Family Consumer Science - Links - KATE - Kentucky Academy of Technology Education

Activities to Encourage Communication

http://aac.unl.edu/intervention/Encourage_Communication.html

Teachers and parents are provided with twenty activities to encourage communication. Additional strategies are also listed to expand expressive communication.

American Dietetic Association

http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/index.html

Find great information about foods and nutrition at this site. A new tip regarding health and nutrition is presented each day.

Audacity

http://www.download.com/Audacity/3000-2170_4-10058117.html

Teachers and students may download Audacity software for FREE at this site. Audacity is a free program that allows students to create blogs so that teachers may incorporate them into their curriculum.

Consumer Corner: Understanding the New Nutrition Facts Label

http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Parents/nutritionlabel.html

Learn how to read labels on food to determine what is really in the food you eat.

Consumer Reports.Org

http://www.consumerreports.org/main/home.jsp

Unbiased reports and information about various products and services.

Don't Buy It (PBS Kids)

http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/

Children ages 9-11 are given the opportunity to see how ads are created, how the customer is enticed to buy, what is fantasy, and what is reality.

EARLY YEARS-Birth to Preschool

http://www.ed.gov/Family/RWN/Activ97/early.html

Reading and writing activities for birth to preschool including story ending, funny sounds, rhyme time, and more.

Family Works

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/familyworks/respect-00.html

At this website, the University of Illinois Extention Service addresses several strategies for building stronger families.

FamilyFun

http://family.go.com/raisingkids/child/dev/feature/dony39famanners/dony39famanners2.html

Tips for teaching manners.

Fashion & Design Internet Centre for Canadian Fashion and Design

http://www.ntgi.net/ICCF&D/index2.htm

A textile dictionary allows the user to look at a definition/explanation of fabrics in multiple categories.

FCCLA

http://www.fcclainc.org

FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) is the student organization for young men and women in family and consumer sciences education in public and private schools. At this site learn about the organization and its national activities.

Food Safety at Home, School, and When Eating

http://www.foodsafety.gov/~dms/cbook.html

An exciting and fun activity for teaching basic safe food handling tips.

Form W4 Assistant

http://www.paycheckcity.com/W4/w4instruction.asp

This Web site will help you understand all the deductions that appear on your paycheck and that incomprehensible W-4 form. Calculate and print out the data you enter. Related links on this site include payroll and taxes, tax preparation, the IRS, and the Social Security Administration.

Great Economics Lessons

http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/lessons.cfm

Here are some great online economics lessons--all levels and content areas keyed to the Nebraska Social Studies/Economics Standards. If you know the concept you want to teach, start from the K-5 concepts list or the 6-12 concepts list. Materials from which to create more lessons are available from the Virtual Economics Companion.

How Food Works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/food.htm

An introduction to understanding how the different components in food works.

iVillage Recipe Finder

http://www.ivillage.com/food/recipefinder

From this database of recipes, search for recipes by type of meal, type of dish, main ingredient, certain cuisines, special diets, special occasion or ease of preparation.

KiddoNet

http://www.kiddonet.com/gb/

Interactive games for children & resources for teachers.

Kids Activities

http://www.edbydesign.com/kidsact.html

Interactive activites for teaching writing, math, and other skills.

Kids Bank.Com

http://www.kidsbank.com/

Students are provided with an easy and interesting way to learn about money.

Kids Food Cyberclub

http://www.kidfood.org/

This site is dedicated to promoting good nutrition. Children will be entertained through interactive activities. Multiple resources are available to teachers and parents.

Kids: Understanding Money

http://life.familyeducation.com/money-and-kids/personal-finance/34481.html

Games and tips for teaching children about money.

Learning about Budgeting by VISA

http://usa.visa.com/personal/student/budgeting/index.html

Tips on planning a budget and how to start saving. This site also contains an interactive budget worksheet.

Live and Learn

http://www.liveandlearn.com/learn.html

This site offers a variety of links for the teacher or parent of a special education student. It may also be used in an early childhood class. An excellent listing of developmental activities for birth to five years old is also included.

Making the Family Connection: Supermarket Sleuths

http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Parents/sleuth.html

An supermarket activity designed to expand the variety of food that a child is willing to eat.

Managing Your Money

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/on2/budget.html

Students are introduced to the stock market, ways to pay for college, how to live on a budget, along with many other topics about money.

New York Times on the Web: Working

http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2002/10/29/business/businessspecial/

This special feature on jobs, careers, and workplace issues looks at the changing employment scene at the start of the 21st century.

Pete's Power Point Station

http://www.pppst.com/

Power point and animations for teachers to use in their classroom. All content areas included.

Pete's Power Point Station

http://pppst.com/

This website houses a great collection of ready made power points and interactive activities for many subject matters.

Practical Money Skills for Life

http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/index.php

This site gives the viewer the opportunity to choose the intended audience--student, teacher, parent or consumer. Afterwards, lessons in money management are made available for different age groups.

Read Write Think

http://www.readwritethink.org/

The website states its purpose is to "provide educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction."

Recipe Source

http://www.recipesource.com/

A searchable online archive of recipes arranged by ethnic region or by type of dish

Sewing.org

http://www.sewing.org/

All about sewing--from sewing tips to sewing projects. Sponsored by the Home Sewing Association.

Simplicity.com

http://www.simplicity.com

Browse the Simplicity catalog or access online sewing tips.

SMART Board and AirLiner Activities

http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smartlessons.htm

This website gives a list of SMART Board and AirLiner activities for a variety of grade levels. You must have SMART Board software loaded on your computer to view the files.

Songs for Teaching

http://www.songsforteaching.com/index.htm

Using music to promote learning. Ideas and resources for using music to teach content across the curriculum to students of all ages.

Student Budget Planner

http://www.tdcanadatrust.com/student/stbud.jsp

Utilize the interactive budget planner at this site to plan a budget within your financial means.

TeachersFirst.com

http://www.teachersfirst.com/index.cfm

"TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. We offer our own professional and classroom-ready content along with thousands of reviewed web resources, including practical ideas for classroom use and safe classroom use of Web 2.0. Busy teachers, parents, and students can find resources using our subject/grade level search, keyword search, or extensive menus."

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