Academic Resources for Students and Parents

Fun School
Find a wide variety of fun games for preschool through 6th grade at this site. First select the age level and then choose from the games available. NOTE: Games take a while to be loaded; spiralgraphs are shown to ease the wait. These games are fun for all and most are educational. Play Haunting Alphabet. Can you find all the letters hidden in this spooky scene? Play the insect Pattern Matching game. Can you identify each of the insects? Test your knowledge of the U.S. states with Where's that State?

Scholastic News for Kids
This website contains age appropriate news stories for students about current national and world events. There are also links to news articles on sports television and music are also there.

Reading A-Z
Your online resource for printable books and lesson plans to teach guided reading, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency and reading comprehension. You will have instant access to 1,300 downloadable leveled books.

Fun Brain
FunBrain is the #1 site for online educational games for kids of all ages (mathematics, grammar, science, spell, history). For students K-8.

Discovery School
Information and resources to help students study, games to challenge their minds and lots of great clip art to use for school projects and papers. Also, there are nearly a dozen learning adventures that let children explore everything from Ancient Egypt to the Space Station!

The Environmental Explorers Club
Students can discover ways that they can make the earth a cleaner place to live. Ideas for art and science projects and lots of fun and interactive games all teach children how to protect the environment and its natural resources.

Puzzlemaker
A puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists.

Kids Events
Finding new and interesting things to do with your kids can be a constant challenge. Kidsevents.com offers the most comprehensive guide to kids events and classes in Fairfield County. It is a valuable lifestyle tool for busy parents who are seeking to enrich their children's lives as well as spend more quality time with their family.

Cool Math 4 Kids
An amusement park of math designed for fun! Features online games for practicing math concepts and basic math facts.

Fact Monster
Fact Monster is the largest free reference site just for kids! Get homework help and find facts on thousands of subjects, including sports, entertainment...

Scholastic
The complete Teacher's Resource Center! Great ideas and complete lesson plans for grades K-8 in many subject areas.  Provides links to professional resources for teaching reading and incorporating technology into the classroom or other educational environments.

Promotelatin.org
A website where parents, teachers, school administrators and students can find a resource for statements about the growth and value of the study of Latin and classical civilization.

Fun Brain
FunBrain is the #1 site for online educational games for kids of all ages (mathematics, grammar, science, spell, history). For students K-8.

EPA Student Center
Students in middle and high school can explore a wide range of environmental issues. Need help with your homework? Need an idea for an environmental club project? You've come to the right place! Learn about your environment and how you can help protect it for the future.

Cool Math 4 Kids
An amusement park of math designed for fun! Online games for practicing math concepts and basic math facts.

Do Your Math
Here you can find everything about math from interactive Pre-SAT, SAT, AP and Calculus math tests to amazing math puzzles. Also, www.doyourmath.com links you to the greatest unsolved problems of 21st century math with the reward of up to $12 million for solving any of them!

Grammar Slammer
Grammar Slammer is a Windows help file that answers every single grammar dispute and question you might ever come across. Constantly available at your fingertips, GS will let you know the difference between a noun and a gerund, how far a sentence has to run on before it's a run on and even when a fragment makes sense.

Environmental Protection Agency: Resources for Teachers
Would you like to teach about the environment, but feel that you don't have the technical background? You've arrived at the right place! The EPA has put together a collection of fact sheets, brochures and web pages that you can use to explain environmental issues. These resources offer basic and clear information to help students learn about important environmental issues.

Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun
This vocabulary site is simple to use, educational, friendly and fun! There is something for every age group. The site includes word search and crossword puzzles, hangman, matching games and quizzes. There is also a link to 3,500 SAT Vocabulary questions!

Spanish Grammar Help
Success in a Spanish class often depends on a strong background in English grammar.

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
Contains information about Attention Deficit Disorder - a condition that affects five to eight percent of children and up to six percent of adults. Key to the successful treatment of ADD is patient and family understanding of the condition and how it can affect day-to-day living. Past and present newsletters, as well as a "Monthly NewsNote", provide families with up-to-date essential information.

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
The largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities and the gifted. CEC advocates for appropriate governmental policies, sets professional standards, provides continual professional development, advocates for newly and historically underserved individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice.

Smart Kids with LD
Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides helpful resources to parents of children with learning disabilities or attention deficit disorders. This organization is located in Westport, CT.

Test Prep Review
Your online resource for test preparation.

Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun
This vocabulary site is simple to use, educational, friendly and fun! There is something for every age group. The site includes word search and crossword puzzles, hangman, matching games and quizzes. There is also a link to 3,500 SAT Vocabulary questions!

Yahooligans!
Yahooligans! is the ultimate web guide for kids! Features fun and educational resources for kids with games, animals, music, jokes, movies, news, astrology and more.

Ask Jeeves Kids
Ask Jeeves for Kids! – Kids can search the web in plain English! The fastest and easiest place for kids to find answers online!

KidsClick!
KidsClick!- Backed by librarians. KidsClick lists about 5,000 web sites in various categories.

Looksmart's Kids Directory
The Looksmart’s Kids Directory is a listing of over 20,000 kid friendly websites that were hand picked by employees of Looksmart subsidiary Net Nanny and vetted for quality. Looksmart also offers a safe search of the entire web, using Net Nanny software to filter Wisenut search results, as well as a free toolbar that uses the same service.

TekMom's Search Tools for Students
All-in-one search page for kid search sites and research resources.

CyberSleuth Kids.com: Student Homework Helper
A comprehensive educational search engine, directory and homework helper for the K-12 student. A virtual library and reference tool providing easy access to ...

Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia Britannica, Encarta, Columbia ...
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