Mrs. DeFalco's Web Site

Parent/ Caregiver Web Site

Constructed by Mrs. DeFalco

Reading Web Site: Go To:

http://web.mac.com/marydefalco/reading2/Reading_Primary_Teachers.html

o/ors3/http://homepage.mac.com/marydefal

"The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is

reading aloud to children." Commission on Reading

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Literacy /Books 101 Recommended Books	Literacy /Books Frank Asch Animated Books - Read by Frank Asch	ABC's of Parenting/Pearson Allyn Bacon	Lil' Fingers Storybooks Directory	10 Amazing Foods for Kids
Books to Read to Children "Read With Me"	Tips to Helping Your Child Read	ABCs for Parents of Kindergarteners	Mom's Homeroom-Learn Ways to Help YOur Kid Succeed in School	Kid's Health Center for Parents
Reading Out Loud	A Compact for Reading & School-Home Links	Jump Start to Kindergarten/Preparing Children for School	Writing Activities for Home	Apple & More Nutrition
Literacy Net Work Elementary Calendar	Family Reading Partnership	10 Ways to Help Parents Prevent Summer Brain Freeze	Frogs on a Log Ages 2-4	Ringworm Video
Practicing Early Reading & Writing Skills	Reading Recovery Guide for Parents	Pre School Activities/ Best Home Schooling	Child Fun where Play and Learning go Hand in Hand	Infections
Webbing into Literacy/Head Start	Tips on Children's Reading, Learning, School Success, Family Life/Scolastic	Helping Your Child Become a Reader	Pre-School Activities/uk	How Much Sleep Do Children Need?
Books to Grow /Farm Theme	Reading Strategies to Guide Parens from Mrs. Gibby's Site	Gayle's PreSchool Rainbow	Preschool : Discover the Fun in Learning	HItting, Biting, How to Stop Bad Behavior & More
Guide to Choosing the Right Book	Books & Toddlers 12- 18 Months	PAT Parent as Teachers	Activities for Early Years/ Early Learning Resources/ by Silkysteps	Thumb Sucking
101 Best Books Head Start/Preschool Home Library	Video-Stories Read Aloud by Screen Actors Don't Miss	Parent Reading Guide/ Los Angels Times	Arts & Crafts from Crayola	Back Packs & Weight Issue -10% of their body weight
Reading Is a Family Affair	Read & Write Together- Paren Center	National Network for Child Care	Free Games! Best Kids online Games for Preschool & K	Overcome Picky Eating
Just Read, Families! Florida Dept. of Ed.	Recommended Reading Lists /Family Education	Top 10 Ways o Help Parents Prevent Summer Brin Freeze	Literacy Connection Calendar	Activities to Develop Fine Motor Skills/Nellie Edge
Connecting Books to Children	PBS Language to Literacy	Whole Child/ ABCs of Chid Development	365 Kids Games Home Page	Health Resource Guide from Connecticut
AAP- Read Me a Story-Reading Checkup Guide	Any Child Can Learn to Read Better with Help/NYTimes	Positive Parenting/Kids Health	Developmental Activities / ages 2&3	KidsHealth/Feelings etc.
Featured Books Ages 0 to 5 years	Great Books for Pre-K	Family TLC Don't Miss	PreKinders- Kids' Page Ms. Cox's	Gut Bateria Mix Predicts Obesity
Video of Parent Reading to His ChildReadWriteThink	Learning Point Rdg./ Birth to Age 5 PDF	Early Childhood Links	Creative Parenting by Crayola	*Keep Kids Healthy/ pediatric parenting advice
Kansas Kids Ready for Learning Links to Early Literacy	Reading Aloud with Children of All Ages	Education World: ABC of Parenting	Apple at Enchanted Learning	LD:Power to Hope Learn and Succeed
Good Start in Literacy	Getting Preschoolers Ready to Read/Fun at Home/Ill.	Literacy Connection Calendar for Preschoolers	Structure of Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers, & Twos	Washing Hands!!!!!!!
Parent Involvement in the Education Program	On Line Children's Stories	Positive Discipline	Numbers & Operations Family Guide/NCTM	ADHD & ADD
Helping Your Child Become a Better Reader	Denise LaRose Kinder "Garden" Ring	Family Network/Educatio & Research CYFER	Activities & Homework Help from Young Children	American Association of Poison Control Center
Simple Ways Parents Can Improve Children's Voc.	*Importance of Reading Aloud to Children and more by RIF	SC Curriculum Standards for Kindergarten	365 Kids Games	Dealing with Headlice
Activities for Children	Improve Your Child's Rdg. / Govt. Pub./Predictor of Rdg. Success	Get Ready to Read Overview/Family Ed.	Crafts, Recipes, Games and More/ Kaboose	Strep Throat
Teaching Treasures- Homeschooling	Ready.Sit. Read! My Club	Little Bytes News/ One Stop Parenting Resource	Mrs. Levin's Pre K Pages	Child Safety Experts
Parents' Place/ Road to Reading	10 Signs of a Great PreSchool	A to Z Homeshcooling	Exercises for Fine Motor Skills Wocona , GA	Internet Guide Lines for Parents
*Growing Up with Reading	Reading Strategies Defined for Parents	Educational echnology Resources	Naming Games for Pre-Schoolers/ Scholastic	Laughing Out Loud to Good Health
Read Across America NEA/videos	PIcture Books to Help Children Deal with Fears / Worries	PreK-Fun	Websites for the Primary Grades	Judi, the Manner Lady
6 Pre-Reading Skills Your Child Can Start Learning from Birth	Rosemary Wells- Listen to Story	How Can Parents Identify High Quality PreSchools	Highlights: Games, Science in Action, STory Soup, Hidden Pictures etc.	Symptoms of Childhood Illness
Birth to Two, Seasame Workshop for Parents	Families: What You Can Do	Primary Games: Fun Place to Learn	Kids Summer Crafts & Activities	Caring for Kids/Swine Flu etc./Canada
Predictable Books Children Love to Read/Nellie Edge	Acting Out a Story with Your ChildRead Write Think	Multiple Intelligences Screening Tool	Parents Use Active Listening & Encourage Language/Nellie Edge	Babies Physcial Growth
Miss Renee's K Pad/ Farm Theme	Robert Munch/Love You Forever/UTube /Video	Parenting Advice, Activities, Family Games, Recipes/Family Ed.	Spelling	Eco Family/Oregon
Poem for Parents	Raising Your Child to Love Reading	10 Things Your Pre-school Won't Tell You
Mary Ann Hobermano	Eric Carle Site	<-Author Study-> *Frank Asch	Lillian Hoban's Children's Books	Carol Hurst's Site
Margaret Wise Brown	Author Study by P.K Hallinan	Jean Marzollo from Cold Spring Harbor	Rosemary Wells	Seussville - Dr. Seus
Arnold Lobel	Molly Bangs	Donald Crews	Maurice Sendak	Roesmary Wells
Robert Munsch	Berenstains, Jan & Stan	Laura Numeroff	Eric Hill	Alexandra Day
Fizzy, Funny Fuzzy Fun Poetry for Kids	Peschool Songs & Rhymes/ Creative Kids Crafts	<-Poetry Study-> Grandpa Tucker's Humorous Poetry	PoetryCorner	Rimes and Rhymes -Rime a Week
Rhythm & Rime	Land of Nursery Rhimes	Nursery Rhymes	Children's Songs	Mrs. Henriksen's Poetry Pages
Songs and Poems Worksheets	Finger Plays & Action	Giggle Poetry	Barking Spiders by C.J. Heck	5 Little Monkeys by Dr. Jean
Poetry Zone - ideas for writing poetry	Lady Bug Poetry	Rebus Rhymes from Enchanted Learning	Bugs: Wordsong Poetry	Poetry in Motion
What's that Bug: More Caterpillers & Pupa	Fall by Eileen Fisher & much more	Guess What?	Poetry & Rimes for Young Children	Jean Marzollo's Unique Web Page
List of songs & poems from UK	Poems for/about Teachers	Can Teach Songs & Poems	Poetry Quest	Poems, Fingerplays/ Canton Public Library
Poems and Rhymes for Children	Fingerplays and Action Songs	Poetry & Music Links	Learning the Language of Weather	Lullabies from Europe
Primary math with Eric Carle's books	Letters &Sounds by MaryDeFalco	<-ReadingActivities PBS Kids site: games, stories, music,	Children's Music Web
If You Give a Pig a Pancake! Don't Miss	Pre-School Library /Some On Line/Many Themes/Story Place	NIEHS KIDS' PAGES/an official web site for Kids	Simple Ways Parents Can Improve Children's Vocabulary	Fairrose Cyber Library of Children's Lit.
And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon: Over 650 Activities	Clifford's Interactive Story Book	Hungry Giant	Curious George -Games and Activities	Pres chool Web Site
Between the Lions Program / PBS	John & El's Bear Time: Stories, Songs, & Fun	Room.108 Kids Stories Click on Stories	i4CLiteracy & Math Skills for Kindergarten	Talk, Read, Write/ Sesame St.
Astronomy for Kids	Kids' Zone/ facts about animals	Cycle of the Humming bird	Dr. Labush's Links to Learning	Rainforest
Science Activities for Children & Family	Science and Technology	Early Years Experience- Science Activities	Spring Into Life - study of plants and animals	Bluebeauty(Globe) Pictures of Earth from Outer Space
Sea World	National Geographics	Electronic Zoo	Chicks to Egg	Kites
Candlelight Stories Online	Sebastian Stories Online	Marcia's Art & Music Links	Bedtime Stories for Busy Parents	Deepriver Stories
Seasonal Alphabets/ Head Start	Learning the ABC's	* Surfing for ABC's / Loogootoo Elm.	Kids Page ABCs	ABCs with pictures by Jan Brett
Hummingbird�s Ed�l Alphabet	Aphabites	Billy Bears Alphabet Game	ABC Mommy & Me/ Little Fingers	I 4 C Everything for K/up date '09 ten + updated 8/24/09
PreK and K "Matching Letters"	Paw Park "Kangaroo Confusion" matching letters	Alphbet Flip Books/ Carl Corner	Aphabet Poems	"Tina's World " Following 3 step directions
Alliteration, Rhyme, Humor, & Rhythm for ABCs	Mrs. Jones Sings a Song for Each Letter	Cuyahoga Valley Alphabet Book	Critter ABCs	Alphabet Ave./Carl's Corner
Alphbet Ideas DLTK Ages 2+	ABC Sing Along	Alligators All Around Song & Pictures	Mrs. McGowan's First Grade Up date '09	Learning the Alphabet
Phonics- songs	Children's Songs with free Lyrics, Music & Printable Song Sheets/ KIDiddles	Children's Songs form the Teacher's Guide	Email me your comments	ABC Books Updated '09 ALA American Library Ass.