☆ 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 ☆

 

☆ Homeschool Resources ☆

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