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Bilingual websites www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/bibs/40books/bilingual.htm 40 bilingual books for young readers, preschool through age 12. www.colorincolorado.org A new early literacy website in Spanish and/or English for parents, teachers and librarians. Has information, activities and advice for Spanish speaking parents. Websites of interest to parents www.cslib.org/cysinet.htm Connecticut State Library website with much useful information including children and internet safety. The link for the FBI website (Parent's guide to internet safety) that has been mentioned lately is also included. www.ctparentplus.org CT Parents Plus is Connecticut's Parent Information and Resource Center (PIRC). It is funded by the US Department of Education and is partners with the United Way of Ct., the State Department of Education and Connecticut Parents as Teachers. The mission of Ct Parents Plus is to provide parents with the information and resources they need to feel confident and successful in their roles as parents, and to connect families and educators in the ongoing development and education of their children. www.naeyc.org/coping_with_disaster.htm. A website from the National Association for the Education of Young Children to help with the struggle that many families feel in trying to help young children deal with the terrorism of September 11, 2001. www.americaslibrary.gov The Library of Congress Web site for children and families. Through the use of stories, richly embellished with photographs, maps, prints, manuscripts and audio and video recordings from the Library's collections, America's Library invites users to learn about their past through extraordinary, at times idiosyncratic, materials, many of which have never been seen by the public. www.americalinksup.org America Links Up: a kids Online Teach-In is a public awareness and education campaign sponsored by a broad based coalition of non-profits, education groups, and corporations concerned with providing children with a safe and rewarding experience online. www.greatkidsct.org A website devoted to information on parenting, education and safety. Resources available on this site are related to children from birth to eight, www.cdc.gov/nip Vaccine information: what to immunize against and why. www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Reading/index.html A guide to helping your child learn to read, from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement. www.toysafety.net Annual Trouble in Toyland report released by the Public Interest Research Group. www.aap.org/advocacy/mediamatters.htm Media Matters a national public education campaign of the American Academy of Pediatrics designed to help people be more aware of the influence that the media has on children. Websites for Kids http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/index.html A great website for kids about how to be healthy.
Websites for crafts and fun stuff.... Kids Crafts Recipes www.theideabox.com/ideas.nsf/craft+recipe Provides public domain recipes for modeling dough. finger paint, clay and bubble stuff, as well as dryer lint modeling material. Kids Domain Craft Recipes www.kidsdomain.com/craft/_recipe.html Has recipes for fun food project as well as for crafts. Enchanted Learning www.EnchantedLearning.com An amazing site with everything from great dinosaur jokes to information about explorers and biomes. Also has print out activity sheets. Check out Lynn Rosenblatt's wonderful website on butterflies... www.monarchbutterflyusa.com. The Center for Science in the Public Interest has a great website about nutrition for kids www.smartmouth.org www.preschoolrainbow.org/preschool-rhymes.htm Finger plays, action poems, nursery rhymes, and songs are grouped according to early childhood education themes. www.storyarts.org Collection of story-related activities, projects and games. www.preschooleducation.com Activities by theme, book reviews, songs, coloring pages and templates, educational articles, etc. www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/storytime.htm Crafts, songs, finger plays and suggested books for over 200 topics.
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