Parent Sites   

 

Child Safety on the Information Highway – A guide to Internet safety for children

 

Children’s Defense Fund – Provides information about children’s health and development and advocates on behalf of at risk children and children with disabilities.

 

Family Education – Provides information about school, entertainment and other life issues.  This site is broken down by age group: Pre-K-2; 3-5; and 6-12.

 

Grow-A-Reader – Offers information for raising readers.  Includes recommended book lists for specific age groups.

 

Helping your Child learn Geography – Learn about maps, climate, humans and environment, regions and more.

 

Helping your Child learn Math – Activities for children from preschool to fifth grade to strengthen math skills and build positive attitudes about math.

 

Helping your Child become a Reader – Activities for children from infancy to age six to develop reading and language skills, includes suggestions for books and resources for children with reading problems or disabilities.

 

Helping your Child Learn Science – Information, tools and activities for children from 3 – 10 to develop an interest in science and learn about the world around them.

 

Kids Doctor – Access to children’s health topics.

 

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities – Provides information about IDEA (the national special education law); No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities) and research based information about effective educational practices.

 

Pampers Parenting Institute – Provides information about infant and toddler care.

 

Parenting and Parenthood – Offers information about parenting, discipline, nutrition and more.

 

ReadyWeb – Provides resources on school readiness.

 

Speechville – Provides information about speech, language and communications disorders in children.

 

Travel for Kids – A family travel guide for planning fun vacations with children.

 

Webrary – Morton Grove Public Library offers this list of recommended sites for children and their parents.

 

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