Parents

• Take a look at the International Literacy Association Journal Access Page.

• An informative website to help teachers understand anxiety in students. This website is intended as a resource for teachers and pre-service teachers. It does not replace a trained professional.

• This site provides teachers/parents with list of books about anxiety in children.

• This article asks the question: Does Handwriting Matter?

• The purpose of the Learning Toolbox website (Writing and Advanced Thinking sections) is to help students with learning difficulties to become more effective learners so that they can meet the increasingly rigorous academic demands of today’s schools. The Learning Toolbox is designed for use by three groups:

  1. Secondary students with learning difficulties

  2. Teachers of middle and secondary level students

  3. Parents of students with learning difficulties

• International Dyslexia Association list of assistive technology resources for children and adults with learning differences.

• Laura Robb, author, teacher, coach and speaker: This website offers teaching supports for teachers of reading and writing, for school librarians, and for parents. Explore this multifaceted website – there is something there for anyone interested in student increasing student engagement and achievement.

• Discovery Education Website – Parents, Teachers and Student resources.

• Decoding Dyslexia: How a New Jersey Parents’ Group Started a Movement

• Here’s information from Bookmates on Training and Workshop Options available to help teachers plan training and workshops to support learning readers.

Direct from a student who found our study skills information helpful, PsPrint hosts a number of ideas for graphic organizers, to help all children with organizing their thoughts visually. Thank you for the submission!

• The MCRC has prepared an information sheet on dyslexia specifically targeted for parents. Please read, and feel free to use the Contact Us form if you have any additional questions.

• You can review information about the Bookmates Training and Workshop Options available to help parents support and nurture their children’s love of reading.

• MCRC private practice list containing up-to-date contact information for practicing private tutors

• Here are several excellent informational links:

  • Avoid the summer slump! Check out some resources on how to avoid the summer slump from Edutopia.

  • GreatSchools.org, an informational site about Special Education Support for parents

  • Learning A-Z, providing online literacy supports in the form of downloadable books with related lesson plans, reading strategies and vocabulary activities

  • Reading A-Z, providing downloadable books at Kindergarten to mid-grade 5 levels

  • Science A-Z, providing levelled elementary science units in the areas of: Life, Earth, Physical, and Processes from Kindergarten to Grade 6

  • Winnipeg Public Library, which includes numerous online ‘text to speech’/read aloud books plus research sites for students with reading difficulties.

  • Wordsmyth, an excellent online dictionary / thesaurus

  • Collins Cobuild Dictionary for English Learners, another excellent online dictionary

  • Co-Writer / Write OutLoud, software that assists students during the writing process

  • Natural Reader, a free download of text-to-speech software

  • OWL Kids, an online science/nature magazine for kids

  • National Geographic Kids, providing both “In Zone” books (high-interest chapter books for Middle Years and Senior High students) and “Multi-level Connections”, paired non-fiction titles on the same topic at two different reading levels

  • Sports Illustrated for Kids, an online sports magazine in a kid-friendly format