Recommended Websites

Recommended Websites for Children

PBS Kids
PBS Kids offers videos, games, and printable coloring sheets based on their favorite PBS shows and characters.  PBS Kids is recognized for their curriculum-based entertainment.

Starfall
Free website that teaches children to read through an interactive phonics-based approach.

Word Central
Kid-friendly dictionary from Merriam-Webster, which also includes word games.

Girlshealth.gov
Be Healthy.  Be Happy.  Be You.  Beautiful. 
Created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Women’s Health to help girls (ages 10 to 16) learn about health, growing up, and issues they face.  Girlshealth.gove promotes healthy and positive behaviors in girls, giving them reliable and useful health information in a fun, easy-to-understand way.

Scholastic.com
Home to many of children’s favorite properties, such as Harry Potter, Clifford, Magic School Bus, and Captain Underpants, Scholastic is a content heavy site with plenty of activities for kids and resources for parents.

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
A database of award-winning children’s literature with extensive and detailed search features.

Discovery Kids
Games, quizzes, activities, and fun facts to inspire kids to explore the world around them.

NASA Kids' Club
Space-related games and information for children.

Great Websites for Kids
A compilation of exemplary websites geared to children from birth to 14 years.  Sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

DK Find Out!
Free online encyclopedia.  Easy to use and visually appealing
PARCC & the Common Core
We will be adding resources shortly to help understand PARCC and the Common Core, and how we can help prepare our children. 
 
Please check back as this page will continually be updated.

Games to help prepare:

www.typingclub.com

parccgames.com

Recommended Websites for Teens

Sparticl: The Best Science on the Web
A collection of the very best the web has to offer in science, technology, engineering, and math or STEM. Sparticl includes answers to science questions, images, videos, games, and hands-on activities, all curated by a team of experts. But it's also a place where teens play a critical part – ranking content, sharing it, and recommending new content, all the while earning points and badges.
Recommended Websites for Parents

Safe Kids
This is a helpful guide for teaching your 
child safety on the Internet.

New Jersey Parent Link
The early childhood, parenting and professional resource center

Getting Ready to Read
Helping your child become a confident reader and writer starting from birth
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Music Games Enjoy playing and practicing musical concepts!

Music Learning Community

Comparing Melody Game - Same or Different?

Music Games

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Games

San Francisco Symphony Kids

New York Philharmonic KidZone
Going Off to College?
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Tuition Funding Sources is a private website designed to help students find scholarships, college and career information. TFS offers students the largest scholarship database in the world with over $41 Billion in scholarship awards along with a career personality test and detailed college and career information.

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