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Internet Safety to Protecting Kids - Tips for Parents & Teachers

VS Grenier has put together some fun links and information for parents, teachers, children, and teens for your fun and enjoyment, but she also wants to touch on a few safety tips that you can share with your children when it comes to the internet.

There are sites out there that are fun and safe for children, but kids still need to be careful not to download, share, and give out personal information.

Tips:
1. Become more computer and Internet savvy.
2. Place your computer in a "public" area.
3. Monitor your child's computer use.
4. Talk with your children about their online activities and their online friends.
5. Use parental controls available on your online service. (Block adult chat rooms. Block Instant/Personal Messages from people you don't know.)
6. Install filtering/blocking software, or use a "clean Internet provider" that filters at the server level.
7. Children shouldn’t use online profiles. A child’s profile is likely to attract pedophiles, whom often search for prey in chat rooms.
8. Tell your children to never "go private" or into a private chat room.
9. Children should never give out personal information, including name, address, school they attend or teachers' names, parents' names, etc.
10. Tell your children to never, never, never meet someone from online without you.
11. Tell your children to never respond to rude or offensive e-mail, messages, or postings.
12. Do not allow children to post or receive pictures online.
13. Monitor and limit excessive time online, especially at night. Time on the Internet is time taken from other healthy activities.

 

 

 

 
Enchanted Learning  Enchanted Learning Software creates children's educational web sites and games designed to stimulate creativity, learning, enjoyment, and imagination.

 

 Parent Center  Parenting, Children, and Families - ParentCenter is the most trusted online resource for parents of young kids. ParentCenter offers free weekly newsletters, children's health, education and childcare information, kid's crafts and activities, and family movie reviews.

 

Stories for Children Magazine free monthly magazine for children ages 3 to 12.

 

Holiday Crafts 4 Kids  Free holiday crafts and activities for kids ages 4-7.

 

Creative Teaching Press  Several free activities to download for elementary-level students.

 

Spark Top  A fun educational site with games, puzzles and more.

 

Science Toy Maker  Find dozens of fun science projects that can be made from things around the house.

 

Teacher Planet  Lesson plans, theme units, worksheets and other free downloads for teachers.

 

Home Educators Resource Directory  A directory full of resources, classes, services, state directories, suppliers, support groups and community opportunities for homeschoolers.

 

Artsonia Art Lesson Plans  Art lessons plans for all grade levels. 

 

A to Z Kids Stuff  Contains all sorts of fun and education activities. Includes art recipes, rainy day activities, special day activities and more. They offer free lessons and activities for Toddlers, Pre-Schoolers, and
School-Age children.

 

ABCTeach  This is the place for kids, parents, student teachers, and teachers. They offer lots of free printables and worksheets.

 

Learning Planet You'll find a treasure chest of online learning resources. This website offers activities, worksheets, games, quizzes, puzzles and teacher tools.

 

Education Place  Kids' games and activities for math, reading, language arts, social studies, and more! 

 

Teacher's Top Sites Online Teaching Degrees, Masters Teaching Certification, Special Education, ESL, Lesson Plans, Online Education, Free Stuff & more....

 

A to Z Teacher Stuff a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. Find lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more.

Freebies for Schools & Teachers links to websites that are offering Freebies to Teachers and/or Schools.  Please do not abuse these Freebies as they are indeed intended for Teachers Individually or Schools in General.  

http://www.freekidscoloring.com/ Free coloring pages for hoildays, back-to-school, and some much more.