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 materials must be checked out, items marked with an asterisk (*) are free to take.

Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972

* Welcome Elementary 2025-26 Primary and Elementary Reading Plan

Parenting

Books

  • The Black Parenting Book
  • The Daddy Guide
  • GoodParents.com
  • How to Talk so Kids Will Listen
  • The Mom Book Goes to School
  • 52 Simple Ways to Tell Your Child “I Love You”
  • You Are Your Child’s First Teacher

Videos

  • Help Your Child Succeed in School
  • Keeping Peace at Home
  • Help Your Child Make Good Decisions
  • Parents Can Help Children Learn

Pamphlets / Booklets

  • You Can Control the TV Set!
  • 10 Ways to Be a Great Parent

Special Needs

  • Love & Logic Solutions for Kids with Special Needs
  • Some of My Best Friends Are Books
  • When Gifted Kids Don’t Have All the Answers
  • 12 Effective Ways to Help Your ADD/ADHD Child
  • Beyond Ritalin

Reading (Literacy)

Books

  • Children’s Literacy Development
  • First Teachers
  • Read-Aloud Handbook
  • Learning to Read

Videos

  • (RIF) First Steps Toward Literacy
  • Inspiring Young Readers

Pamphlets / Booklets

  • Read and Rise
  • A Child Becomes a Reader

Additional Resources

  • Title I Improving Your Child’s Education *
  • Is Your Home a Learning Place? *
  • Dealing with Bullies *
  • Internet Safety for Children *
  • Getting Good Grades *

Homework Help

  • Homework Without Tears
  • A Simple Plan to Boost Grades
  • Parent’s Homework Dictionary *

Mathematics

  • Math Coach
  • Talking to Your Child About Math
  • Science and Mathematics Gateway to the Future

Health

  • Health at Home
  • The Overweight Child

Free Reading Books – Magazines

  • National Geographic Explorer *
  • Science Spin *
  • Scholastic News *

Free Reading Books – Chapter Books

  • Children of the Lamp *
  • The Waterless Sea *
  • The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray *
  • Tallahasse Higgins *

Free Reading Books – Picture Books

  • Hold on Tight *
  • Thirsty Baby *
  • Thumbelina *
  • Sunshine Girl *
  • Money *

Spanish Materials

  • 10 Maneras de Criar Un Lector *
  • Los padres tambien son maestros *
  • La lectura es lo primero *
  • Leer da poder *
  • Título I Mejorando la educación de su hijo(a) *
  • Como hacer la tarea mas fácil *