Activity, Craft and Parenting Links

There are hundreds of Internet sites with information and activity ideas for parents and those working with children. Try these:

Redleaf National Institute
The Child Fun Family Website
Connect For Kids
Hands-On Crafts For Kids
Common Sense Parenting
The MAD Scientist Network
Games Kids Play
Family Education Network
National Network for Child Care

Highlights Magazine online –  http://www.highlightsteachers.com/

• Print Hidden Pictures – http://www.highlightsteachers.com/archives/hidden_pictures/
• Print and Make Crafts - http://www.highlightsteachers.com/archives/printandmake_crafts/
• Party Ideas - http://www.highlightsteachers.com/archives/party_ideas/
• Print and Read Stories - http://www.highlightsteachers.com/archives/printandread_stories/

Parents’ Corner –  http://www.highlights.com/jump.jsp?itemID=23&itemType=CONTENT -  A great source of ideas and fun activities for you and your family.

Random House – free downloadable coloring and activity pages

http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/games/activities.html

Go to the  www.redleafpress.org and find the Redleaf Calendar - Keeper 2007 icon for a link to a data base of 20 years of recipes and activities for use in your child care.

The Daily Parent newsletter (http://childcareaware.org/en/dailyparent/), an online newsletter published by Child Care Aware, offers the latest information on child development issues, tips for finding quality child care, and numerous resources for busy parents, as well as child care professionals.  
The Daily Parent - Issue No. 51 - Everything Adds Up: Building Children's Math Skills

Parenting articles from Elizabeth Pantley, Author - http://www.pantley.com/elizabeth.  Advice, solutions, links and books about parenting.

How To Do Things - HowToDoThings.com.  strives to solve people's everyday problems by compiling reliable information from experienced contributors in over 250 categories. Family-related topics include adoption, pregnancy & birth, parenting, and celebrating family.
Articles on Building a Family - Articles about starting a family, adopting, being pregnant and raising children.

Child Care Aware Parent Network - NACCRRA/Child Care Aware has a new site for parents, community, and providers.  It has a lot of nice resources.  You just have to register. Child Care Aware® Parent Network (CCAPN) is a free membership organization specifically for parents and those who care about and for children. The goal of CCAPN is to provide meaningful, relevant and important information about parenting and child care so our members will become well-informed child care consumers and  well-connected advocates. CCAPN includes interactive resources that will bring together people who share a need to know more about how to purchase and use child care, and will come to share their concerns about access to safe, affordable and nurturing child care.

Great Web Sites for Kids of All Ages

International Children's Digital Library 

High-speed Internet access required. Use of the ICDL requires ongoing, significant downloads. With dial-up modem access, the download time will be far too slow to allow for use of the ICDL.