Parents
Recommended Websites
Although students spend much time within the classroom, learning happens outside of ICS walls, too. We’ve compiled a list of our favorite websites for you and your child.
General
Starfall: http://www.starfall.com
Reading
Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org/
Education World: http://www.educationworld.com/summer_reading/
Weber County Public Library: http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/booklists/rec_read.php
American Library Association Reading List:
http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookawards/winnersa/pastwinnersa/cskpastwinners.htm
Writing
American Library Association:
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/forchildren/childrenfamilies.htm
Storybook online network: http://www.storybookonline.net/
Games/stories: http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108.html
http://www.planetesme.com/ a website created by Esme Raji Codell, an amazing, quirky teacher and author of the book How to Get Your Child to Love Reading: For Ravenous and Reluctant Readers Alike
Music
Dallas Symphony Orchestra: http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/musicroom.asp
Artists Helping Children: http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/musicalinstrumentsartscraftstideashandmadekids.html
Kididdles Musical Mouseum: http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/index.html
Science
http://www.iloveschools.com
http://www.sitesforteachers.com
Marine life: http://www.whale.wheelock.edu (marine life)
The Why files?: http://www.whyfiles.org
http://www.weatherandkids.com
http://www.Ilovethatteachingidea.com
National Science Teaching Association: http://www.nsta.org
Fact Monster: http://www.factmonster.com
San Diego Natural History Museum: http://www.sdnhm.org
Science News for Kids: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org
Live Science: http://www.livescience.com
Geography 4 Kids: http://www.geography4kids.com
National Geographic: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/kids
Koshland Science: http://www.koshlandscience.org
How Stuff Works: http://www.howstuffworks.com
Froguts: http://www.froguts.com
Kids News Room: http://www.kidsnewsroom.org
Animal Planet: http://www.animalplanet.com
Spanish
http://www.fisicarecreativa.com/sitios_vinculos/ciencia/children.htm
http://www.escolar.com
http://www.primeraescuela.com
http://www.spanishdict.com/
http://www.studyspanish.com/freesite.htm
http://www.ColorinColorado.org
http://www.mundolatino.org/rinconcito
http://www.diegorivera.com
http://www.solarviews.com/span/homepage.htm
http://www.zoomadrid.com/index.php3
