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Kid Sites
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Teaching Children about Safety
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Parenting
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Coping
with Grief : CONNECT FOR KIDS-Guidance for Grown-ups Visit
strong Web resources for parents, teachers and community members
to help children work through traumatic and tragic events.
greatkids.CT.org
: Find a wealth of information on parenting, education, health
and safety at this website sponsored by the Connecticut State
Library.
October, 2001: Children's Internet Safety Month
Libraries
& the Internet Toolkit: Tips and Guidelines for Managing
and Communicating about the Internet
The Librarians'
Guide to Cyberspace for Parents & Kids
Surfing the Net
with Kids "Welcome to my vision of what's wonderful on
the Web. Welcome parents, kids, teens, grandparents, teachers,
librarians and the incurably curious." Barbara J. Feldoman
is a "syndicated newspaper columnist, mother, wife and Net
surfer supreme (not listed in order of importance, of course."
She recommends sites for kids and families in "millions of
newspapers each week."
50+
Great Web Sites for Parents and Kids
700
Great Sites for Kids and the People Who Care about Them
"Between
the Lions" This new web adventure, produced by WBGH television
and Sirius Thinking forPBS Kids with the support of the American
Library Association, features a new story each week. Find educational
games that follow the week's theme and curriculum goals. Click
on Parents on the main page and go to "Parents:
A Survival Manual" for advice on how to use this excellent
site.
Baby Place Parents
and Soon-to-be parents will find many resources here. Topics include
pregnancy, childbirth, parenting, alternative schooling, children
with special needs, games and toys for tots.
A
Guide to Internet Parenting Voters Telecommunications
Watch has provided internet use guidelines for parents and caretakers
of children.
Netparents.org: Resources for Internet Parents
Great
Sites for Kids and Parents from The
American Library Association
Homeschooling
Connecticut
Homeschool... Getting started, laws, support groups, resources
and web links
Homeschool Support
on the Internet
Teaching
Children about Safety...Helpful guidelines for parents
and children about using the internet safely
Kid
Safety on the Internet Kids and parents should explore this
excellent site together. Learn safety rules about many topics
including internet use, how to handle accidents and other emergencies,
telephone safety, bus stop safety, seat belts in cars, etc
Safety
City For grades 3-6, sponsored by the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration - Vince and Larry teach kids about school
bus, bike and car safety
Sparky the Fire Dog
Sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association, this
is a fun site for kids to learn about fire engines, firefighters
and dalmatians, the favorite dogs of firefighter
Children's Books
Children's Book Awards
ALSC -
Awards and Grants ...American Library Association site
Children's Book Awards.. the Newbery Medal for Best Children's
Book and the Caldecott Medal (awarded to the illustrator of the
most distinguished American picture book for children)
Nutmeg Book Award...The
winner of this Connecticut award is chosen by Connecticut children.
Carol Hurst's Literature
Site...Find reviews of children's books as well as ideas for
activites using the books...all grade levels.
Children's
Literature Web Guide...Provides book links for children and
young adults, book reviews, award-winning books, recommended reading
and general information for teachers and parents.
General Sites for Children
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
With just a click, you can step inside Mister Rogers'
house and find lots of fun things to do...and then you can visit
Mister Roger's
Neighborhood of Make-Believe where King Friday, Queen
Sara, Prince Tuesday, Henrietta Pussycat and X the Owl are waiting
meet you. This is a great site for Mister Rogers' fans!
Cyberkids
Dinosauria On-line
Home of The DinoStore, Jeff's Journal of
Paleontology, The DOL Dinosaur Omnipedia, and Jeff's Dinosaur
Picture Gallery
Fun for
Kids by Jen
Jennifer Rosenberg, Librarian at the University
of Chicago, created this site to help kids find on-line craft
instructions and games.
Fun School
Internet Public Library's
Youth Division
All ages will enjoy this site. Sections include: Story Hour, World
of Reading, Ask the Authors and Dr. Internet (help for science
lovers).
Kid
Zone by Afro-Americ@ Find lots of fun stories and games, as
well as facts aboutAfrica
Mother
Goose, Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs - Visit this site
to find the words to your favorie verses.
Scholastic's The Magic School Bus ...Children who love "Magic
School Bus" books will want to visit this site
Sounds
of the World's Animals Click on an animal and learn the sound
the animal makes in almost any language. In English, a dog's sound
is bowwow, arf, woof or ruff ruff...in Japanese the sound
is wanwan or kyankyan...in Polish, the dog's sound is hauhau.
Under
the SeaWatoto
World For children, parents and educators of African descent,
this site includes a magazine edited by an 8-year-old African-American
girl.
Yahooligans!...Another surfing guide .......... great graphics
For Outer Space Buffs.
NASA Spacelink...Recommended for teachers and young space buffs
Nine Planets...Multimedia presentation of information about
the solar system
StarChild...A learning center for young astronauts ages
4 to 14...choice of level 1 or level 2 text
updated 11/09/2001
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