Here are some helpful and information-packed links and lists.
We hope they will provide useful resources for parents and teachers.

100 Picture Books To Read Before Kindergarten is a list compiled for you by WCPL librarians. Each book on the list can be found at the library and relates in some way to basic concepts that can help children learn to read and write as well as prepare them for Kindergarten. Click here for the complete list, or stop by any WCPL location and pick up a full color wall poster of the list.

The American Library Association Especially for Young People and Their Parents Page.
Topics addressed include: Online Safety Rules and Suggestions; Designed-for-Young People Search Engines; Additional ALA Web Sites for Parents, Young People, and Librarians; Other Educational Sites; and Privacy Issues.

And here's a link to the Association for Library Service to Children's Latest Additions to Great Web Sites for Kids. The ALSC Great Web Sites Committee has added more recommended Web sites to the original Great Web Sites for Kids, an online resource containing hundreds of links to commendable Web sites for children.

Colorin Colorado is a bilingual site for families and educators of English language learners. Teachers who work with English as a Second Language learners will find ESL/ESOL/ELL/EFL reading/writing skill-building children's books, stories, activities, ideas, strategies to help PreK-3, 4-8, and 9-12 students learn to read.

PBS Kids also has resources for parents. Visit PBS Parents to find information about your child’s stage of development, ask experts questions, get strategies for talking with kids so they
listen, discover ways to help your child succeed in school, and find much more parenting advice to help you raise your PBS Kid.

Home School Central offers homeschooling families "all the resources you need!" Serving the home school community since 1996, this information-packed site features links and resources.

Homeschooling features homeschool curriculum and information as well as A to Z Home's Cool community blogs, links, and help for both new and experienced homeschool families.

For information on Homeschooling in the Bowling Green Warren County area, visit the Barren River Home School Association (BRHSA) website at www.homeschool-life.com/ky/brhsa.

Teachers around the world use Starfall.com to make the classroom more fun and inspire a love of reading and writing. Parents use Starfall to prepare their children for school, and to support them once they are there. Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children.

Primarily designed for first grade, Starfall is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade. Starfall is perfect for home schooling.

NOTE: THE SITES ON THIS PAGE WERE SELECTED BASED ON THE CONNECTION TO CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND LIBRARIES AND THEIR APPROPRIATENESS AT THE TIME OF SELECTION. EXPLORATION OF THE WEB FOR CHILDREN ALWAYS WORKS BEST WHEN GUIDED BY CARING ADULTS. WCPL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THESE SITES.