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Teachers and parents are provided with twenty activities to encourage communication. Additional strategies are also listed to expand expressive communication.
http://aac.unl.edu/intervention/Encourage_Communication.html
Reading and writing activities for birth to preschool including story ending, funny sounds, rhyme time, and more.
http://www.ed.gov/Family/RWN/Activ97/early.html
At this website, the University of Illinois Extention Service addresses several strategies for building stronger families.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/familyworks/respect-00.html
An exciting and fun activity for teaching basic safe food handling tips.
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~dms/cbook.html
Here are some great online economics lessons--all levels and content areas keyed to the Nebraska Social Studies/Economics Standards. If you know the concept you want to teach, start from the K-5 concepts list or the 6-12 concepts list. Materials from which to create more lessons are available from the Virtual Economics Companion.
http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/lessons.cfm
Interactive games for children & resources for teachers.
http://www.kiddonet.com/gb/
This site is dedicated to promoting good nutrition. Children will be entertained through interactive activities. Multiple resources are available to teachers and parents.
http://www.kidfood.org/
This site offers a variety of links for the teacher or parent of a special education student. It may also be used in an early childhood class. An excellent listing of developmental activities for birth to five years old is also included.
http://www.liveandlearn.com/learn.html
This site gives the viewer the opportunity to choose the intended audience--student, teacher, parent or consumer. Afterwards, lessons in money management are made available for different age groups.
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/index.php
The website states its purpose is to "provide educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction."
http://www.readwritethink.org/
This website gives a list of SMART Board and AirLiner activities for a variety of grade levels. You must have SMART Board software loaded on your computer to view the files.
http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smartlessons.htm
Using music to promote learning. Ideas and resources for using music to teach content across the curriculum to students of all ages.
http://www.songsforteaching.com/index.htm
"TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. We offer our own professional and classroom-ready content along with thousands of reviewed web resources, including practical ideas for classroom use and safe classroom use of Web 2.0. Busy teachers, parents, and students can find resources using our subject/grade level search, keyword search, or extensive menus."
http://www.teachersfirst.com/index.cfm
At this site you will find a variety of resources for teaching life skills. Links are available for elementary, middle and high school.
http://www.goodcharacter.com/MStopics.html
Learn about how children grow. Links take the viewer to different stages of a child's life--from infancy to age 12.
http://www.elainegibson.net/parenting/development.html
Looking for more resources on family consumer science to help integrate technology into your classroom? Check out TICK, a repository of instructional lesson plans, activities, and resources for teachers in Kentucky.
"I Love Technology. KATE-TICK is the place for teachers to find the best sources of technology for integration into their classes." — Toni Dickens
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