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EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
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Helping Your Child with Homework - For parents of elementary and junior
high school-aged children.
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Kindergarten Readiness Checklist - Use this checklist to see how well your
child is doing in acquiring the skills found on most kindergarten checklists.
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National Parent Information Network - Developed by the Educational
Resource Information Center (ERIC) this site offers full text documents developed by child and parent
education specialists, as well as brochures and pamphlets. Also includes the
interactive feature "ParentsAskERIC".
FAMILIES AND COMPUTERS
HEALTH / CHILD SAFETY
- Canadian Paediatric Society
- Canadian Parents Online
- eSafety.com - A ParenthoodWeb family site which includes recalls arranged by categories, recent recall announcements, and Consumer Product Safety Commission releases.
- The I'm Safe! Network - This site is dedicated to providing information to help parents and their children make smart choices to avoid unintentional injury.
- HelpZone - A new site created by the Government of Nova Scotia. It will be home to a wide range of information organized according to
age: for children, ages 6 to 12; for teens, ages 12 to 18; and for the adults in the
family, 18 and over.
- KidsHealth - Health information for parents, kids, and teens from medical experts of the Nemours Foundation.
- MEDLINEplus - The National Library of Medicine has put together over 25 child and teen health topics, including ADD, autism, child safety, ear infections, rubella, SIDS, teenage pregnancy, toilet training and bedwetting.
- TeenGrowth.com - Reliable and useful information about topics such as emotions, peer pressure, drugs, alcohol, puberty, sex, fitness, and stress maintained by a team of pediatricians.
- TeensHealth - Health information written for teens from medical experts at the Nemours Foundation, including body basics, sexual health, food & fitness, and safety.
HOMESCHOOLING
- A to Z Home's Cool - A
homeschooling mom offers philosophical reasons for teaching at home as
well as links to subject-specific pages for kids.
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Homeschooling Information and Resource Pages - Sponsored by Home Education
Magazine, this site offers an online library of articles and essays on a wide range of related
topics, helpful resources organized by category (support groups, catalogs, books,
etc.), timely news updates, and an online newsletter.
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Jon's Homeschool Resource Page - A comprehensive site to aid homeschooling
families.
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Unschooling - This site offers information on how to create a learning
environment for the whole family at
home.
INFANT & CHILD DEVELOPMENT
- Child Development Basic
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Prepared by the Child Development Institute, this site lists
characteristics for
each stage of development, including information on how to help children
reach their
full potential.
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Growth and Development - Doctor-approved health information about children
to help parents learn how
to understand and deal with a child's changing body and mind.
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Zero to Three - National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families.
KIDS & READING
- Mighty Book
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reading and literacy skills for children in grades K-8.
- Born to Read
- Tips for
parents on how to raise a reader, good books
for kids and more from the American Library Association.
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Reading Rockets - Check out the latest tips, activities and information
about reading.
PARENTING SKILLS
- Canadian Parents Online
- Family Education - This section
of Family Education magazine provides links to articles on age-appropriate discipline.
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Family Fun - Now sponsored by Disney, this site includes articles from
Family Fun Magazine.
- Invest in Kids - A good site to
help parents strengthen their knowledge, skills and confidence when
raising
a pre-schooler.
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Kinderstart - A very easy to use search engine with many links to sites
dealing with children from birth to
age 7.
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The Whole Family Center - A light-hearted approach to dealing with
difficult family issues through advice columns and text-only versions of audio dramas on topics like discipline
and sex.
PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND
THE NEWBORN
- The ABC's of Pregnancy
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An online textbook about pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting.
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Babycenter - A complete guide to every aspect of pregnancy.
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Childbirth.org - Offers a wide range of information on all aspects of pregnancy. Includes many links to additional health and recreational sites.
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Parents'Place - Provides a wealth of information on conception, pregnancy and birth.
- Pregnancy-Info.net - Find advice and tips on a number of different pregnancy related topics. Includes infant development week by week and links to other related topics.
SPECIAL NEEDS
COLLECTION
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