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Internet
Cybersmart.org - Provides a free K-8 curriculum for teaching Internet skills.
CYFERNET- Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network - A wealth of practical, research-based information relating to children, youth and families.
GetNetWise - Resources for parents who want to protect their kids from inappropriate material online, as well as links to other information helpful to parents whose kids use the internet. 
ALA Great Web Sites for Kids - American Library Association with links to over "700 Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious Web Sites for Kids and the Adults who care about them."
Wired Safety  - The world's largest internet safety, help and education organization.   This site includes information about talking to your children about downloading music. 

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Parents
KidsHealth.org - Expert health information for families from the Nemours Foundation.
National Association for Gifted Children - A non-profit organization of educators and parents united to address the unique needs of gifted and talented youth.
National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children - A non-profit foundation which provides information and guidance to parents and educators of gifted and creative children. 
National Institute for Child Health and Human Development  - A resource for online publications on a wide range of subjects.

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Education
The Educator's Reference Desk - You can access the resources of the ERIC database, and print up abstracts of articles submitted to ERIC.
FCAT Explorer - FCAT Explorer is a practice and skills reinforcement tool based on Florida’s Sunshine State Standards. Public school students, teachers, Charter Schools and Homeschools can use the FCAT Explorer free of charge. To acquire a sign-in name and password, contact your teacher or the FCAT Explorer Support Services Team at 1-888-750-FCAT (1-888-750-3228).  
Florida Department of Education - A good resource for press releases, publications, statistics and reports.
Sunshine State Standards - Florida Department of Education K - 12 grade level expectations.
4C School Readiness - For information on central Florida coalitions.  
Global Locator - Search this database to find schools, colleges and libraries. 
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Updated daily, this page lists sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth.
National Library of Education, Washington D.C. - The Federal governments main resource for education
information. 
National Science Teachers Association - For more teaching resources. 
Sites for Teachers.com - Lots of links to helpful stuff for teaching.
Sunlink - Florida's K-12 union catalog
Teacher Tips - Resources, ideas and Web sites for teachers.  
Teachers.Net - A resource on a variety of topic for teachers including web tools. 
Team Florida Partnership - A good resource for information concerning children in Florida.
U.S. Department of Education - An excellent resource for all facets of Government sponsored education, from financial aid for college to ERIC Digests, Educational Research and Statistics, and Useful Publications for Parents.

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Home Schooling
A to Z Home's Cool - A home schooling website with tons of useful links.
Florida Home School Network - A good resource for information and internet links.
Florida Parent Educators Association - Another good resource for information and internet links.
Home Education Magazine - A commercial site put out by Home Education Press with links to articles on home schooling.
Home Schooling Resources - This page gives mostly science resources, but also lists many home schooling discussion groups found on the web.
Learn In Freedom - This site discusses the many advantages of home schooling and uses many of John Holt's ideas. There are many links to other discussion and resource pages.
 

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Reading Resources
Florida Center For Reading Research - Information and resources for parents and teachers.
Get Ready to Read - A program of the National Center for Learning Disabilities with tools to help build early literacy skills.
The International Reading Association - An 85000-member nonprofit professional organization dedicated to improving reading instruction and promoting literacy 
Jim Trelease Home Page  - Jim Trelease is the author of the Read-Aloud Handbook.  This is a good resource for reports on reading research and other information. 
National Right to Read Foundation - For information on reading research.
ProTeacher.Com - Check out this site for more links to reading and language arts.
Reading Is Fundamental - RIF is the nation's largest nonprofit children's literacy organization.
Reading Online - An online journal of k-12 practice and research published by the International Reading Association. 
Reading Rockets - Features information about how to help children learn to read and is for parents, teachers, librarians, tutors, literacy coordinators and others.
Reading Tips for Parents - Great tips to help your child learn to read from the U.S. Department of Education.

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Children's Literature Review Sources
Book Links - An excellent resource for articles and reviews of children's literature.
Children's Literature Web Guide - A good place to start for the topic of children's literature.  This web site provides links, lists, and discussion boards.
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature - A good resource for finding just the right award winning book to complement your lesson plans.
Horn Book Magazine - Provides articles and reviews of children's and young adult literature.
School Library Journal  - Provides articles on new trends and issues concerning school libraries and reviews of children's literature and media submitted by librarians.

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Updated: November 5, 2008.