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Family Awareness Network
FAN is a volunteer organization run by parents, for parents. We help parents build confidence in their unique parenting style and help them make connections with their children, other parents, the schools and the community. We do this by sponsoring an array of useful educational programs and workshops, nurturing the development of small, supportive parent networks and serving as a helpful resource on specific parenting issues.
Helping Children Cope With Loss,
Death, and Grief
Tips for Teachers and Parents (PDF)
Facebook for Parents
Parents today must know about Facebook. At this site, parents can enroll in a free course at Stanford to learn more about Facebook. Parents can also sign up for a free newsletter about Facebook, created especially for parents with kids under 18 using the service.
PASS39
PASS39 is the Parent Association for Student Services in District 39. PASS39
is a parent organization committed to supporting parents of children with
disabilities, as well as working in conjunction with the district administration
and school staff.
Before School Childcare Program
District 39's Before School Childcare program.
Family.com
This is a parent resource page from Disney. It is well-organized and packed
with ideas, articles, recipes, resources for parents of infants to teenagers.
It includes places to visit, computing information and sounding boards
for parent dialogue.
Parent
News
An attractive page that has many choices for parents: homework, movie reviews
(very thorough and objective), health news, book reviews, other parent web
sites, tip of the week, latest news for parents. Each has an archive to past
pages. This page is maintained weekly by a psychologist and is sponsored by
SOLA, an optical lense company.
Partnership
for Family Involvement in Education
This site comes from the US Department of Education and has as
it's mission "to promote children's learning through the development
of partnerships with families, schools, and the community." The
PFIE has thousands of members (listed in the partner link) and
resources for helping partnerships to develop within a school
community.
ParenthoodWeb
If you want the latest in facts and figures or what parents are saying in surveys,
try this link. The home page lists many diverse article titles to link
to such as "How to get baby to sleep through the night" or "The Super Sitter-
safety guidelines." This page addresses more concerns for parents
with young children and for those who are pregnant. It includes a site "Ask
the Pros" where you can email a question to their panel of professionals.
Resource
Center
Web pages that are structured like a ready reference manual can be very useful.
This one calls itself the Family Resource Center. Some places to connect with
are: Dictionaries, Math, Medical, History, Geography, Weather, and What's Cookin'.
Could come in handy for fast information.
Parents
Handbook: Math Games
EduPlace is an educational publishers website that has many helpful suggestions
for teachers, but this one is great for parents who want quick, fun, and beneficial
math activities that can be done at home.
The
U.S. Department of Education has many parent help sites available.
There are two series of sites: Learning Partners and Helping Your
Child Learn. Each includes research information, additional resources,
and activities to do with your children. Here are three:
PBS
Online
WilmetteYouth
Connection
Youth Connection's mission
is to offer social, service and learning opportunities to Wilmette
area 5th - 8th graders. We provide experiences that encourage kids
to participate, grow and have fun in a safe, inclusive environment.
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