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Keep Kids Healthy
The free pediatric advice at this site can answer your questions about early childhood health concerns.
( http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/ )
Child Health Center
Get information from the Mayo Clinic about child health. Especially relevant to this chapter: Sleep Behavior, Head Start on Healthy Eating, and Health and Safety.
( http://www.mayoclinic.com/findinformation/conditioncenters/centers.cfm?objectid=0001B149-... )
Kid's Health for Kids
Designed for kids, true, but this site can help you learn more about many early childhood health topics, too. Especially relevant to this chapter: Taking Care of Teeth, What Being Overweight Means, A Kid's Guide to Shots, and more.
( http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/ )
Childhood Obesity
View growth charts, prevention advice and more from the American Obesity Association.
( http://www.obesity.org/subs/childhood/ )
National Sleep Foundation
All about sleep for people in every part of the life span. There is even a site for children about kids' sleep.
( http://www.sleepfoundation.org/ )
Safe Kids
This organization is trying to prevent accidental injuries to children. Find out how.
( http://www.safekids.org/ )
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Find out what the folks at Centers for Disease Control are doing to stop children from being poisoned by lead.
( http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/lead.htm )
Theory of Cognitive Development
Dr. John Grohol's Psych Central offers you this review of Piaget's theory, including the preoperational stage.
( http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Piaget%27s_theory )
Bing Nursery School
John Flavell studied young children's theory of mind at this laboratory school at Stanford University. The Bing School's research page includes three articles that summarize Flavell's ideas.
( http://www.stanford.edu/dept/bingschool/research.htm )
The Memory Page
Play some fun memory games and see how both adults and children can improve their memory skills.
( http://www.thememorypage.net/ )
Vygotsky and Social Cognition
Get a good, brief review of Vygotsky's theory and how it applies to learning from Funderstanding, a company that develops children's products.
( http://www.funderstanding.com/vygotsky.cfm )
Speech and Language Development
You'll find information on a variety of language topics-;including pragmatics, vocabulary, delays, and more-;at this web site from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
( http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/ )
Current Research on Language Development
The Child Development Institute provides a wealth of information about children. This page is regularly updated to summarize new research on children's development of language.
( http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/development/current_research_language_development.sht... )
Vygotsky and Language Acquisition
A bilingual summary of Vygotsky's views on how children learn their language.
( http://www.sk.com.br/sk-vygot.html )
Literacy Center Education Network
Try out some of the free literacy lessons offered in four different languages by this early childhood education organization.
( http://www.literacycenter.net/ )
Early Literacy
Learn rhymes and chants that can help kids learn to read, evaluate parent information, link to lots of other literacy sites from this "telecollaborative project."
( http://www.earlyliterature.ecsd.net/ )
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Evaluate the criteria NAEYC uses to accredit early childhood education and care facilities and teachers. While at the site, examine the advice this organization gives to parents of infants and toddlers.
( http://www.naeyc.org/ )
Preschoolers Today
Go to the Articles and Tools section to find articles, such as "Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?" and tools for parents, such as a kindergarten readiness checklist.
( http://preschoolerstoday.com/ )
Head Start
Find out the latest from the National Head Start Association.
( http://www.nhsa.org/ )







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