Internet Resources for Parents
- Online Stories and Books Resource List -links to many free websites that provide books and reading activities
- We Give Books read a book with your child online and Pearson Publishing will donate a book to a child in Africa, Haiti or the U.S. It's free!
- MCPS Parents Page - links to many aspects of the MCPS Web including: how to enroll your child in school, MCPS policies on many subjects, school-by- school statistics, and many helpful links.
- Early Childhood Educators' and Family Web Corner contains links, activities, calendars and more for both educators and parents.
- Education Place provides free K-8 resources for teachers, students, and parents.
- The Teacher/Pathfinder Parent Building provides several wonderful links for parents.
- Scholastic.com is a terrific site for both kids and parents- Check out the "Parent" page for book/software reviews, tips and activities to make the home-school connections
ESL
- TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links - ESL : Games Part of the most comprehensive and best-maintained list of links for students and teachers of English as a second language.
- MES-Games Online games for verbs, vocabulary and more
- 1-language.com - ESL Idioms for learning English! ESL Listening Center
- 1-language.com - ESL Materials ESL Online Literature Library
Podcasts
- English as a Second Language Podcast English as a Second Language Podcast
- TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links - ESL : Listening : Downloadable MP3 Files Part of the most comprehensive and best-maintained list of links for students and teachers of English as a second language.
Lessons, exercises, quizzes
- Basic English - Essential Lessons for Beginning English Learners Essential basic English lessons for beginning English learners. Each lesson includes a short quiz to test your understanding of these basic English concepts.
- 1-language.com - Online English Course - Index Page
- UsingEnglish.com - Learning English (ESL) Online ESL (English as a Second Language) resources for learning English. Browse our grammar glossary and language reference area, join our busy forums, read our articles and teacher handouts, and find useful links and information on English here.
- English Grammar Quizzes Using JavaScript (English Study) Study English with Quizzes, Crossword Puzzles and other activities for students of English as a second language.
