Learning Disabilities

www.ncld.org

National Center for Learning Disabilities

www.inspiration.com

           Download free software as a trial for Visual Learners

www.abcteach.com

           Handouts/Printouts for teachers and parents

www.factmonster.com

FactMonster.com (formerly known as Infopleasekids.com) was launched in August 2000 by Information Please. Fact Monster and its Homework Center have received national recognition for their unbeatable reference materials, fun facts and features, and individualized homework help.

www.math.com

           Provides practice worksheets

www.kidtastic.com

          Good for kids, provides different books for reading

www.aplusmath.com

          Provides practice worksheets

www.wordcentral.com

          This is a student dictionary.

www.ldonline.com

           LD on-line provides good information for parents.

www.ldteens.org

           Teenage web site, sponsored by NY Brand of the International; Dyslexia Association.

www.ldpride.net

LD pride on line, Download a free program which reads web pages and text files out loud.

www.ldresources.com

This site contains a variety of resources for the learning disabilities community, including articles.

http://www.ldonline.com/

           Learning Disabilities Information and Resource

http://home.computer.net/~dibianco/educatio.html

           Education sites

http://www.cec.sped.org

          The Council for Exceptional Children

http://ldpride.net/

           An Online Community for Youth and/or Attention Deficit Disorder

http://www.special-kids.com/

Language Arts Related Web Sites

http://www.educationindex.com

Choose "subjects," then "education," and then "reading" for a variety of links related to reading education. If you would rather browse by the students’ age group, choose, "life stages" for topics related to a specific age level.

http://www.education-world.com

  A variety of lesson plans, activities, and current news can be found at this site.

http://www.carolhurst.com/profsubjects/reading/parentreading.html

  This is a children’s literature site that takes you to text/articles.

http://www.carolhurst.com/profsubjects/reading/emergentreaders/html

This is a children’s literature site that lists popular children’s books, activities, and lesson plans.

http://www.scholastic.com

  Teacher lesson plans and classroom activities are provided here.

http://www.creativeclassroom.org

This is a rather extensive site for teacher resources. It also includes information on recommended books for children.

Tomie dePaola is best known for his works for children.

http://www.janbrett.com

These three sites are wonderful for planning author studies and are worth a visit by both teachers and students.

http://www.eduplace.com

  Books are reviewed by teachers. Lesson plan ideas are also provided.

http://www.theideabox.com

This site for young children includes online stories. There are also many song and craft activities that would be useful for thematic units.

http://www.crayola.com

There is both a "teacher" area for incorporating art into all areas of the curriculum and a site for children. Included in the children’s site is an ongoing story with a new chapter each week.

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide

An extensive Web site, updated daily, provides pages for a number of curriculum ideas and many links for resources and organizations.

http://scholastic.com/MagicSchoolBus/index.htm

The Magic School Bus site includes many activities for children, as well as a resource area for teachers.