First Things First
Review Online Safety with Your Child
Alpharetta Elementary and Fulton Country Specific Links
Interesting Sites to Explore with your Children
- Discovery Education Site, developed by the folks at Discovery Channel – excellent for students, parents, and educators!
- Library of Congress – America’s Story An easy-to-use & entertaining web site designed by the Library of Congress especially for children & families.
General Resources:
- ABC Teach – online resource for children’s education.
- Ed Helper – practice sheets and lesson plans for every subject.
- TLSBooks – Parents love using our free worksheets to help their child gain valuable readiness skills or to reinforce material they may already be learning in school.
- Eductation Place - Textbook support materials
Reading Resources
- Advance Ability
- America Reads Challenge
- Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
- Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication
- Educational Resources Information Center
- Reading is Fundamental
- Starfall – Primarily designed for first grade, Starfall is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade. Parents use Starfall to prepare their children for school, and to support them once they are there.
Math Resources
- Math Drills - Parents use the free math worksheets on this website to give their child extra practice with essential math skills.
- Math Fact Cafe -Free math worksheets for elementary school and home use. Includes generators for math drills, flashcards, time, money and more.
- Cool Math 4 Kids – an amusement park of mathmatics
Parental Resources
- Academy for Educational Development
- Assessment Assistance
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Information Library – ADD/ADHD Information for Parents Teachers
- Between the Lions – Parents & Teachers Survival Manual
- Child Safety on the Information Highway
- Effective Parenting Educational Resources
- Family Education Network
- Family Support America
- Helping your child succeed in school
- Helping Your Child With Homework
- Homework Helps
- Institute for Educational Leadership
- Learning Disabilities Online
- National Coalition of Parental Involvement in Education
- Parenting Priorities
- Parent Institute
- Parents Corner
- Parents’ Guide to the Information Superhighway
- Parents: Let’s Talk
- PBS Parents
- Tips Parents Can Use to Help Their Children
- Together We Can
