Parents & Caregivers

!Colorín Colorado!
A bilingual site for families and educators of English language learners

First Palette
First palette is an art site for educators and parents who share an enthusiasm for art, who recognize the value of doing meaningful and fun activities together with kids, and who have a passion for nurturing creativity and the love for learning.

Kid's Money Page
Practical advice for teaching children financial sense

National Center for Fathering
This site features an on line magazine called Today's Father, and offers practical tips, research on fathering and children, and a list of resources related to the life-course of fathering.

Prevent Child Abuse America
Information related to advocacy and child abuse, and information about the Texas Chapter.

The National Parenting Center
An online newsletter with a daily article, this site covers all ages - pregnancy to adolescence. It also provides a review of children's books and dialogue rooms.

PBS Parents
Learn how children develop into readers and writers, with tailored information for each age group from birth to third grade.

Reading BrightStart
Promotes reading success and prevents reading failure for all children focusing on birth to age 8. Includes reading skills by age,at-home activities and articles for parents.

Reading Rockets
Helpful tips and strategies, specifically for reluctant or struggling readers

The Rupani Foundation
Early childhood development empowering marginalized communities of South Asia, Central Asia and USA.

Sesame Street Workshop
An entertaining site with a useful search feature for finding good information.

Starfall
Interactive site that promotes learning to read, through stories and alphabet sounds; for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and first graders.

U.S. Department of Education
Geared toward parental involvement in the schools, this site gives information on two programs: Family Involvement, and America Goes Back to School.