Great Family Resources on the WWW |
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| Family Cookbook Project is an easy way for your family to create a cookbook which can be printed and given to every family member. | http://www.familycookbookproject.com/ |
| My Publisher helps you to easily create your own hard cover books at an affordable price. | http://www.mypublisher.com/ |
| I love Family Fun. The magazine is great, the web site is fantastic. If you need some easy projects for a rainy day, party ideas, or even costume ideas, this is the place for you. | http://familyfun.go.com/ |
| Squiglys Playhouse is a safe site with games and activities for kids. | http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/ |
| The Family Corner has it all: crafts, games, recipes, and tips for good parenting. | http://www.familycorner.com/ |
| The Parenting section of iVillage has more information for parents than you could possibly need. | http://parenting.ivillage.com/ |
| This is the site I use when I feel bad and don't want to do a knee-jerk trip to the doctor. It lets you match your symptoms to a probable malady and gives suggestions for what to do.. | http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/tools/symptom.html |
| This is your link to all the health information the government has available to you for free. | http://www.healthfinder.gov/ |
| My son hates this web site. I go there to check out the movies he wants to go to. Then I say things like, "No normal person should ever want to see something like this." This site lets you know the sexual, violent, and profanity content of movies. | http://www.kids-in-mind.com/ |
| The Awesome Library is exactly that. They have tons of on-line things you can read for free. You can even download thier free program so children can hear things read to them. | http://www.awesomelibrary.org/ |
| This site is a must, if you plan to buy software for your kids. See what other people think of it before you buy. | http://www.superkids.com/ |
| This site is a public service designed to make sure you know what you need to know to make informed decisions for your family in regard to using the Internet. | http://www.getnetwise.org/ |
| Geocaching is an inexpensive activity that will engage and entertain everyone in your family. | http://www.geocaching.com |
| Nothing to do? Get an activity each day from this Family Time calendar. | http://parenting.ivillage.com/familytime/calendar/frame |
| The Family Education site is another all encompassing site for families. Check it out! | |
The Wonder Wise site from Kansas State University has some good parenting information and even offers a selection of free on-line parenting courses. |
http://www.k-state.edu/wwparent/wondhome.htm |
Origami is fun for all ages. Tammy Yee’s site has printable patterns that are fairly easy for younger kids with a little help from Mom and Dad. |
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This is a commercial site, but it has great information for keeping your family safe during emergencies. I’m not the nervous type, but these disaster kits might be good to have on hand. |
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This site lets you know who in your neighborhood is a registered sex offender. |
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Get out of the house and take one of those old-fashioned Sunday drives. This site tells you about day trips you can really enjoy with the family. |
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I love visiting small Texas towns. This site has great information about many of them. The Texas ghost story section is also interesting. |
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Edutaining Kids is “dedicated to providing parents with reviews and recommendations of "edutainment" products and activities for children.” I really like checking out their “Top 10 Gifts”. |
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This is a really amazing site you need to know about. You pick a performer you like, and Pandora creates your own personal streaming music radio station that plays songs that have musical qualities similar in style to that performer. It all ties in to the Music Genome Project. |
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