Meadowside Elementary School

Welcome to my suggestions page. This page is intended to provide you with valuable tips and suggestions that will help foster your child's love of learning. If you have any additional websites or other resources that can be added to this page, please feel free to forward them to me so I  can update this page. Thank you for taking the time to view our website and support your child's education!

Reading Tips

Here are a few tips you might find helpful when reading with your child:

1. Find a comfortable setting to read together. You might want to create a reading corner in your child's room or any other place that's quiet.
2. Take your time, let the story set the tone and the pace.
3. Follow the words with your fingers as you read and give your child the job of turning the pages (especially helpful with emerging readers!)
4. As your child's reading skills improve, have him or her read the book to a younger sibling, a friend or even a teddy bear!
5. Be an enthusiastic audience and give lots of praise! Your words of encouragement play a crucial role in your child's confidence as a reader.

Helpful Links

Here are some web sites that I really enjoy - I hope you find them enjoyable as well as educational! I will update them every month depending on what I've found!

• http://www.meadowside.n-yorks.sch.uk/ - This is a link to the "other" Meadowside School in England
• http://www.weather.gov- I am a weather nut and this is the site that I use most often
• http://www.mountwashington.org/ - This is a great link to Mount Washington in New Hampshire
• http://www.pa.org/index.php - I love challenge and ropes courses and think this web site is very informative
• http://www.seussville.com/ - Who doesn't love The Cat In The Hat?!
• http://kidswithfoodallergies.org - This is a great website that provides information and support for families of children with severe, often life threatening, allergies.
• http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience - Hey, who doesn't love science?
• http://www.ctsciencecenter.org - Take a look at the brand new Connecticut Science Center being built on the banks of the Connecticut River in Hartford.
• http://starfall.com - This is a great website for children learning to read as well as students who are already reading!
• http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/science/dinosaurs/index.html - Hey, who doesn't love dinosaurs!
• http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/ - Reading Is FUN-damental - Reading Planet is a great site for children of all ages!
• http://www.oprah.com/tows/booksseen/200306/tows_book_20030620_rclark.jhtml- This is a link to Ron Clark's fantastic book The Essential 55 - This is a great resource for teachers and parents alike.