LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
These links (and notes) have been provided by local service
providers. If you would like to contribute links to this site, or comment
about the sites on the page, please send the links and/or comments to
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Local Resources
County of Tuolumne http://www.tuolumnecounty.ca.gov
Link to the official Tuolumne County website - this has information for all Tuolumne County
government departments as well as information on a variety of community
resources.
InfoNet Tuolumne Co.
www.Infonettc.org Links to local health and human resource agencies and
organizations - this is an information-packed site with specific contact
information for Tuolumne County services.
Web sites
with many topics related to early childhood and parenting
Zero To Three
http://www.zerotothree.org
This website has a wide variety of information about infants and toddlers for parents and professionals
alike.
Search Engine for Parents, Caregivers and Educators
http://www.kinderstart.com
This site is the Largest Indexed Directory and Search
Engine on the Web for Parents and Caregivers. Go there to find excellent information
for parents and teachers. This site has a pre-school section. You’ll find lots
of games and free lesson plans.
Principles of Parenting http://www.humsci.auburn.edu/parent/index.html
This site is full of articles designed to teach parenting.
The articles are clear and easy to understand.
A great resource! The publications in this series are part of a total
parenting program emphasizing understanding, guiding, and encouraging children.
The publications are four to eight pages long and use simple statements of
principles along with stories and illustrations to communicate the principles.
Teaching guides are being developed to accompany each unit.
Special
Needs
Schwab Learning
http://www.schwablearning.org This site is full of articles and
information to help parents and teachers who work with children with learning
differences. If you’re really interested in this topic, they will send you a weekly
newsletter with article summaries which you can read (if you have the time).
Early Literacy, Pre-Reading
The Children’s Literature Web Guide http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Full of links, reviews and
other goodies for people interested in children’s books.
Well organized – not commercial. Also
has a list of awards for children’s books.
Barefoot Books http://barefootbooks.com/
Children's books from around the world.
No Child Left Behind - Parent's Page http://www.nclb.gov/parents
This site gives parents information about pre- reading activities, and what a
good early reading program should look like.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for
Educators and Service Providers: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html
This page, which is part of the Discovery web site, is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and
professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching
and learning. It’s created by a REAL
teacher and is CHOCK full of links to other web sites, teaching ideas and tools
and many other goodies. This page
links, in turn, to other pages, such as a parents page. This site is
geared for elementary-age children, starting with grade K.
National Institute for
Literacy’s home page: http://novel.nifl.gov/
The web page is a
fantastic resource for anyone connected with the literacy field.
Check out their LINCS page to find pointers to great web sites about all
subjects.
Child Care & Early
Education Resources For Parents and Providers
The California Child Care Resource and Referral Network www.rrnetwork.org
This website has information for parents (what to look for in finding quality
childcare, and the resources available) and childcare providers (how to
become licensed, training, other resources).
The National Association for the Education of Young Children: www.naeyc.org
This website has information for early childhood educators on a
variety of issues: policy, accreditation, and professional
development. It has a section for parents on locating accredited child
care, and links to books, brochures, etc.
The California Association for the Education of Young Children: http://www.caeyc.org
This site has information for providers on events, public policy issues, and
marketplace resources.
Head Start Sites:
Research,
Advococy, Legal, Policy Issues
Connect For Kids
http://www.connectforkids.org
This is an outstanding site and
covers an amazing amount of research,
advocacy tips, articles and more. Every
week you'll find new things on the Connect for Kids home page. Here’s just one
week’s worth of articles: "How Do We Heal a "Broken Child?",
"Helping Families Leave Poverty,
Not Just Welfare, Behind", "Ideas for Summer Reading: Connect for Kids Book Reviews",
"All Kids Grieve." You
can sign up to receive and excellent weekly newsletter from them.
KIDS COUNT http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/
Census data, online databases, publications, special reports, and more.
Excellent web site, full of detailed information, especially if you need
statistics.
Children Now http://www.childrennow.org/
Children Now works to improve the quality of news and
entertainment media both for children and about children's issues.
This is another good source for articles and information.
It has an excellent “Links Directory” that gives information about
hundreds of web pages relating to children’s well-being.
Child Care Law Center www.childcarelaw.org
Policy and Legal Information on child care issues.
Starting Early, Starting Smart http://www.jointogether.org/sa/resources/database/reader/0,1884,549217,00.html
This is a link that tells about a research project on how to help kids 0-7 avoid
future substance abuse. The link will give you an opportunity to download
a PDF document.
