Family Resources

  http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/succeed/  From U of I Extension Center, this website has very useful information for parents to use when thinking about their child’s schooling; information about instilling a love of learning, dealing with school stress, learning styles, study habits, and test taking are very informative and helpful  
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/schoolandlearning.jsp Parents can search for articles about any question they might have.  Homework and study habits can be researched or helping children to deal with anxiety- that occurs inside or outside of school- can be explored.
 
http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/succeed/succeed.pdf From the US Department of Education, this booklet has ideas for activities that promote learning at home.  It is a 48 page document but there are carefully explained lesson plans for parents to do with children.