Links to Websites by Chapter
In this section, I’ve listed all the links to websites that I mentioned in each chapter. I’m also adding links to websites where you can go learn more about the subject of the chapter.
Chapters 5: What Is on the Test?
Here you will find a practice OLSAT test
The following links are to websites that talk about the various tests children take for kindergarten admissions
- www.alpha.fdu.edu/~dumont/psychology/kabc_index.htm
- www.alpha.fdu.edu/psychology/WPPSI_DESCRIPTION.htm
- www.www.hoagiesgifted.org/tests.htm
- www.www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/2577.aspx
- www.minddisorders.com/Py-Z/Stanford-Binet-Intelligence-Scale.html
- www.vdps.net/special/test.html
- www.alpha.fdu.edu/psychology/woodcock_ach_descrip.htm
- www.kindergarten-test.com/Skills.html
- www.sedl.org/cgi-bin/mysql/rad.cgi?searchid=215
- www.freeprintablefun.org/2009/03/study-guide-for-bracken-concepts-scale.html
Chapter 6: Milestones That Matter for School Success
On-line resources for developmental milestones
- www.pbs.org/wholechild/abc/www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html
- www.ldac-taac.ca/InDepth/identify_chart-e.asp
- www.infanttoddlerdevelopment.suite101.com/
Chapter 7: Sneak Learning Into the Moments You Already Spend With Your Child
Great on-line educational toy stores
- www.lakeshorelearning.com
- www.etacuisenaire.com
- www.wonderbrains.com
- www.melissaanddoug.com
- www.Funiqtoys.com
- www.thinkfun.com
- www.mindwareonline.com
Learning Tools
CD’s and DVD’s
Free Interactive Children’s Sites
- www.pbskids.org
- www.bobthebuilder.com/usa
- www.noggin.com
- www.primarygames.com
- www.nickjr.com
- www.barbie.everythinggirl.com
- www.abcya.com
- www.uptoten.com
- www.scholastic.com
- www.funschool.com/preschool
- www.internet4classrooms.com/prek.htm
Workbooks and Free Workbook Pages
- www.thinkingtolearn.com (not free)
- www.criticalthinking.com (not free)
- www.edhelper.com
- www.abcteach.com
- www.education.com
- www.knowledgeessentials.com
Chapter 8: Reading to Build all 7 Abilities
Videos on Dialogic Reading
Free On-line Sequencing Activities
Lyrics and Music to Thousands of Children’s Songs and Nursery Rhymes
Pre-reading and Reading Support
Chapter 9: Instruments to Strengthen All 7 Abilities
Information on studies that show the intellectual advantages of music lessons in children
Chapter 10: Conversing to Support 6 Abilities
Information on parent talkativeness being predictive of IQ
Chapter 11: Language and More
Great clean-up and transition songs
Finger Puppets and other inexpensive craft supplies
Teaching children to listen
- www.hubpages.com/hub/How_to_Teach_Kids_to_Listen
- www.parenthood.com/article-topics/you_can_teach_your_children_to_be_better_listeners.html
- www.savvydaddy.com/content/site/survival-guide/0047/how-to-teach-your-child-listen
Chapter 12: Knowledge/Comprehension
Free on-line activities teaching children about colors, letters, numbers
- www.dltk-teach.com/colors/index.htm
- www.kindergarten-lessons.com
- www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/index.html
- www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/play.htm?f
- www.dltk-teach.com/numbers/index.html
Chapter 13: Memory
Magazine supporting memory and all aspects of intellectual development
Chapter 14: Mathematics
Ideas to help your child develop math skills
Chapter 15: Visual-Spatial Reasoning
Games and activities to teach spatial reasoning
Puzzles
Hidden Pictures
Chapter 16: Cognitive Skills
Conversation Cards
Workbooks that build reasoning skills
Chapter 17: Fine-Motor Skills
Tools to help build fine-motor skills
Handwriting help
Easy Origami
Chapter 20: Your Best Public School Options
School options for the gifted child
- www.davidsongifted.org
- www.hoagiesgifted.org
- www.nagc.org
- www.gifteddevelopment.com
- www.kyrene.org/resource/gifted/parents/parent_book_list.htm (books about giftedness)
Magnet and charter schools
Chapter 22: How Public Schools Use Ability Tracking
If your child is in a slow math group
If your child is in a slow reading group
- www.readingkingdom.com
- www.storysmarts.com
- www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html (if you feel your school’s tracking policy is discriminatory and you want to make a complaint).
Information on tracking
Chapter 23: Early Intervention and Special Education
Early intervention for children from birth to age-3
- www.babycenter.com/milestone-charts-birth-to-age-3
- www.nichcy.org/babies/states/
- www.childfindidea.org/
Special education
Legal issues
General information on learning disabilities
- www.nichcy.org – National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities – offers a wealth of information on navigating IDEA. www.yellowpagesforkids.com/ – a resource for finding local educational consultants, psychologists, educational diagnosticians, speech therapists, occupational therapists and lawyers for children with disabilities.
- www.handsandvoices.org/articles/education/law/transition.html and http://facts.crc.uiuc.edu/facts4/facts4.html – information on transitioning from Early Intervention to Special Education under IDEA.
- www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/devdel.htm#early – a University of Michigan Health System website that covers developmental delays, learning disabilities, Early Intervention, and Special Education.
- www.allkindsofminds.org – a fantastic website on learning issues that was started by Dr. Mel Levine.
- www.successinmind.org – a program that offers learning profiles and learning plans for students from first grade to college. Program is based on the work of Dr. Mel Levine.
- www.bridges4kids.org – a Michigan site that provides referrals for children needing support services. It is full of useful information.
- www.specialchildren.about.com/ – About.com’s excellent site on special needs children.
- www.babyhearing.org/LanguageLearning/ – a comprehensive site with information about auditory and language delays.
- www.eifamilyalliance.org – a site devoted to helping families improve the outcomes for infants and toddlers receiving Early Intervention services.