Please explore these selected readings on helping kids learn math, science and technology.

Family Involvement

Family Education Network
http://www.familyeducation.com/
"Family Education Network has at its core one of the most valuable missions in society: the success of our next generation. We use technology -- specifically the Internet -- to bring together a caring community of parents, teachers, school administrators, and professionals whose expertise involves children."

Get Involved!
How Parents and Families Can Help Their Children Do Better in School
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/PFIE/families.html
"The American family is the rock on which a solid education can be built. I have seen examples all over this nation where two-parent families, single parents, stepparents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles are providing strong families support for their children to learn. If families teach the love of learning, it can make all the difference in the world to their children..."

Massachusetts Department of Education
Parent Involvement Project
http://www.doe.mass.edu/pip/
"When you help your child(ren) learn math and science at home, you are acting as an educational partner. Since you know your child the best, select activities which make sense. .."

Summer Home Learning Recipes
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Recipes/
"Here are some reading, writing, math, and science Home Learning Recipe activities. These have been developed by the Home and School Institute. Parents of young children in prekindergarten through third grade find them to be easy and enjoyable ways to work with the school--using materials they have at home to build their children's skills...."

Team Florida Links
http://www.teamfla.org/links.html
"TEAM Florida Partnership is a state level planning, technical assistance and policy support workgroup made up of representatives from child serving agencies, organizations and programs, advocates, consumers, legislative staff, Governor's staff and community facilitators from each district. "

America Counts
Tutoring Roadmap: Math
http://www.ed.gov/americacounts/roadmap/6/
"The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse...has highlighted materials suitable for use in mathematics tutoring sessions. They include activities, videos, games, computer software, web sites, and children's literature, and are organized below along grade bands and content strands... "

Helping Your Child Learn Math
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/
"As our children go about their daily lives exploring and discovering things around them, they are exposed to the world of mathematics. And since mathematics has become increasingly important in this technological age, it is even more important for our children to learn math at home, as well as in school..."

Helping Your Child Learn Science
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/
"Young children ask their parents hundreds of questions... In search of answers, we use science to both enlighten and delight. As parents, we must prepare our children for a world vastly different from the one in which we grew up. In the next century, this country will need citizens with more training in science and technology than most of us had in school..."

What Can I Teach My Young Child About the Environment?
http://www.accesseric.org/resources/parent/environ.html
"When should environmental education begin - in the third grade? first grade? kindergarten? The answer is -- even earlier. Environmental education based on life experiences should begin during the very earliest years of life. Such experiences play a critical role in shaping lifelong attitudes, values, and patterns of behavior toward natural environments..."

SuperKids Software Review
http://www.superkids.com/
"SuperKids Software Review and The Tech Museum of Innovation have joined forces to provide parent, teacher, and student reviews of the latest in educational software programs. SuperKids@TheTech provides several easy ways to find reviews...."

Yahooligans! Parents Guide
Safe Surfing with your Family
http://www.yahooligans.com/parents/
"'Safe surfing' is a family affair. As a parent, it's all about being informed, Internet savvy, and open to the possibilities of the online world for you and your child. We'd like to help..."