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American Humane Association - The mission of the American Humane Association, as a network of individuals and organizations, is to prevent cruelty, abuse, neglect and exploitation of children and animals and to assure that their interests and well-being are fully, effectively, and humanely guaranteed by an aware and caring society.
BabyCenter Store-Buying Guides - From diapers to bottles to a car seat for that first ride home, you need equipment that helps you keep your new baby safe, healthy, and happy. How do you know what you need and when you need it? BabyCenter Buying Guides give you age ranges and suggestions for shopping that's smart and convenient.
Bookworm Bunch - Corduroy, Elliot Moose, Seven Little Monsters, and three more characters from a new line-up of shows from PBS, invite all preschool kids to their web site for a whole lot of fun! Each section of the site features unique games and activities for each character. Each section also features an online coloring activity plus fun Secrets & Facts for each character. It's a great way to learn and play!
Children and Money - The NCFE recently joined with the Jump-Start Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy to promote teaching children in grades K-12 how to develop, encourage and understand personal finance. Great articles on the website like "18 Ways for Children to Learn the Value of Money," and "The 10 Commandments of Personal Finance for Young People." You just might want to take the "Spending Perception Scale Test to find out your spending habits.
Children Home Alone - This site is loaded with safety tips for Children when they are home alone. There is a comic kids can read, a safety check list and more!
Childslife.com - Childslife.com is The Local Resource For Parents Nationwide, which includes Child and Parent Resources, Calendar of Events, a Weekly Newsletter, Playgroup listings and Fun Places to Go.
Connect for Kids - Sponsored by the Benton Foundation, this site is a clearinghouse of child advocacy activity. Learn what individuals and groups are doing to improve the lives of kids in the U.S. There's a state-by-state archive so you can find out what's happening in health care, education and literacy, and financial security. Join a discussion group or sign up for the free newsletter so you can keep up on the issues and solutions as they are identified. This is an excellent, thought-provoking site.
Dr. Gayle Peterson - Family Therapist - This collection of columns by Dr. Gayle Peterson is part of ParentsPlace, a great Web site for parents and families. Dr. Gayle answers all kinds of questions, such as "How can I help my sensitive eight-year-old deal with moving?" and "My sons fight constantly; what should I do?" Net-mom appreciates Dr. Gayle's thoughtful and caring answers. She never belittles her readers or makes them feel guilty.
Dr. Paula's #1 Pediatric Advice Web Site - Ask Dr. Paula Elbirt, one of New York's best pediatricians, and our top pediatrcians (peds) from around the US for pediatric advice. In addition to the pediatric medical advice, other forums include breastfeeding, parent to parent forums, vaccination schedules, product recalls, and newborn, infant, and childrens pediatric medical advice.
Early Childhood Education On Line - Early Childhood Education On Line at the University of Maine offers quality links on a range of educational and developmental issues for parents of young children.
ePals Classroom Exchange - Connecting "over 2.5 million students and teachers through 33,133 profiles," ePals includes more than 65,000 member classrooms in 182 countries. Surely, you can findw someone to write to who will write back! First, you need to register, and kids can do that directly or through a teacher or a parent. Either way, be sure to read and understand the privacy policies first. Parents registering their children have a number of interesting options. Since participants get their own mail account at epals.com, parents can choose to monitor the child's mail before passing it on to the child's mailbox. Classrooms (or home schools) create a "profile" which can include a general map of its rough location, ages and gender of the class, hobbies, languages, and other special interests. The profiles are searchable, even if you have not become a member yet. Epals offers both monitored and unmonitored chat rooms, and children should be warned not to divulge personal information like their addresses and phone numbers. Even though everyone on the service has gone through the registration process, there is no guarantee that anyone is actually who he says he is.
Expect the Best From a Girl - That's What You'll Get - This brief guide for parents is stuffed with great ideas. Here's one, "Praise your daughter for her skills and ideas rather than for her appearance and neatness." And here's another, "Become a media critic and encourage that approach in your daughter. Discuss with her the portrayals of girls and women on television, in movies, in magazines and in popular music. Does the media offer positive or negative role models for girls? Explore the messages and assumptions that the media is sending. These discussions provide ideal opportunities to explore the roles of girls and women in society."
FamilyEducation Network - FamilyEducation Network is an interactive learning community that links parents, teachers, students and schools to timely resources, to educational activities and to each other.
Games2Learn - Educational Games from the maker of The Phonics Game! - Games2Learn features educational toys and games that make learning fun! Designed by educators, we offer 1000's of children's games, classroom aids and teaching resources, including The Phonics Game.
Get Your Angries Out! - Are you always yelling at your sister? Is there a bully bothering you at school? Are you mad and cranky a lot? This site gives you some useful ways to get your anger out in constructive ways. For example: "Check your tummy, jaws and your fists. See if the mads are coming. Breathe! Blow your mad out. Get your control. Feel good about getting your control. Stop and think; make a good choice. People are not to be hurt with your hands, feet or voice. Remember to use your firm words, not your fists." There are many more good ideas here, and don't forget to check the links about peace while you're dealing with your angries!
Helping Your Child Develop Self-Esteem - How do you help your child feel good about himself, so that he can learn to act independently, and with confidence? This page has specific suggestions!
Helping Your Child Learn Science - OK, it's really a brochure for parents, but you should check out the experiments here, because some of them would make neat science fair projects. You'll find lots of kitchen chemistry tricks and fun with static electricity, and don't miss "celery stalks at midnight"!
Kids' Money - If you're looking for books, games, banks, and activities, this is an excellent site to visit. What are the top 10 financial principles you want to impress on your kids?-the answers are here. Kids can visit "That's My Piggy!" where kids send in pictures of their piggy bank and are featured on the site. Always wondered what the inside of a piggy bank looks like, they've got it here too.
Kiplinger Kids and Money - Here the senior editor Janet Bodnar tackles your kids and money questions with weekly money topics of interest to parents and children. Join the kids and money forum chat. It's fun for kids to use the Piggy Bank Calculator that estimates how long it will take to save up for what they want to buy.
LD OnLine: Learning Disabilities Information and Resources - Did you know that Walt Disney, Winston Churchill, and Albert Einstein all had learning disabilites of some kind? According to this site, actor Tom Cruise is dyslexic and learns his lines by listening to them on tape. This site is a real encyclopedia of information on learning disabilities and disorders (LD). You'll find lots of info on Developmental Speech and Language Disorders, Academic Skills Disorders, and Other Learning Differences. One of the treasures this site offers is the First Person stories. Discover how kids and adults deal with and overcome their disabilities to celbrate their abilities. One of the great tales involves Paul Orfalea, founder of Kinko's copy and office stores. Check it out!
Literacy Resources Online - What can parents do to help their kids become readers? This Web site offers pointers to several pamphlets and articles on how to prevent reading difficulties in young children as well as how to encourage reading in older kids. For example, there is a link to the Department of Education's Web page, "Simple Things You Can Do to Help All Children Read Well And Independently By The End of Third Grade." It's divided into things parents, schools, grandparents, caregivers, and community groups can do to promote literacy. One of these tips is the following: "Ask your children to describe events in their lives. Talking about their experiences makes children think about them. Giving detailed descriptions and telling complete stories also helps children learn about how stories are written and what the stories they read mean."
Main Street Mom--The Magazine for Modern Mothers with Traditional Values - The magazine for modern mothers with traditional values. You'll find articles, discussion forums, free newsletters, nifty tools, and even free e-greeting cards.
National Association for the Education of Young Children - The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) exists for the purpose of leading and consolidating the efforts of individuals and groups working to achieve healthy development and constructive education for all young children. It's the nation's largest organization of early childhood professionals and others dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education programs for children birth through age eight.
National Middle School Association - The National Middle School Association offers a wide range of research material for parents of 10- to 14-year-olds, from developmental issues like dating to controversial subjects such as whether Grade 5 should be included in the middle school.
National PTA - One hundred years ago, the National PTA was founded by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst as the National Congress of Mothers. Birney said, "Let us have no more croaking as to what cannot be done; let us see what can be done." Today, this large organization is doing many things. Here, you can get more information about educational initiatives, health and welfare programs, and legislative issues.
Natural Child Project - "All children behave as well as they are treated." That's the motto at The Natural Child Project. The site includes many areas: articles by noted parenting authors, parenting advice columns, even laws around the world pertaining to child advocacy.
ParenthoodWeb - Here new parents and parents of young children can "Ask the Pros," browse the library for child care and parenting articles, find out about children's product recalls, and participate in thediscussion board.
Parents and Children Together Online - Parents and Children Together Online. The ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication is dedicated to providing educational materials, services, and coursework to everyone interested in reading, English, writing, and the language arts. Let us guide you to the resources you need to help your children and students become effective learners.
Partnership for Family Involvement In Education - Learning is a partnership between schools, parents, communities, and religious groups. Discover how all of these stakeholders working together can improve education for your child. Keep up with the latest initiatives, news, and more.
SuperKids Educational Software Review - This site is aimed at parents and teachers, but you can use it too! Find out if that new software title you've seen advertised on TV is really any good. Each month, a team of reviewers (parents, teachers, kids) checks out a selection of the newest programs in a specific subject area, such as math, reading, or science. What do they really like? What really made them yawn? Find out here.
The Anti-Drug - The most effective deterrent to drug use amoung kids isn't the police or politicians, it's parents. This site offers tips and information on how to talk to your kids about drugs. This site now available in different languages.
The Learning Curve - The Learning Curve is an educational web site developed by students for the 2000 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge (an annual, international competition which encourages students to develop high-quality, interactive web sites on educational topics). No matter what age, race, gender, or nationality, everyone learns. Learning is topic that affects us every second of every day from the moment we are born until the day we die. However, few people realize or understand the learning processes which are so fundamentally important to us all. The Learning Curve attempts to fill this void by providing information about the major aspects of learning. By providing you with information about learning and its associated topics, we hope that you will become more aware of your individual learning processes and find ways to maximize your learning potential both academically and in your daily life.
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