free. The games work with game files based on any topic imaginable. They also work with multimedia content to provide a very rich learning experience.
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AEL
"AEL is a nonprofit, regionally oriented education research, development, and service institution. Its mission is to link the knowledge from research with the wisdom from practice to improve teaching and learning."
The Creative Teaching Web Site
The Creative Teaching web site provides educators, teachers, and anyone interested in learning with tips for creative teaching, motivational teaching, and professional development. The site provides insight into teaching methods, teaching style, and teaching skills for teachers and educators at all age levels and in all disciplines.
The Learning Workshop
Find an online gradebook, class message boards, email address book, personal and class calendar, and tutor search and listings.
Teaching Tips.com
Find various resources from books, to web sites, to current educational articles.
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