For Parents and Teachers

Library Kids Zone Home

Babies and Preschool
• Theme Kits for Caregivers

Books and Reading
   • Authors and Illustrators
    • Award Books
    • Booklists
    • Favorite Characters

Cool Sites

Dia de los Niños

Games and Activities

Homework Help

Internet Safety

Parents & Teachers
• Theme Kits for Caregivers

Poetry Contest

Storytime & Special Programs

   • Armijo Library
   • Cielo Vista Library
   • Clardy Fox Library
   • Dorris Van Doren Library
   • EPCC Northwest Campus
   • Esperanza Acosta Moreno
   • Irving Schwartz Library
   • Lower Valley Library
   • Main Library - Children's
   • Memorial Park Library
   • Richard Burges Library
   • Westside Library
   • Ysleta Library

Summer Reading Club

•Special Summer Programs

Library Home Page

Search For Books

City Kids Zone

	Look below for sites that are helpful to parents, teachers, caregivers, and the home schooled. If you know of a good site, please let us know.
	Sites For Parents \| Sites For Teachers Many of these sites are for both Teachers AND Parents, with links for children. Please have fun looking at all of the sites!

Sites for Parents

Sites for Parents

Assorted Sites | Home School Resources | Stories to Read

Assorted Sites

¡Colorín colorado!
http://www.colorincolorado.org/

Información, actividades y asesoría para padres de familia que hablan español.

Information, activities, and advice for Spanish-speaking parents. English version of website.

Connect for Kids
http://www.connectforkids.org/

News stories for parents about Children. Choose the State-by-State Section to find out information about Texas and El Paso

Education Showcase
http://www.educationshowcase.com/

A monthly newsletter that highlights the best in family and educational programming each month.

Net Family News
http://www.netfamilynews.org/

Newsletter and current events regarding families and their use of the internet.

National Parenting Association
http://www.parentsunite.org/
CFparentsunite/index2.cfm

Information for parents from the National Parenting Association

National Parent Teacher Association
http://www.pta.org/index.asp

National PTA is the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the United States. A not-for-profit association of parents, educators, students, and other citizens active in their schools and communities,

Parenting.com
http://www.parenting.com/parenting/

Web Site for the magazine Parenting.

Read to Your Bunny
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/
pubs/readbunny/index.html

A packet of information and resources for parents, schools, and libraries to use with the "Read to Your Bunny" program. Made available through the Texas State Library and Rosemary Wells.

Starfall.com
http://www.starfall.com/

This website is for those children that are learning to read.
There are tips for both parents and teachers.

Weekly Reader
http://www.weeklyreader.com/
parents/index.asp

A publisher of educational materials, this site has tips and things to do with your children

Home School Resources

Home Education Magazine
http://www.homeedmag.com/

Home Education Magazine presents free online newsletters, discussion boards, a networking list, and selections from the magazine, including articles, interviews, columnists, resources, reviews and more!

HomeSchool World
http://www.home-school.com/

Official web site of Practical Homeschooling Magazine

Regional and Worldwide Homeschooling
http://www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/
regional/Region.htm

Presents information on such topics as homeschooling associations, events, resources, and support groups.

Texas Home School Coalition
http://www.thsc.org/default.asp

Has information for home schoolers in Texas, support groups, and general information.

Stories to Read - Select an on-line book to read to your child.

Alphabet Super Highway
http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/tutor/
reading.html

A site for both parents and teachers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's READ*WRITE*NOW! Initiative.
Site was down 5/20/05.

American Literature Classics
http://www.americanliterature.com/
ARCHIVES/ARCHIVES.HTML

Read books like Moby Dick, Little Woman, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, or the Secret Garden.

Between the Lions
http://pbskids.org/lions/

This is the web site for the PBS program "Between the Lion". Select "This Week" to see the story for this week. Index for all of the stories.

International Children's Digital Library
http://www.icdlbooks.org/

A digital library freely available for children worldwide.

Myths and Fables Around the World
http://www.afro.com/children/myths/myths.html

Multicultural stories with colorful pictures

Sites for Teachers

Select a topic below or just scroll down
	Assorted Sites	Science and Math Lesson Plans
	Craft Recipes	Social Studies Lesson Plans
	El Paso Area School Districts	Storytelling, Song, Puppets
	Music Resources and Lesson Plans	WebQuests
	Plagiarism	Work Sheets

Assorted Sites
	ArtsEdge http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/	A collection of lesson plans and activities for teachers of the arts.
	Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents http://www.csusm.edu/csb/	The Center, located at California State University San Marcos, offers a searchable database of books for children and adolescents published worldwide. En Español
	The Creative Connections Project http://www.ccph.com/	The Creative Connections Project links classrooms from around the world through E-mail, the Internet, art/music exchanges and Study Partnerships -- with components in the Amazon Rain Forest, Africa, the Galapagos Islands, the Arctic and China.
	DiscoverySchool.com http://discoveryschool.com	Sponsored by the Discovery Channel, there are also sections for Parents and Students. Check out Kathy Schrock's guide for Educators.
	EnchantedLearning.com http://www.enchantedlearning.com	This site provides theme related activities, crafts, worksheets an more. There are also Spanish Language themes.
	TheGateway.org http://www.thegateway.org/	The Gateway to Educational Materials^SM (GEM) is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. GEM is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
	History Channel Classroom http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/	Brought to you by the History Channel. Sign up for the teachers newsletter, download study guides, and visit educational exhibits.
	MarcoPolo http://www.marcopolo-education.org/index.aspx	Provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom. Online resources include links to top sites in many disciplines, lesson plans, classroom activities and materials to help with daily classroom planning.
	PBS Teacher Source http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/	Teacher source offered by PBS. Find out what shows are coming on. There are also 4,000+ free lesson plans and activities.
	ReadWriteThink http://www.readwritethink.org/	This site provides educators and students access to high quality practices and resources in reading and language art instruction.
	Smithsonian Education www.smithsonianeducation.org	Smithsonian resources brought to the classroom or home. There is information the 16 Smithsonian museums, The National Zoo and research centers. You can search by grade level and subject.
	Texas Education Agency http://www.tea.state.tx.us/	Provides standards for state tests. Useful site for the home schooled, parents, and teachers.
Craft Recipes
	Craft Recipes http://www.kidsturncentral.com/crafts/ craftrecipes.htm	Craft Recipes from Kids' Turn Central
	Kids Craft Recipes http://www.theideabox.com/ ideas.nsf/craft+recipe	Provides simple recipes and instructions.
	Kids Domain Craft Recipes http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/_recipe.html	Contains recipes for fun food projects as well as for crafts
El Paso Area School Districts or Organizations
	Anthony Independent School District http://www.anthony.k12.tx.us/
	Canutillo Independent School District http://www.canutillo.k12.tx.us/
	Clint Independent School District http://www.clintweb.net/
	El Paso Independent School District http://www.episd.org
	Region 19 - Education Service Center http://www.esc19.net/r19main1.htm
	San Elizario Independent School District http://www.san-elizario.k12.tx.us/
	Socorro Independent School District http://www.sisd.net
	Ysleta Independent School District http://www.yisd.net/
Music Resources and Lesson Plans
	Jazz for Young People Curriculum Online http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/educ/curriculum/contentsPage.html
	Music Lesson Plans http://www.rockhall.com/programs/plans.asp
	Music Lesson Plans http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm
	Music Lesson Plans http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Music.htm
	Music Resources for Teachers http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/musicresources/teachers.html
Plagiarism
	Plagiarism http://www.web-miner.com/plagiarism	Everything you ever wanted to know about plagiarism is here with an annotated list of articles and web sites. There is information for teachers and students. There is also a list of Plagiarism Detection Tools. Prepared by Sharon Stoerger.
Science and Math Lesson Plans
	Lesson Planning Center: Math and Science Math - http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/math.shtml Science - http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/science.shtml
	National Science Digital Library http://nsdl.org/ NSDL is a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services, organized in support of science education at all levels. Starting with a partnership of NSDL-funded projects, NSDL is emerging as a center of innovation in digital libraries as applied to education, and a community center for groups focused on digital-library-enabled science education.
	Science and Math Lesson Indexes http://www.iit.edu/~smile/
	Science and Math Lesson Plans Science - http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science Math - http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Mathematics
	Science Lesson Index http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/matrix.cfm
	Search Math and Science Lessons & Activities http://www.enc.org/features/lessonplans/search/
	Teacher Exchange: Math Lesson Plans http://mathforum.org/te/
Social Studies Lesson Plans
	Social Studies Lessons and Activities www.pbs.org/teachersource/soc_stud.htm
	Teacher Lesson Plans—Social Sciences www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/soc_sci.shtml
	Social Studies Lesson Plans www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies
	GEM Social Studies Lesson Plans www.thegateway.org/browse
	Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/index.html
Storytelling, Songs, Puppets, etc.
	Aesop's Fables http://www.aesopfables.com/	An on-line collection of Aesop's Fables.
	Mojo's Musical Mouseum - Get Busy! Songs http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/busy.html	A Collection of songs. Look for the words to a song and even listen to the tune if you don't know the song.
	Pratt's Story and Theme Bag Ideas http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/ theme/storythemebag.html	An assortment of ideas for kits that are put together around a book. See also Pratt's theme list.
	Puppetry Home Page http://www.puppetry.info/puppetry/index.html	Created by Rose Sage Barone and Nick Barone of Sagecraft Productions. This site shares the world of puppetry and even how to build a puppet. See the tips on using puppets.
	Tim Sheppard's Storytelling - Resources for Storytellers http://www.timsheppard.co.uk/story/	This is a site for anything and everything storytelling. There is information on how to begin and stories you may select.
WebQuests
	T-Spider.Net - WebQuest http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~dlyoung/ webquest/wq_intro.html	Covers the basics of planning, research and design of Quests.
	WebQuest Page http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html	Thousands of WebQuests from educators around the world.
Worksheets
	Ask Asia http://www.askasia.org/	Covers everything about Asia. There are sections for students and teachers. Maps are included.
	Discovery School Puzzlemaker http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com	Create puzzles for you classes with your own words.
	Free Teacher Worksheets http://worksheets.teach-nology.com/	Work sheets on critical thinking and research skills.
	LearningPage Worksheets http://www.learningpage.com/ free_pages/gallery.html	Basic worksheets, themes worksheets on creatures.
	Lesson Plans & Activities http://teacher.scholastic.com/resources/	Scholastic offers a wealth of lesson plans and activities.
	National Pet Week http://www.petweek.org/educators/lessons.html	An assortment of lesson plans and worksheets to celebrate Nation Pet Week (In May)