Tips for Parental Involvement
The DOEd has a series of pamphlets for homework assistance and education in general in their Publications for Parents online library...
Links
The DOEd has a multitude of resources for homework assistance and education in general in their Especially for Parents section.
Similarly, NWREL offers a wide range of free, downloadable publications for parents, on such as subjects as banalncing life and work, charter schools, planning for youth success, and homeschooling.
Cyberkids offers an opportunity for young artists and composers to display their work. The site has educational games and other resources. One would describe this publishing opportunity as "free-hand" rather than school-like.
The Center for Family Involvement at Rutgers and PACER sites address strategies for encouraging family involvement (Note: the Web sites just provide contact information.). Both are highly regarded nationally.
The Discovery School's section for parents provides tips for school readiness, updated annually, and thorny issues such as a potential mismatch between a student and teacher (Better to offer resources than become embroiled in myths.).
Formerly, the ERIC space for early and elementary-aged children, the Early Childhood and Parent Collaborative contains publications which can be downloaded easily. Thanks to the University of Illinois.
Peterson offers interactive curriculum-based homework called StudentEdge.
Annotation
Sometimes parents, even those who use technology in their jobs, leap ahead without professional partnering. For example, one online service portrays a parent, wishing he could go to a sports event rather than accompanying his child to a library to prepare a report on dinosaurs. Lo and behold, a friend demonstrates how a service can provide a 2 page encyclopedia article about dinosaurs and off they go to the sports arena, printout in hand. Comments anyone??
