Links For Families With Young Children

This page is organized into the following categories.  Click below to check any of them out:

GENERAL
SPECIAL NEEDS
ART
COOKING
SITES TO ENJOY WITH YOUR CHILDREN
PARENTING MAGAZINES
MAGAZINES FOR PRESCHOOLERS
SELECTING TOYS, VIDEOS, WEB SITES, & SOFTWARE FOR CHILDREN
CATALOGS
BLOGS
BOSTON AREA RESOURCES

GENERAL

• Tufts University Child And Family WebGuide

•  iVillage:  Parenting and Pregnancy

• Dr. Spock

• Sesame Street Parent

• ChildFun.com

• Kid Source Online-Preschool Page

• The Natural Child Project

• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)-Information for Families

• Parenting, Preschoolers, & Prejudice (from Southern Poverty Law Center)

• Zero To Three

• Ask The Mediatrician

SPECIAL NEEDS  (There is a more extensive list of sites in the Special Needs Section of Early Childhood Teacher Web Sites)

• Family Village Library

• Mining Company's Parenting Special Needs

• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities

• The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network

• New Visions (feeding, swallowing, oral-motor, and pre-speech problems)

• Ideas To Help With Feeding Problems (from Therapy Skill Builders - at a site about Costello Syndrome)

• The Out-of-Sync Child:  Articles

NOTE:  The Catalog Section at the bottom of this page includes some online merchants who specialize in materials for children with special needs.

ART

• Camp Creek Press, Books and Curriculum for the Artful Child

• KinderArt Littles

• Crayola Stain Removal Tips

• Kids Craft Weekly newsletters archives

COOKING

• Food, Family & Fun

SITES TO ENJOY WITH YOUR CHILDREN

• Red Fish Soup Games for Children

• Starfall-Teaching Comprehension And Phonics 

• Literacy Center-The Early Childhood Education Network 

• PBS Kids

• Sesame Workshop - Sesame Street

• Storyline Online (stories read by members of  The Screen Actors Guild Foundation)

• Ladybug Magazine Home

• Easy Origami

• Online Children's Games at Building Blocks

• Avens Corner - Free Preschool Online Games and Educational Online Games

PARENTING MAGAZINES

• Brain, Child:  The Magazine for Thinking Mothers

• Hip Mama:  The Parenting Zine

• Mothering:  The Magazine of Natural Family Living

• Parents - Pregnancy, Babies, Baby Names, Pregnancy Calendar, Ovulation, Birth & More.

MAGAZINES FOR PRESCHOOLERS

• Babybug, Ladybug, & Click Magazines

• National Wildlife Federation: Wild Animal Baby, Your Big Backyard

SELECTING TOYS, VIDEOS, WEB SITES, SOFTWARE AND MORE FOR YOUR CHILDREN

• Berit's Best Sites for Children (links to recommended sites)

• Coalition for Quality Children's Media-Video, Website and CD-ROM Reviews & Endorsements

• Playing for Keeps

• TRUCE (Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment) Guides

• US Consumer Products Safety Commission-List of Recalled Toys, Etc.  

AND A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF?

CATALOGS

• ClassroomDirect.com (formerly Re-Print)
• Community Playthings
• Constructive Playthings-School Division  (when you click on this link, the site will open in a new window)
• Discount School Supply
• Kid Surplus
• Lakeshore® Learning Material
   
• Back To Basics Toys
• Eco Toy Town
• For Small Hands
• HearthSong
• Magic Cabin
• Nova Natural Toys and Crafts
• Oompa Toys
   
• Asia For Kids
   
• Music for Little People
• Pinestreet Papery (Mrs. Grossman’s stickers)
   
• American Science & Surplus
• Insect Lore
• Buy Live Ants for Ant Farms and Ant Habitats
• Minibeast Merchandise for Insect and Spider Enthusiasts
• Steve Spangler Science
   
• Beyond Play:  Early Intervention Products for Young Children with Special Needs
• Dragonfly Toys for Children with Special Needs
• Integrations, Bright Solutions for Kids with Learning and Sensory Differences
• Rifton:  Adaptive Rehab Equipment for Children with Differing Abilities
• Theragifts:  Sensory Diet Products and Toys

BLOGS

• Eco Child's Play - Green Parenting for Non-toxic, Healthy Homes

• Green Mom Finds

• Cool Mom Picks

• modern day dad

• droolicious

• Camp Creek Press - Camp Creek Blog

BOSTON AREA RESOURCES

• Mommy Poppins - Boston

• Boston.com's BoMoms "for moms in Boston and beyond"

• City of Cambridge:  Public Parks, Playgrounds, and Reservations (PDF)

• Somerville Parks Map

• I Can Play Too!  (blog rating Somerville playgrounds on their accessibility for children with special needs)

• Exploring Somerville Parks
   

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