Learning Support

Updated on March 10, 2017

These websites provide valuable advice on how to help your child succeed in school.  Learn how to tell if your child needs help or more challenges, and how to get the learning support your child needs.  Learn what’s expected of your child at each grade level for your state, and the best ways you can help your child meet or exceed those expectations.   Check out the section on Learning Styles and Challenges for more resources.

Common Core State Standards

Learn about the Common Core State Standards Initiative. It provide a consistent, clear understanding of what your kids are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to…

Learning Beyond the Classroom

ReadWriteThink Learning Beyond the Classroom has activities, interactives and booklists parents can use to help their children develop reading and writing skills after school. And discover how your can support your child’s learning in the classroom. These are brought to…

US Department of Education Parent Resources

The U.S. Department of Education offers information and a directory of resources to help you support your child’s learning – from preK to college prep. These resources focus on early childhood education, reading, math and homework, and preparing for and…

Empowering Parents School Box

The U.S. Department of Education provides publications for parents on what they can do to encourage their children’s academic success.  The publications can be viewed online, downloaded in PDF format, or ordered by mail.  Topics include No Child Left Behind…

Colorin Colorado For Families

This free web-based service that provides information, activities and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners (ELLs). Its mission is to find research-based and best-practice information about teaching reading to English language learners (ELLs) and to make…

Grade-by-Grade Learning

Get your child started on a lifetime of successful learning. PBS Parents offers grade-by-grade portraits from preschool through fifth grade. They explain what schools cover in each grade, how kids learn the information, and what the classroom experience is like.…

PBS Parents Guide to Reading and Language

PBS offers a grade-by-grade guide, from preK to grade 3, on to how children become readers and writers. Learn the developmental milestones for each age and how you can help them develop by talking, reading, and writing together. Get activity…

Reading Rockets for Parents

This award-winning site provides guidance on simple things you can do to help your child become a good reader. Learn about the signs to watch for that your child may have trouble learning to read so you can get him…

Fostering Your Child’s Success in School Mathematics

This award-winning PDF guide provides family members tips on how family members can help their children develop a “can do” fearless attitude toward mathematics. Learn how to use everyday home experiences to incorporate math. Teachers can use the guide for…

Figure This! Math Challenges for Families

From site:  Family members— as children’s first teachers —are crucial to student success. And the more adults become engaged in their children’s education, the greater the chances that children will succeed.  The resources listed here may help as you work…