WEB SITES FOR PARENTS AND KIDS

http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites Great Sites is the American Library Association’s annotated list of over 700 sites for parents and kids on the internet, including many sites in Spanish. Also included are lists of award winning books for children and youth. A great place to start looking for material of interest to you and your family.

http://www.patnc.org The Parents as Teachers National Center is an international family education and support program for parents with children from birth to age 5. The program is for all families and offers things for parents, for professionals, the latest news, information about international conferences and training opportunities.

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents.html This site offers electronic versions of popular pamphlets and brochures designed to address parents’ concerns about their children’s education.

http://npin.org/ The National Parent Information Network provides short articles for parents about their children’s schooling and for educators working with parents. Also included is a guide to internet resources on issues affecting urban and minority families.

http://www.ksu.edu/wwparent/ The homepage for the WonderWise Parent offers parents and professionals the opportunity to learn about parent-child relationships. Free on-line courses, programs, radio commentaries, and humor are offered at this site.

http://www.humsci.auburn.edu/parent/ The Principles of Parenting web site from Auburn University includes publications on "Strengthening the Parent," Developing the Caring Child," and "Developing the Strong Child," all elements of a total parenting program.

http://www.parentandchild.com/pcoindex.htm Parent and Child Online is an internet magazine for parents, kids, and families, including news briefs and advice on family issues and challenges.

http://www2.state.id.us/idahochild The Early Childhood Clearinghouse provides information about young children, birth to age three, including links to Idaho programs and worldwide information, current practice and research, and child development information. Entries are available in both English and in Spanish.

http://www.iamyourchild.org/ Information for parents from the I Am Your Child Campaign on the early years of development, including research on child development and advice for parents of young children.

http://www.eticon.com/manners/campmann.htm A web page on children’s manners, an often neglected and overlooked part of raising children. This site offers a description of camp manners, what the lessons cover, program origins, the "Proud to be Polite" video, and free children’s manners worksheets for download.

http://www.corpcomm.net/~gnieboer/gamehome.htm This web page of Games Kids Play is an attempt to create a list of games, rules, variations and ideas of childhood games played by kids everywhere. Input is invited and games are listed along with their rules.

http://www.kidshealth.org/ KidsHealth is the web site devoted to the health of children and teens. It was created by the medical experts at the Nemours Foundation and contains information about growth, food, fitness, childhood infections, immunizations, lab tests, medical and surgical conditions, and the latest treatments.

http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/fl/pcto/menu/html Parents and Children Together Online is a magazine for parents and children on the World Wide Web. It is a project of the Family Literacy Center which promotes involvement in family activities related to reading, writing, and general communication. From this site you can access video material, printed materials, and audio materials for parents and parent educators.

http://www.fathersnetwork.org/ The National Father’s Network has developed this site to offer support and resources for fathers, and also includes the Washington State Father’s Network for fathers of children with special needs. This site includes Spanish versions of many of the articles and entries.

http://cybercamp.unl.edu This "virtual camp" web site includes the activities a summer 4-H camp would have, including campfire, cave, crafts, infirmary, journal, mess hall, observatory, pond, post office, recreation field, science center, woods and cabins. It also offers a link to what’s new at camp today.

http://www.pbs.org/kids/ This is a link to all PBS children’s shows and includes games and activities, jokes, a chance to talk, a guessing game, a timeline for TV shows and a link to over ten popular TV shows.

http://members.tripod.com/~fccpi/ The Children’s Playground is a part of the Friendship Club Children’s Project. This site offers a funny math competition, the most stupid questions you can imagine, a few words from the creators, winners of the week, and many games.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ The National Geographic site for young readers is a great resource on the Net for information about the world, its people, and its wildlife.

http://www.storiestogrowby.com/read/friendship.html An on-line story anthology of "kidtested" folk and fairy tales from around the world based on themes of human values. Kids can enter their responses to the stories, and can also read what other children think.