Lab Resource Pages

Henderson Elementary's Internet Safety Program

NetSmartz Kids Detectives Assembly

October 15, 2008

Homework Help

Fact Monster

B. J. Pinchbeck Homework Help

Science Fair Projects


Family Websites
*Very Best Kids* There are many creative ideas and activities related to books for parents and children. There are crafts, cooking, sewing, reading, and singing activities.		*Read Write Now!* This site has reading and writing activities for children ages birth to sixth grade. There are helpful tips and simple activities that are fun and can be done easily at home. Reading list and resources are also included.
*Mighty Book* This site for ages 2 through 12 has free read-a-loud stories, video songbooks, games, and puzzles. There is a small membership fee.		*Wee Ones* Children's Magazine This is an online children's magazine encouraging reading between the child and parent. The articles are fun and interesting with the age levels of 3 through 8 given for each one. Students can even write and publish their own stories online.
*First-School* This is a great site for preschool activities and crafts. There are lesson plans, activities, crafts, worksheets, holiday activities, and more. There is a theme index full of activities for young children including letter and number printouts.		*RIF Reading Planet* This is the Reading Is Fundamental website. This site is a great place to explore books. Sections included are game station, featured authors, what's new, There are places to review books, write stories, meet authors and illustrators, and listen to stories online.
*PBS Kids* This is a safe and educational website sponsored by PBS. It includes games, stories, music, and coloring involving the PBS characters such as Barney, the Berenstain Bears, and Clifford the Big Red Dog. There are PBSParents and PBSTeacher resources sections as well.		*Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids* This site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers. These resources will teach how our government works.

		Teacher Resources
>> FREE Printables for Teachers << Flashcards, POWERPOINT FLASHCARDS, matching handouts and worksheets, phonics e-books, theme lesson plans, certificates, foriegn language resources, custom worksheet makers, COLORING, projects, ESL games, and activities; holiday printables: Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter and more		A Kid's Heart Free printable worksheets, clip art, photos, coloring pages, games, awards, and activities. Resources for PreSchool, Christian education, St. Patrick's Day, Purim, Eastr, Animals, Ocean, Bible, Shapes, Colors, Alphabet. Manuscript handwriting, Math worksheet generator.
Songs for Teaching - Free monthly song download. Free lyrics that teach & motivate your students. Over 5,000 songs for subjects across the curriculum: Math, Phonics, Social Studies, Spanish, French, ESL-EFL-ESOL, Science, Character Ed, Grammar, Special Ed...		Teach Planet - FREE printables, worksheets, lesson plans, also we have a up to date collection and review of cool software and sites that teachers can use to help them teach easier
1 2 3 Certificates - FREE awards and certificates with many themes: formal, cool, sports, reading, cute, holidays and more. Reward students for completing math, science, or english worksheets. Add the matching incentives sheets to your phonics curriculum or lesson plans. Reward somebody today!		States and Capitals - Maps, Worksheets, Flashcards, and more. Teaching and homework help resource for state report assignments. State flags, songs, symbols. This site is the premier resource of state information for students, teachers, and their parents. Featured in the 2003 Educators Road Map to the Web by The Journal.
The Learning Page - The home of FREE downloadable TOMMY TALES adventure books. New worksheets every month! Learningpage.com provides thousands of professionally produced, learning materials for the elementary classroom. Printable worksheets, books, clip art, activities and lesson plans for preschool through third grade can be downloaded. Everything on Learning Page is FREE!		Lantern Fish - FREE Printable teacher worksheets, crosswords, word searches and flashcards including winter worksheets, Christmas, animal habitats, frog life cycle, water cycle and language arts, esl, French and Spanish.
Sqool Tube - Educational videos for K-8, all subject areas		Carl's Corner - Free reproducible reading and writing materials for parents and teachers. Created by a language arts specialist to provide instructional materials for word building and phonics, early literacy, and more! Includes original songs, poems and reproducible readers.

http://www.factmonster.com
All kinds of information for kids! It has an atlas, an almanac, a dictionary, and an encyclopedia.

http://kids.yahoo.com/learn
Good reference site for research

http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/famamer/Virginians.html
Famous Virginians

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/
School Resources: Learning Adventures, Clip Art, and more

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/kidsclick!
Web search site for kids organized and updated by librarians across the country.

http://search.ebscohost.com
Great site for kids to search for information. Full text databases for reference are found here.

http://www.acornweb.org/school-html/
ACORN - Arlington County Online Resource Network

http://www.askforkids.com/
Type in questions to find facts and do research

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
Today in History from the Library of Congress

Education World

http://www.educationworld.com/parents/

The Kennedy Center

http://www.kennedy-center.org/

http://www.wikipedia.org/
Good site for pictures with articles. Look at information carefully since it can be changed by users.

Student Links to Lab Pages

Reading A - Z - The Online Reading Program. Download, print and assemble hundreds of books to help children learn to read. Leveled guided reading books, decodable phonics books, alphabet books - all with extensive lesson plans and worksheets.

abcteach - 6000+FREE printables,Language Arts, Math, Languages, Portfolios,Theme units, Seasonal Units, Basics, Shapebooks, and Teaching Extras! CLIP ART. Join the popular membership section with ABCTOOLS to generate Handwiriting, Math, Word Walls, Worksheets & Puzzles, 20,000+ pages.

Free Math worksheets - Over 6000 free printable math worksheets including multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, fractions, integers, decimals, powers of ten, and graph paper.

School Express - FREE - 11,000+ worksheets, activity pages weekly, 130 software programs, online math, storytime, funtime area, make awards, and more. 165 Thematic Units.

Math, Phonics and Science -Worksheets, Quizzes and Test Prep - FREE Worksheets, quizzes, games and online practice on math, grammar, phonics, handwriting, word search, language arts, social studies and geography for preschool to middle school.

TeacherPlanet.com
Now Featuring FREE Teaching Resources for Spring 2008 including Women's History Month Theme Page, Easter Season Resources, St. Patrick's Day, Water Conservation, and much more - complete with Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Theme Units, Free Software, Certificates, Teacher Tools and a Whole lot more!