Web Directory - Children's Resources
Sub-categories : Arts & Crafts : Child Advocates : Education : Games : Health : Music : Nutrition : Parenting : Safety & Missing : Sports : Talent : Television : Web Safety
Arts & Crafts
Aunt Annie's Crafts
Here you can download the demonstration version of Aunt Annie's Crafts for Windows.
http://www.auntannie.com/downloads.html
Big Top Productions Arts & Crafts
Learn how to grow your own avocado pear tree, make candleholders out of tin cans, create your own puppets, and make scented picture frames.
http://www.bigtop.com/kids/crafts_1110.html
Learn to Make Paper Airplanes
Learn2.com shows you two methods of making paper airplanes from a sheet of standard stationery. It provides step-by-step instructions with llustration.
http://www.learn2.com/06/0646/0646.html
Snowflakes You Can Make!
George the Gnome shows you how to create paper snowflakes. He has step-by-step instructions with pictures.
http://www1.surfsouth.com/~rlogue/snowup.htm
Child Advocates
California CASA
California Court Appointed Special Advocate Assocaition is located in Oakland, California.
http://www.californiacasa.org/
Children's Action Alliance - Arizona
Children's Action Alliance (CAA), founded in 1988, is a non-profit,nonpartisan research, policy and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of all of Arizona's children and families.
http://www.azchildren.org/
Kentucky Youth Advocates
Kentucky Youth Advocates is an independent, non-profit, children's advocacy organization. KYA gives children a voice by speaking for them. We take their message to the state legislature, the media, and the community.
http://www.kyyouth.org/
Michigan's Children Home Page
Michigan's Children is a statewide non-partisan advocacy group which acts as a voice for children. We work with the public, elected officials, communities, and various other organizations to improve the quality of life for children and their families.
http://www.michiganschildren.org/
Rhode Island Office of the Child Advocate
This page is the RI Office of the Child Advocate's webpage. It contains data on services provided and the function of the Office.
http://www.child-advocate.state.ri.us/
Education
American School Directory
The Internet gateway to all 108,000 K-12 schools. Large Collection of Animal related Internet Resources.
http://www.asd.com/
Exploratorium
The museum of science, art and human perception.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Family Education Network
The FamilyEducation Company's mission is to help parents help their children succeed. We provide parents with the information and resources they need to actively participate in their children's learning process.
http://www.familyeducation.com/
Jon's Homeschool Resource Page
online support groups, offline support groups for just about every region and/or special interest, Frequently Asked Question files, essays, reading lists, a homeschooling link farm, and even pointers to vendors, magazines, and newsletters.
http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs/
Games
All Mixed Up
All Mixed Up has a collection of classic online computer games: Hangman, Slider, Tic-tac-toe, Connect 4, Othello, Ataxx, Solo, Clunk, Kona, and Light.
http://www.allmixedup.com/
Apple Corps
Lets you put parts wherever you like to make a serious or funny face, just like Mr. Potato Head.
http://apple-corps.westnet.com/apple_corps.html
Children's Games - Sanford.net
Lot's of children games to be downloaded. They are all in ZIP format: Archery, Fractals, Paddle, Whack, Firework, German, Pizzas, Funface, Kid-Talk, Math, Paint, Rotor, Wildwest, etc.
http://sanfords.net/game/childrens_games.htm
Fun Stuff
Web Word Find, Fake Out! The Reading Dimension, GeoNet, Kids to Kids Discussion, Wacky Web Tales.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/games/index.html
Thunk.com
Scramble and unscramble words.
http://www.thunk.com/
Health
Children with AIDS Project
Children with AIDS Project of America offers a variety of services for children infected/affected by AIDS or drug exposed infants who will require foster or adoptive families.
http://www.aidskids.org/
Kids Doctor
Think of kidsDoctor as a 24 hr-a-day source for "What every parent needs to know" when it comes to keeping our kids healthy.
http://www.kidsdoctor.com/
Sunshine for HIV Kids
Sunshine For HIV Kids, Inc. is a nonprofit tax exempt (501c3) organization that identifies and raises funds for charities who directly (no bureaucrats) deliver care to children afflicted with HIV / AIDS and their families.
http://www.songshine.com/
Music
Here's A Song Productions
We offer quality children's sing-along tapes.
http://www.hasprod.com/
Kindermusik
Offered by licensed educators, Kindermusik nurtures the development of children newborn - seven and involves families in the power of musical learning.
http://www.kindermusik.com/
Music Rhapsody
Children learn by making music. Videos and instrument kits. The Music Rhapsody philosophy is that children learn by by doing things they love to do: singing, dancing, rhyming, and playing simple instruments.
http://www.musicrhapsody.com/
The Children's Music Archive
Here you will find lyrics, sing-along suggestions, colouring sheets and activities for many children's songs.
http://www.judyanddavid.com/cma.html
Nutrition
Children & Nutrition
Lack of essential nutrients during a child's early development can stunt mental achievement over a lifetime.
http://www.adhdoutreach.com/childrennutrition.htm
Children's Nutrition and Learning
ERIC/EECE Digests are short reports on topics of current interest in education. Digests are targeted to teachers, administrators, parents, policy makers, and other practitioners.
http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/eece/pubs/digests/1994/nhec194.html
Healthy Eating - Kids
Food nutrition and health information and resources for health professionals. Includes general nutrition information (referenced), searchable database of research, links to other sources of nutrition information including network contacts, interactive forum. Updated regularly!
http://www.healthyeating.org/kids/
Parenting
California State PTA
California Congress of Parents, Teachers, and Students, Inc.
http://www.capta.org/
National PTA
PTA news, web highlights, periodical subscriptions, etc.
http://www.pta.org/
Nurturing Online
Parenting advice, artidles, experts, subscriptions.
http://www.nurturing.ca/
Pampers Parenting Institute
Pampers Parenting Institute - In-depth information on child-care: Helping your baby sleep through the night, Encouraging healthy development, Caring for your baby when sick, Keeping your baby's delicate skin healthy, Also Product information is also available.
http://www.pampers.com/
Parenthood.com
Parenting, pregnancy, family, childcare, breastfeeding and infant health resources. The award-winning online parenting, pregnancy and family community for parents and prospective parents. Free expert advice, discussion groups & chat, polls, recall information and birth announcements. Featured in Newsweek & Redbook.
http://www.parenthood.com/
The National Parenting Center (TNPC)
Founded in July of 1989, The National Parenting Center (TNPC) has become one of America's foremost parenting information services. Dedicated to providing parents with comprehensive and responsible guidance from nine of the world's most renowned child-rearing authorities, The National Parenting Center invites parents to expand their parenting skills and strengths.
http://www.tnpc.com/
Safety & Missing
People for Peace - Save Our Children
A network of addresses, resources and ideas for all who care about the children, addressing abuse, neglect, poverty, illiteracy, violence, war and all other issues that endanger our children.
http://members.aol.com/pforpeace/SafeKids/
Stay Alert Stay Safe
Canada's leading streetproofing program for children age 7-10.
http://www.sass.ca/
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
As the nation's resource center for child protection, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) spearheads national efforts to locate and recover missing children and raises public awareness about ways to prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation.
http://www.missingkids.org/
Sports
International Soccer Cybertour
World's most popular sport... on a fun-filled, exciting interactive web site! Soccer chat, soccer penpals, soccer meeting rooms, newsgroups... If you love soccer, don't miss this site!
http://www.cybergoal.com/soccer/
Science of Baseball
Your online center for youth sports.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/
Talent
TalentStyle.com
Talent online portfolio for children age 0 to 16. For kids who are interested in acting, singing, modeling, dancing, making music, and making people laugh. Photos, audio clips, video clips, contests, opportunities, agency search, messaging service, industry news.
http://www.talentstyle.com/
Television
Guidelines for Rating Children's Television
PBS.org published these guidelines to help you determine what television programs will be beneficial for your children.
http://www.pbs.org/kids/rtl/rating.html
PBS Television Stations
Lookup a PBS television station in your area.
http://www.pbs.org/stations/kidsindex.html
Television and Socialization of Young Children
This article was written by Aletha C. Huston and John C. Wright of the Center for Research on the Influences of Television on Children (CRITC), Department of Human Development, University of Kansas.
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/television.html
Web Safety
Kids on the Internet
This handout (page) are links we have found that will help you learn and explore the internet. The categories that will be covered are: Safe Surfing Sample Rules, sites that encourage safe surfing and more. Getting around the Internet. Helpful links to finding information on the internet. Educational Links and Fun Stuff A lot of fun links.
http://www.2mm.com/kids/mini-session.htm
Net Nammy Software International
Protect safety and privacy online with Net Nanny filtering software. Features include real time, two way monitoring, customizability and free list updates.
http://www.netnanny.com/
SurfWatch
SurfWatch Software, a division of Spyglass, invented the Internet content filtering market in May 1995. Since then, more than eight million copies of SurfWatch have been shipped or downloaded, making it the most popular, trusted product for harnessing the positive potential of the Internet.
http://www.surfwatch.com/
Web Safety
Information for parents & Kids.
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/html/websafety.htm
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