School Age Children - Parent Resources


Parenting on the Web

 

The San Francisco Exploratorium 
This is a great site for school-age children, particularly those inclined towards science.

 

Crayola 
The Crayola.com official site has tons of cool pages to print and color. Print our your own personalized coloring book with your favorite pages. There are hundreds of activities for you and your child once you become a registered user.

 

Awesome Library 
A terrific search engine for lots of topics, including education and parenting.

 

National Network for Child Care 
Hoards of information as well as online discussions can be found in this extensive collection of resources. Topics include Child Development, Community Involvement, Quality Child Care, Public Policy, Health and Safety Curriculum, Child Abuse, Activities, Research, Nutrition, Guidance & Discipline School-Age Care, Employer Options, Parents Diversity, Work & Family, Children's Books, and Kid's Sites.

 

Amazon.Com 
Touted as "Earth's Largest Bookstore," this site may just well have everything you ever wanted in print form. Books for you and books for children and young adults. Amazon.Com offers one button secure online purchasing and advanced search engine and "suggestion engines."

Amazon.Com makes recommendations based on selections you make regarding you or your child's tastes. An especially fun search method allows you to look for books for your child based on whether the child is a baby or toddler, a budding poet a classic kid, a colorful character, a discerning kid, a fiction fan, a holiday-happy kid, a loyal reader, a teenager, an ambitious kid an animal lover,or an obsessed kid.

Frequent rotations are made for parenting selections and include reviews such as 

May I Please Be Excused? 
Do you cringe when your child forgets to say thank you? Let this persuasive, often hilarious prose gently teach your errant youngsters politeness, thoughtfulness, and just plain good manners.

Post your own personal reviews of books and you may even hear back from the author!

 

National Parent Information Network 
This site contains formal studies regarding parenting and child-care as well as a Q&A section.


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