Resources for Parents

SAISD Library Media Services: http://lms.saisd.net

This website offers parents easy access to SAISD-purchased online subscription databases, as well as those offered free by the Texas State 88^th Legislature, that are safe and reliable.  These resources include the two State-supported resources:

• EBSCO
• Encyclopedia Britannica

SAISD-purchased online subscription databases are:

• Facts On File
• TeachingBooks
• World Book Online

Parents also have access to educational video-on-demand with PowerMediaPlus.  Usernames and passwords can be obtained from campus librarians, or the Library Media Services Department.

Other websites include (not in any particular order):

• Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org/
• Thinkfinity: http://www.thinkfinity.org/
• National Geographic for Kids: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
• San Antonio Public Library: http://www.sanantonio.gov/Library/?res=1024&ver=true
• Reading Is FUNdamental for Parents: http://rif.medigent.com/parents/
• A Mathematics Dictionary for Kids: http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html
• Celebrate Families Reading Together – October is Children’s Magazine Month: http://www.childmagmonth.org/
• CIA, The World Fact Book: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
• The Questioning Toolkit, developed by Dr. Jamie McKenzie: http://questioning.org/Q7/toolkit.html
• SAISD Summer Reading List: http://www.saisd.net/instruct/reading/index.shtm
• Steve Spangler – Making Science Fun!: http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/
• Library of Congress – The American Memory: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
• The Portal to Texas History: http://texashistory.unt.edu/young/about/?selection=Partners&PHPSESSID=e6eee40d6676cfbeb5bb26616eed5bd9