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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Read, Write, Think
For families, caregivers and educators - this site, developed by the International Reading Association, is full of free activities, games, podcasts and videos to help children 4 to 18 develop a love of reading and writing outside of the school setting.
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.
