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Child Safety

The Bully Project
As part of The Bully Project, the Milwaukee Public Library has compiled a list of resources to help children, parents and teachers understand and address bullying.

Child Abuse Prevention Network
Connect to organizations and individuals fighting child abuse.

Child Safety on the Information Highway
A guide to Internet safety for young people, originally from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Interactive Services Association.

Dr. Toy’s Guide on the Internet
Information on hundreds of recommended toys and products for children.

National Runaway Switchboard
This site offers advice for teens who are having problems as well as general information for parents, teachers and concerned adults.

Netsmartz
Games, activities and information to help kids, teens and parents stay safe on the Internet.


Stop Bullying Now
Short animated stories about how bullying affects different characters and how they learn to deal with it.

Family Life

Connect for Kids
This nonprofit site provides news and information on issues affecting kids and families, over 1500 helpful links to national and local resources, and two e-mail newsletters.

Facts for Families
Follow links to guides and information about many childhood and family issues. Sponsored by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Family Resource
Huge array of categories to choose from - sibling rivalry, pets, media reviews, divorce, grief and loss, behavior issues, etc.


Family TLC
You can find parenting tips, family activities, and many age-appropriate activities on this site.

KidsHealth.org
Articles on many aspects of child health—for parents, kids, and health professionals—from the Nemours Foundation.

Kids-in-Mind
This is the parents' guide to movies and videos, offering reviews that are objective, non-critical assessments of the potentially objectionable material contained in movies.

KIDSNET
Helping families make informed choices about their children’s media use, this non-profit site provides resources and monthly media guides.

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
The national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Supported in part by the U.S. Department of Education.

Homeschool
Discovery School.com Teaching Tools
This portion of this excellent educator’s site offers teachers a puzzle maker, worksheet generator, quiz maker, glossary builder, and clip art gallery.

Homeschooler’s Curriculum Swap
A site where parents can buy, sell, and trade educational books and materials.

TeachNet: The Teachers’ Network
Includes approximately 500 teacher- and student-tested classroom projects for preschool through grade 12.

The Learning Page
Sponsored by the Library of Congress, this site offers lesson plans, activities, and educational initiatives to enhance the teaching of American history and culture.

The Vermont Historical Society: Using Historical Journals in the Classroom
A fascinating look into the past: two diaries of Vermont children of more than a century ago, and some excellent curriculum suggestions ideal for home schooling families.

ThinkQuest
This site is a directory of educational sites created by 12-19 year olds.
Infants and Toddlers

A,B,C's of Parenting
Search this extensive directory of parenting resources for information about childcare, education, safety, family, health and medicine, and nutrition. Parents can join a chat or suggest other sites to be added to the directory.

Baby's Brain
Shows how a baby's visual system develops in infancy.


Childbirth.org
Resources on all aspects of pregnancy, childbirth, and pre- and post-natal care.

Iparenting.com
An interactive site ideal for the first-time parent. Parents can ask an expert or connect with other parents through one of the over 350 discussion boards featured on this Web Site.


Pampers Parenting Institute
Information from T. Berry Brazelton and other experts on infant and toddler care.

Washington Learning Systems
Free and reproducible infant-totter language and early literacy activities for parents and their children in English and Spanish.

Zero to Three
Lots of information on infants and toddlers for both parents and professionals.

Literacy

Born to Read: How to Raise a Reader
The American Library Association gives ideas on how to share literature with children.

Booklist
This digital counterpart of the American Library Association’s Booklist magazine posts reviews and information about new books and other media for young, middle school, and older children.

Children’s Book Council
This non-profit trade organization is dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children's books. The CBC also sponsors Young People's Poetry Week and Children's Book Week each year.

Cooperative Children’s Book Center
You will find many useful booklists at this virtual library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin, as well as reviews of new children’s books each week.

Family Education
Parenting advice divided by grades; Pre-K to 2, 3-5 and 6-12. Topics include discipline, school readiness, bullies and safety, homework help, dating, communication and college prep.

Using the Internet

American Library Association's Parent's Page
700 great sites for kids chosen by librarians. Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for parents and kids. How to raise a reader and more.

Awesome Library
The Awesome Library organizes an exploration of the Internet with 10,000 carefully reviewed resources that can be easily searched.

Child Safety on the Information Highway
A guide to Internet safety for young people, originally from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Interactive Services Association.

Dewey Browse
Librarian Gail Shea Grainger maintains this listing of Web Sites for students. The sites are arranged in Dewey Decimal order.

Netsmartz
Games, activities and information to help kids, teens and parents stay safe on the Internet.

PBS Get Your Web License
Take this "Rules of the Road" test to earn your official PBS Kids Web license!

ThinkQuest
This site is a directory of educational sites created by 12-19 year olds.

 
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