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 "Teaching reading IS rocket science." ~ Lisa Moats
 
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Celebrate Art & Story with Barefoot Books!

My Barefoot Books site has a fact sheet to download on "Today's China" << for use in your classroom discussion about China and the Olympics! Check out the youtube video on the first Barefoot Books YA illustrated chapter book Little Leap Forward - a boy in Beijing and our newest chapter book Arthur Of Albion << (Fantasy & facts about the real knights of the round table & Arthurian legends). Read about Commercial Free Bookfairs << here. Plan your reading schedules to include books already in your library on your Fountas & Pinnell >> Guided Reading Level list shown here. Enjoy sharing our books in classes from Pre-K to middle school. Use our beautifully illustrated hardcovers & audio books to encourage beginning readers, reluctant readers, & older kids (YA level) looking for a challenge. Need something for older readers? Try one of our award-winning titles like Shakespeare's Storybook, The Adventures of Odysseus, The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems, The BFB of Faeries, The BFB of Pirates, The BFB of Knights, The BFB of Princesses, Herb the Vegetarian Dragon, Goddesses - A World of Myth and Magic, The Boy Who Grew Flowers, Star Seeker - A Journey to Outer Space or Stories from the Silk Road! We even have a classroom set of travel & passport fun in My Travel Journal: A World of Activities.

 
ESL Fun at Colorin Colorado! 

Colorin Colorado! is an excellent education website for English-As-A-Second-Language teachers. It is a PBS sister program to Reading Rainbows, Between the Lions, and Sesame Street.  You will find Reading Tip Sheets in at least 11 languages to download and give to parents, including Navajo & Hmong, among others. Fabulous resources right on the site, plus links to hundreds more. 

 Educator Websites:

After School.gov (www.afterschool.gov)

Plan a program, find a School, link to resources.

 

Boston PBS - Online Adolescent Literary Collection (www.wgbh.org) [still trying to find a direct link]

 

Connect with Kids (www.connectwithkids.com) Emmy award-winning educator/school series on DVD to deal with kids challenges like cyber-bullying, internet-safety, dating & friend relationships, depression, drugs, drunk driving, learning issues, sports/competion/steroids

 

Curriculum plus Wiki equals "Curriki" - an Open Education effort (www.curriki.org )

 

Leaps & Bounds - Language Enrichment Activities Program (www.leapsandbounds.org) Southern methodist University Preschool Teacher Education

 

Learning Resources (www.learningresources.com)

Quality class materials.

 

Teaching Books Net (www.teachingbooks.net)

Author programs & websites, book guides, book readings, educator area, subscriber benefits.

 

PBS.org for Teachers(www.pbs.org/teachers)

professional development

 

Smithsonian Education - collections for pre-school

(www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/index.html)

 

Teach-Nology (www.teach-nology.com) Lesson plans

 

Teacher Created Resources - Materials from across America (www.teachercreated.com)

 

 More General Sites:

Community Playthings - Superior Wood Classroom Toys & Furniture 

(www.communityplaythings.com)

 

PBS Kids Go - PBS Info on Games & Shows for Pre-teens (www.pbskids.org/go )

 

Electric Company - Older Kids PBS Show & Site (www.pbskids.org/electriccompany/parentseducators/)  

 

Thinkfinity (www.thinkfinity.org)

 

AdLit (Adolescent Literacy Gr 4-12) www.adlit.org