Web Links:
- Muir Library Catalog
- Online Resources - CultureGrams, World Book, E Library
- Reference Desk - Almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.
Reference
- Google - Essential search tool
- Yahooligans - Web guide for kids
- Kids Click - Web search engine for kids made by librarians
- Ask Jeeves For Kids - Search engine for kids
- Kid's Search Tools - Search for words, for basic info on a topic, links to all major Children's search engines and web sites for teachers and parents as well.
Search Engines
- 100 Free Sites to find out about anything and everything. - This is an alphabetical list of websites where you can find out about anything and everything - whether it be a small fact or a large body of knowledge. (Please Note: some of these sites are blocked at school.)
- Frog Jumping Game - fun logic puzzle
- National Geographic Kids - Games, stories, news, animals, pictures, postcards
- Time for Kids - Discover the world
- Zoobooks - Kid's magazine for animal lovers
- NEA's Top 100 Kid's Books - Kid's favorite books
- Arthur - Online companion to the television show
- Discovery Kid's Yuckiest Site - All sorts of science info about our world
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government - Learn how our government works and more
- Maps4Kids.com! - a fun, new educational site. Our mission is to help children gain a greater understanding of the world through maps, geographic information and geography games.
Sites For Kids
- Everyday Math Games (Password Required)
- King County Library Math Page - this is a fantastic collection of math sites.
- AAA Math - Click on your grade level - great challenges
- A+ Math - Games, worksheets, homework helper
- Brain Teasers - For grades 3-5
- Cool Math 4 Kids - A lot of games for all ages
- Figure This - A lot of challenges
- Fun Brain - More games
- Fun School - Good games, but beware of advertising
- Illuminations - NCTM web resources by grade level
- Internet Educational Workbook - Worksheets to practice skills
- Math Dictionary - Kids dictionary of math terms
- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - Click on your grade level and check out the puzzles
Math Sites for Kids
- Education World - Lesson planning and other useful tools
- Teachers First - Interactive lesson plans
- RubiStar - Tool to help create quality rubrics
- Poetry Teachers - Learn about teaching poetry
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Categorized list of sites that includes some great sites for teaching and learning
Sites For Teachers
- National Center for Family Literacy - Literacy programs designed to help educators "fit all the pieces of family literacy together"
- Parents and Learning - brief booklet that presents research findins related to the role between families and schools (warning: pdf link)
- Yahooligans Parent's Guide - "Safe surfing" is a family affair
- ProtectKids.com - Protect children in cyberspace
- Internet Keep Safe Coalition - This program teaches the basic rules of Internet safety. A fun site to share with kids as they learn the basics from Faux Paws The Techno Cat.
Sites For Parents
- American Library Association - National information literacy standards, with realted links and projects
- Big6 - Information literacy model used for teaching information and technology skills
- Global Reading Challenge - The Global Reading Challenge is a Battle of the Books program for 4th and 5th graders enrolled in the Seattle Public Schools.
- iEARN - is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to collaborate on projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world.
- Award Winning Books - Database of award winning children's literature
- NEA's Read Across America - Bring the gift of reading to students
- "Just Right" Books - leveled reading lists
- Chart comparing the varieties of Guided reading programs
- Books for Guys: [Or the favorite boys in your life!]
Past Favorite Web Sites - BlackPast.org website is dedicated to providing reference materials to the general public on six centuries of African American history.
- Test your State Geography skills, check out the Third Grade Geography Test .
- Sum Sense! is a cool math game.
- WritingFix: Where getting your daily writing "fix" is more important than fixing your writing. Write EVERY day!
- How Stuff Works which covers everything from thermostats to dishwashers to bees.
- The Poetry Foundation which is the publisher of Poetry magazine,
- Great Schools: The Parent's guide to K-12 success - Summer Reading Guide.
- How do people from different cultures view themselves, the world and their origins? Take a look at The Big Myth
Reading and Literacy
- Seattle Public Library
- King County Library
Public Libraries
- Seattle Post Intelligencer Newspaper
- Seattle Times Newspaper
- New York Times Newspaper
- National Public Radio
News Sources
