George F. Johnson Library

☆ Parents ☆

• All Safe Sites
  A collection of safe, child-oriented websites listed under several categories
• Bookworm for Kids
  Listings of highly recommended books for children for all interested in encouraging children to love reading
• Dr. Toy
  Information on hundreds of recommended toys and products for children
• Education.com
  Advice, reference articles, and an online community for parents of preschool to high school students
• Family Fun
  A resource for arts & crafts, recipes, outdoor games, planning child-friendly activities and parties
• Great Websites for Kids
  A compilation of exemplary websites geared to children from birth to age 14 evaluated by committee members from the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association
• Kids Health
  Articles on many aspects of child health for parents from the Nemours Foundation
• Money As You Grow
  Learn important lessons about finanical responsibilty for all ages from the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability
• My Young Child
  Online stories and activities designed to help parents talk to children about values and social skills
• PBS Parents
  Explore PBS parenting resources and tips on raising children, planning birthday parties & kids activities
• Protect Kids Online
  Parents can learn how to talk to their kids about making safe, responsible decisions when socializing online
• Safe Kids Internet Guide
  Contains information about the dangers of children using the internet plus rules, advice, and tips relating to child security and the web
• Tutor Hunt
  Helps both tutors and students find each other. Search by level, subject and location, create your own tutor or student profile for free.

☆ Teachers ☆

View or subscribe to our New Nonfiction for Kids list with materials that will support the Common Core Learning Standards.

• ArtsEdge
  The Kennedy Center’s free digital learning platform for arts education with lesson plans, guides, audio stories, video clips, and more
• Discovery Education School Resources
  This portion of the highly regarded educational site offers teachers a puzzle maker, worksheet generator, quiz maker, glossary builder, and clip art gallery
• Edutopia
  Success stories about what works in education in the six core concepts of integrated studies, project learning, comprehensive assessments, social & emotional learning, technology integration, and teacher development
• Gateway to Educational Materials
  Contains a variety of educational resource types from activities and lesson plans to online projects to assessment items
• Language Learning Resources
  Hundreds of free language-learning lessons, games, and activities
• Lesson Corner (especially Puzzle Makers and Math Worksheets)
  The largest collection of free k-12 lesson plans on the web
• Literacy Connections
  Provides a wealth of information on reading, teaching and tutoring techniques, ESL literacy, and adult literacy
• SmartBoard Magic
  Terrific SmartBoard ideas and information from the Teacher Center of Broome County
• Study Jams
  Over 200 jams on a variety of math and science topics that use key vocabulary words, short videos, karaoke style music screens, and online student quizzes to check content knowledge of students
• Teacher Professional Development and Resources
  Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum from Annenberg Media
• Teaching Books
  A free resource center that has originally produced multimedia resources to explore popular elementary series books through audio clips of authors along with discussion questions and activities
• Thinkfinity.org
  Thousands of free lesson plans, activities, and games that can be searched by keyword, subject, resource type, and grade level

☆ Special Needs ☆

• Council for Exceptional Children
  A national organization for those involved in special education and gifted education
• Exceptional Parent
  A magazine for parents of children or young adults with disabilities that includes reports, forum, products links, books
• Get Ready to Read
  Sponsored by the National Center for Learning Disabilities, this offers early literacy activities for children
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
  A national organization providing support to people with learning disabilities, their parents, teachers and other professionals
• A Parent’s Guide to Helping Students with Learning Difficulties
  Information for parents on learning difficulties, including those that can be diagnosed and other difficulties without a diagnosis

☆ Homeschool Resources ☆

Click here for a list of resources available at the GFJ Library.

• A to Z Home’s Cool Homeschooling
  A guide to the best articles & resources for home education
• Easy Fun School
  Plenty of ideas for making education fun
• Family Learning Organization
  Encouragement, advice, and standardized achievement testing to support you in homeschooling
• Home Education Magazine
  A magazine with support available for homeschooling families
• Homeschool World
  The latest homeschooling news, articles, organizations, events, forum, curriculum, and more
• Homeschooler’s Curriculum Swap
  A web service where homeschooling parents buy, sell, and trade used books and materials
• Jon’s Homeschool Resources
  A homeschooling dad presents neutral, non-commercial homeschooling information
• Loving Education at Home
  The site of LEAH, a statewide organization dedicated to supporting and promoting home education throughout New York
• New York Home Educators’ Network
  New York State homeschoolers past, present, and future, from seasoned veterans to newcomers