Language Arts, Libraries, Resources

Among the Best: for Teachers, Students, Parents

from the Midvale-Lincoln Accelerated School Web Site, Madison, Wisconsin

Language Arts/Culture/Libraries/Resources


Cranes for Peace: One of the Top 10 sites for Children
$fractal$ NEW! Multicultural Children's Literature: This Web site is a portal to listings and reviews of multicultural children's literature.
$fractal$ NEW! Homework Help Links: Math, science, whatever you need... It's probably here!
$fractal$ NEW! Official Eric Carle Web Site: For fans of the famous author/illustrator and his books.
$fractal$ NEW! Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden, Portland, OR: There are sculptures of Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ribsy in a park only a few blocks from the real Klickitat Street!
$fractal$ Virginia Hamilton: The gifted storyteller and writer applies her internationally recognized creative abilities to this wonderfully accessible site.
$fractal$ Mister Roger's Neighborhood: Activities, advice to parents, and a wonderful section on children's books tied to specific program themes, all in the gentle style of America's favorite neighbor.
$fractal$ New Moon: An advertising-free electronic magazine for girls and their dreams, with strong sections for parents.
Exploring the Ocean through Literature: Integrate language arts with oceanography. Writing activities, games, puzzles, art. web resources, section for teachers
Multi-Cultural Calendar: Rich in local customs - includes recipes for holiday foods, historical backgrounds, significance of holidays.
Castles: Reference for castles, palaces and monasteries including: castle tours, medieval architecture, site of the week, history, armor and swords.
Castles on the Web: Castles on the Web offers castle links, castle photos, castle site of the day, castles for kids, free castle web pages and more, including National Geographic's Ghosts in the Castle!
Black History: Outstanding site - supports students as they explore Black History. Try the Black History treasure hunt
Berit's Best Sites for Children: Safe, recommended, award winning web sites for children to age 12, carefully reviewed and rated 1-5. An ALA Notable Children's Web Site. One great site: Author/Illustrator Jan Brett's web site, beautiful! Send electronic Jan Brett postcards, download beautiful alphabet and numbers pages, lots more.
Homework Central: HomeworkCentral.com is an award-winning research site suited to the needs of any user from kindergarten through adult. The kid-safe site was conceived with an eye toward creating a "one-stop" study site where the editors continuously provide students of all ages with a definitive and comprehensive guide to the wealth of knowledge available online.
Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Biographies, photographic references
Anne Frank, Her Life and Times: Short biography with moving photos, many other sites
Inventors: Famous and not-so-famous inventors
Library: Blue Ribbon Learning Sites
U.S. Poet-Laureate Robert Pinsky: Shares his thoughts and ideas about poetry, encourages children to read and write poems, guides the teaching of poetry to children. Includes Favorite Poems project with letters from people about why a poem is a favorite. Poets include Langston Hughes, Shakespeare, St. Vincent Millay, Browning, Neruda, Poe, and Randall Jarrell.

Last update: August 8, 2000
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