Parent Resources

Parent Resources at Welcome Elementary

We encourage parents to take advantage of our many resources available in the parent resource room. While many of our materials needs to be checked out, there are materials that are free to take. An asterisk (*) is besides the free items.

Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972

Welcome Elementary 2024-25 Primary and Elementary Reading Plan

Parenting

Books:

• The Black Parenting Book
• The Daddy Guide: Real Life Advice and Tips from over 250 Dads and     Other Experts
• GoodParents.com: What every good parent should know about the internet
• How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
• The Mom Book Goes to School
• 52 Simple Ways to Tell Your Child “I Love You”
• You Are Your Child’s First Teacher
• Caring For Your Baby and Young Child Birth to Age 5: Complete & Authoritative Guide
• How to Talk to Your Kids About Really Important Things
• Parenting for Prevention: How to Raise a Child to Say NO to Alcohol/Drugs
• Dr. Spock on Parenting: Sensible, Reassuring Advice for Today’s Parents from America’s Most Trusted Parenting Expert
• Involved Parents: The Key to Success in School: A Presentation Kit
• Becoming Parent: A Love & Logic
• Growing Up Drug-Free: A Parent’s Guide to Prevention
• The Parent’s Handbook
• Siblings without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
• Endangered Minds: Why Children Don’t Think-And What We Can Do About It
• Meeting The Challenged: Using Love and Logic to Help Children Develop Attention and Behavior Skills
• Grand Parenting with Love & Logic
• What Your 4^th Grader Needs to Know; Fundamentals of a Good Fourth-Grade Education
• The Educated Child: A Parent’s Guide From Preschool Through 8th Grade
• Boys and Girls Learn Differently! A Guide for Teachers and Parents
• Sometimes It’s OK to be Angry! : A Parent/Child Manual for the Education of Children
• The Plug-In Drug Television
• Kids and Money: Giving Them the Savvy to Succeed Financially

Videos:

• Help Your Child Succeed in School: Parenting Skills That Work
• Keeping Peace at Home: Parenting Skills That Work
• Help Your Child Make Good Decisions
• Good Discipline, Good Kids: Parenting Skills that Work
• Skills for Single Parents
• Education News Parents Can Use “No Child Left Behind: Tools and Information Parents Can Use”
• Success in Parenting
• Daring to Parent
• Parents can Talk and Listen to Children
• Parents Can Read with Children
• Parents Can Motivate Children
• Parents Can Build Responsibility in Children
• Parents Can Help Children Learn
• Who Says Parenting Can’t Be Fun?

CDs:

• Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers: Love and Logic Parenting for Early Childhood 6 months to 5 years
• Put the Fun Back into Parenting
• Parenting with Love and Logic

Pamphlets/ Booklet:

• You can Control The TV Set!
• 10 Ways to be a Great Parent

Special Needs

Books:

• Love & Logic Solutions for Kids with Special Needs
• Some of My Best Friends Are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from Preschool to High School
• When Gifted Kids Don’t Have All The Answers: How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs
• 12 Effective Ways to Help Your ADD/ADHD Child
• Beyond Ritalin: Facts About Medication and Other Strategies to Helping Children, Adolescents and Adults with ADD

Videos:

• Parenting Children with Learning Differences
• RIF Exchange: Including Readers with Special Needs

Reading (Literacy)

Books:

• Children’s Literacy Development: Making it Happen through School, Family, and Community Involvement
• First Teachers: A Family Literacy Handbook for Parents, Policy-Makers, and Literacy Providers
• Parents in Reading: Parent’s Booklet
• Pathways: A Primer for Family Literacy Program Design and Development
• Straight Talk About Reading
• Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children’s Reading Success
• Using Computers in Family Literacy Programs
• Connecting Families and Work: Family Literacy Bridges the Gap
• The Read-Aloud Handbook
• Ladders to Literacy: A Kindergarten Activity Book
• Information Investigation: Exploring Nonfiction with Books Kids Love
• Learning to Read: Lessons from Exemplary First Grade Classrooms
• Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change their Lives Forever
• Sunny Side Egg Carton Games: Numbers, Shapes, Color Words, Capital and Lower Case Letters*
• Irresistible Sound-Matching Sheets and Lessons that Build Phonemic Awareness

Videos:

• (RIF) First Steps Toward Literacy: A Family Matter
• (RIF) Inspiring Young Readers
• Creating Partnerships for Learning: Family Literacy in Elementary Schools

Pamphlets/Booklets:

• Read and Rise: Family Guide to Preparing our Children for a Lifetime of Success
• A Child Becomes a Reader: Proven Ideas from Research for Parents

Homework Help

Books:

• Homework without Tears: A Parent’s Guide for Motivating Children to Do Homework and to Succeed in School
• A Simple Plan to Boost Your Kids’ Grades and End the Homework Hassles
• Parent’s Homework Dictionary* 

Pamphlet/Booklet:

• Homework Time Made Easier…And More Effective

Mathematics

Books:

• Math Coach: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children Succeed in Math

Pamphlets/Booklets:

• Talking to Your Child About Math

Video:

• Science and Mathematics-Gateway to the Future

Health

Books:

• Health at Home: Your Complete Guide to Symptoms, Solutions & Self Care
• The Over Weight Child: Promoting Fitness and Self-Esteem

Free Reading Books for Students

Magazine:

• National Geographic Explorer: Cheetahs*
• Science Spin: Wild Science*
• Scholastic News: Why is That a Ruler? *

Chapter Books:

• Children of the Lamp: The Cobra King of Kathmandu*
• The Waterless Sea*
• The Haunting of the Alaizabel Cray*
• Tallahasse Higgins: Mary Downing Hahn*

Picture Books:

• Hold on Tight*
• Treasury of Treasure: Color the Sky*
• Thirsty Baby*
• Cherry Pies and Lullabies*
• Tomorrow is Mom’s Birthday*
• Thumbelina*
• Asleep in a Heap*
• Letting Swift River Go*
• Mama Cat’s Year*
• Forest Scientists*
• Winslow Homer: American Painter*
• Paricutin: The Mountain of Fire*
• Rachel Carson: Scientist and Writer*
• Sunshine Girl*
• Little Oh*
• Guns and Violence*
• Bodan-Powell: Founder of the Boy Scouts*
• Going to School*
• Credit Cards and Checks*
• Money*

Other Topics

Pamphlets/Booklets:

• Title I Improving Your Child’s Education*
• Is Your Home a Learning Place? A Quiz for Parents*
• Dealing with the Tough Issues…Bullies*
• 10 Ways to Help Your Child Do Better on Tests*
• Internet Safety for Children and Teens*
• The School-Parent Team: A Key to Your Student’s Success*
• Getting Good Grades: Activities and Exercises*

Spanish Materials

Pamphlets/Booklets:

• 10 Maneras de Criar Un Lector*
• Los padres tambien son maestros!*
• Buen Comienzo, buen futuro: El Bebe en un mes
• Buen comienzo. Buen futuro: El bebe de 2 meses
• Buen comienzo, buen futuro: El bebe de 4 meses
• Buen comienzo, buen futuro: El bebe de 8 meses
• Buen comienzo, buen futuro: el bebe de 9 meses
• La lectura es lo primero: como ayudar a su hijo a aprender a leer*
• Leer da poder: guía familiar preparando a nuestros niños para una vida de éxitos.*
• Título I Mejorando la educación de su hijo(a)*
• Como hacer la hora de la tarea mas fácil…y mas eficaz*
• Secretos para hacer que los niños deseen leer
• Usted Puede controlar el aparato de TV! *
• 10 maneras de ayudar a su hijo a desempeñarse mejor en los exámenes*
• Lo que los padres pueden hacer en el hogar para ayudar a los estudiantes con el vocabulario*
• 25 maneras los padres pueden leer con los niños
• Actividades de aprendizaje para días lluviosos y vacaciones de la escuela
• Boleto Para el éxito infantil
• Ayude a sus hijos a ser mejores lectores

Spanish Community Info:

• Guia del inmigrante: Lo que todo inmigrante necesita saber

Audio:

• Escritura: Ideas sobre la marcha!
• Lectura: Ideas sobre la marcha!