Parents' Choice Foundation Parents' Choice Foundation This foundation is a "not-for-profit evaluator of children's books, videos, toys, audios, computer software, television, and magazines." It bestows Parents' Choice Awards to "products that meet and exceed standards" set by educators, parents, and children. Site includes current and past winners, as well as topical reading lists, ideas for learning activities, and descriptions of special events at museums around the United States. Product listings are searchable. [From LII's New This Week for September 4, 2003] The September feature on this site is "Back to School Books", and the articles include Reference Tools & Homework Helpers: Books & Software to Help Build a Home Library; Shapes, Colors, Letters & Numbers: Learning Begins at Home for Infants & Toddlers; A Book List for Boys: Getting Boys to Read Just Takes the Right Books; and Tackling Reading - Building Character: Parents' Choice and USA Football Join Forces. 6:31:29 PM     [comment []];[]

Websites for Young Readers A "Hit" on LM_NET from Art Wolinsky (one of those responsible for the excellent Online Internet Institute) gives a great annotated list of websites about reading that include lesson plans and/or activities for readers. 5:02:08 PM     [comment []];[]