General Education Resources

 The Learning Toolbox: Designed for students with Learning Disabilities, it gives them strategies to succeed in different curriculum areas and different learning situations. BUT, can't everyone benefit from that kind of resource. There are 3 sections - student, parent & teacher.

Reading is Fundamental-Parent Site: Offers ideas and activities to motivate kids to read as well as to build and reinforce their reading skills.

Reading Rockets: Information on how to teach kids to read and help kids who struggle with reading.

Parent Connect! - Fall 2009 issue of new quarterly newsletter published by KPIRC (see below) to "support [parents] as they support their children’s learning."

Literacy Matters: A site for 4-12 grade students and their parents that supports literacy learning at home.

Family Education Network: "the company's mission is to be an online consumer network of the world's best learning and information resources."

Book Adventure Foundation: Free reading motivation program for grades K-8. Students earn points and prizes for reading & taking quizzes on their own. They can also create personalized book lists. A great way to encourage summer reading.

Infinite Campus: Access your student's grades online.

Renaissance Place Home Connect: Parent site to check your student's AR progress in school.

Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC): "The Kansas Parent Information Resource Center, federally funded under Title V of No Child Left Behind, is the official Parent Involvement Technical Assistance Center for Kansas. We are one of a national network of 60 PIRCs across the United States and are funded for five more years (2006 through 2011). The KPIRC works hand-in-hand with the KSDE State and Federal Programs office in providing you information and resources on early childhood through high school parent involvement. "

AR Book Finder: Site designed by Renaissance Learning to help you the parent find interesting and appropriate books for your student. To access this site, sign in to your Renaissance Place Home Connect Account (above) and click on AR Book Finder in the bottom right corner. Or, if you do not wish to sign in, try Kansas ABC. This is an identical site sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education.

Great Web Sites for Kids - Compiled by the American Library Association. "Great Web Sites for Kids are those considered the best web sites for ages birth to 14, outstanding in both content and conception."

Other Book Finder web sites: ReadKiddoRead and Book Wizard