Links for Parents & Teachers
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Bullitt County Schools links
Bullitt County Public School Performance Reports
General sites for parents or educators
Childcare and Early Education Research
Common Sense Media - Advice, reviews, and child appropriateness ratings of books, TV, movies, websites, games, and music.
Crayola Kids - Resources for parents & teachers.
Educator's Reference Desk - Includes 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
Family Guide Book - Internet safety information for parents, teachers, kids, and teens.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - Extensive resources for teaching and learning organized by subject and subtopics.
Funschool Parents & Teachers - Games by grade level, printables and coloring pages, family activities, Ask the Experts and tips.
Parenting & Pregnancy on iVillage
PBS Parents - Great features include Activity Search, PBS Parents' Bookfinder, and Child Development Tracker.
PBS Teachers - PreK–12 educational resources.
PreschoolRock.com - Network for parents and teachers of preschoolers. Provides parenting info, craft and project ideas, nutrition and fitness tips, and more.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Learner.org - Teacher professional development and teacher resources across the curriculum. Categories include interactives, arts, foreign language, literature and language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies & history. Browseable by grade level (K–4, 5-8, 9-12, College-Adult).
Teaching History with Technology - Designed to to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. Includes history and social studies lesson plans, activities, projects, games, and quizzes that use technology.
U.S. Government Websites for Parents and Educators
Yahoo's Directory of Education Theory and Methods
Links for homeschoolers
Christian Home Educators of Kentucky
Home School Legal Defense Association
Homeschool Portal (About.com)
Homeschool Resources Pathfinder (pdf)
Kentucky Home Education Association (KHEA)
National Home Education Research Institute
Book & literacy links
**Ms. Lucinda's 100 Book to Read Before Kindergarten - A slideshow of Ms. Lucinda's picks, with the related literacy skills and a summary for each book.
Book Awards Lists (Links on our website)
Book Dads - "Books with positive views of fathers and fatherhood." Blog includes reviews of books for fathers to read with their children, parenting advice, and books focusing on divorce or separation.
Children's Book Council - Recommended reading lists and tips for selecting age-appropriate books. Also has a directory of authors and illustrators and info on children's publishing.
Children's Book Guide - Features Top 100 Children's Books of All-Time. Picture books and ABC books.
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature - Search by reader age, time period/setting, genre, protagonists' ethnicity or gender, and more.
Jen Robinson's Book Page - Get reviews of the latest kids' books and get lots of info on literacy.
Read.gov: Educators and Parents - Teaching resources to help young people unlock the power of reading.
Starfall- Highly rated educational website that includes a Kindergarten Reading and Language Arts Curriculum and dozens of early literacy activities.
Visit our recommended reads for Kids and Teens
Lesson plans & activities
Awesome Stories - Extensive database of image collections, feature stories (mostly history and current events related), and original text documents. Login is required for access to lesson plans. Username and password are both 1bullitt.
BioEd Online - Biology teacher resources from Baylor College of medicine; podcasts plus lessons (grades K–12).
Conquistadors Teaching Guides & Lesson Plans (PBS) - Cortes and the Aztecs, Pizarro and the Incas, Orellana and the Amazon, Cabeza de Vaca
Educator's Reference Desk - Browse lesson plans by subject.
Favorite Poem Project for Teachers - Lesson plans for different grade levels. Includes cross-disciplinary lessons.
Geology.com - Offers classroom activities and lesson plans for teaching earth science. Covers astronomy, volcanoes, earthquakes, rock and minerals, weather, and more.
Haring Kids Lesson Plans Database
National History Education Clearinghouse: Teaching Materials
Shmoop for Teachers - Teaching resources and reference archive for studying literature, poetry, and U.S. history.
Teachnology Lesson Plan Center
Worksheets & printables
Teachnology Teacher Worksheets
last updated 6/27/12
