Many of the books listed here are also available in languages other than English. The following is only a sampling of the many excellent books about people, events, and issues in American and world history and geography that your child might enjoy. Climbing Your Family Tree: Online and Off-Line Genealogy For Kids. The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home. Charles, IL: First Word Learning Systems, Inc.

How to Help Your Children Succeed in School by Learning at Home. Megaskills: How Families Can Help Children Succeed in School and Beyond (rev. How to Help Children Become Geographically Literate. National Council for Geographic Education. Games with Books: Twenty-Eight of the Best Children's Books and How to Use Them to Help Your Child Learn≿rom Preschool to Third Grade. What Your First Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education. Bringing History Home: Local and Family History Projects for Grades K-6. The School-Savvy Parent: 365 Insider Tips to Help You Help Your Child. New York: McGraw-Hill.Ĭlark, Rosemary, Hawkins, Donna and Vachon, Beth. The Homework Handbook: Practical Advice You Can Use Tonight to Help Your Child Succeed Tomorrow.

(Available online at Cholden, Harriet, Friedman, John A. (available online at American Library Association. Helping Your Child Succeed: How Parents & Families Can Communicate Better with Teachers and School Staff.

National Council for Geographic EducationĪmerican Federation of Teachers. Most provide you and your child with information about how to search for specific information and with links to other age-appropriate sites.īringing History Home, a K-6 history curriculum:Ĭouncil for Excellence in Government, Take Your Kids to Vote: The following Web sites are some of the many that contain great links for both you and your child. Federal Citizen Information Center, FirstGov for Kidsįederal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)

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