Websites for Parents

www.getreadytoread.org
The site Get Ready to Read is an early literacy program designed to help parents make sure that young children have the skills they need to be ready to learn to read. This site enables parents to administer a pre-reading screening to determine their child's readiness. It also provides lots of skill-strengthening activities in English and Spanish.

www.cfw.tufts.edu
This is the Tufts University Child and Family Web Guide. It's a directory that evaluates, describes and provides links to hundreds of sites contaning child development research and practical advice. Topics are selected on the basis of parent recommendations. The site covers all ages from early childhood through adolescence.

www.aft.org
American Federation of Teachers website includes a Parent Page section and an area called the Summer Learning Calendar, where you'll find variety of learning activities for youngsters that change each week.

www.nypl.org
New York Public Library site. Click on "Summer Reading for Children and Teens" which will open to a section with reading suggestions, learning activities and games for kids of all ages. You'll also find schedules of special events and the location and hours of libraries throughout the city.