PARENT RESOURCES

“The child’s first and most influential teacher is the parent.” P. Mayfield

Parent and Family Engagement Plans 2018-1

The Timbo School Parent Center

Physical Location: High School Library
Virtual Parent Center: Timbo Parent Center

R.I.S.E. Arkansas

• Reading Initiative for Arkansas provides resources for parents for children from Birth and up to help with reading at home.

• Parent Resource Center

Parenting Tips

• Twenty Ways You Can Help Your Children Succeed at School is a bilingual site providing many ways parents can support their children's learning.

• My Child/My Student is provided by a sponsorship between education and community organizations, the State Board of Education, and the Arkansas Department of Education to give parents helpful information and tips.

• The Center for Effective Parenting has a variety of information on topics including general parenting tips, discipline and intervention strategies, and specific issues or concerns.

• Parent Involvement in Education from the Center for Effective Parenting has tips on communication, motivation, organizational, study skills, and testing.

• Parent Toolkit includes tips and guides to guide you from Pre-k through high school.

• The Arkansas Department of Education offers several links for parents on a range of topics.

• Parent Concerns for digital media from Common Sense Media (includes cyberbullying, privacy and safety, etc.

Common Core State Standards

• What Parents Should Know About the Common Core State Standards

• Frequently Asked Questions About the Common Core State Standards

• Key Shifts in Language Arts

• Key Shifts in Math

Homework & Research Tools

• Tassel Time K-12 resources with access provided by the District. Contact the school for you username and password

• AR Traveler Databases Access library databases for research at home.

• Khan Academy provides video tutorials. Especially useful for math at all grade levels.

• ReadWriteThink provides resources including games, tools, tips, and how-to's for K-12 students.

Online Resources (PDF files)

• Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent's Guide to Prevention (US Dept. of Ed. Publication)

• Doing What Works: Increased Learning Time Beyond the Regular School Day (US Dept. of Ed. Publication)

• Parent Power: Build the Bridge to Success (US Dept. of Ed. Publication)

• Literacy Begins at Home: Teach Them to Read (US Dept. of Ed. Publication)

• Shining Stars: Kindergartners Learn to Read- How Parents Can Help Their Kindergartners Learn to Read (National Institute for Literacy)

• Shining Stars: First Graders Learn to Read - How Parents Can Help Their First Graders Learn to Read (National Institute for Literacy)

• Shining Stars: Second & Third Graders Learn to Read - How Parents Can Help Their Second & Third Graders Learn to Read (National Institute for Literacy)