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| Preschool Growth and Development | ||
| Links to many areas of preschool growth and development, including a child health guide, early childhood growth chart, assessing preschool children's development, childhood obesity, bed-wetting, and many other topics. ( http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/preschoolers.growth.html ) | ||
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| Child Health Guide | ||
| Covers many child health topics, including nutrition, immunizations, safety, and others ( http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/hg/ ) | ||
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| Exploring Childhood Obesity | ||
| Read about what determines whether a child is obese, the extent of obesity in children, and how to help children lose weight. ( http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/obesity.html ) | ||
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| Helping an Overweight Child | ||
| Explore what causes children to become overweight, strategies for helping children lose weight, and resources. ( http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/over_child.htm ) | ||
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| Preschoolers' Health | ||
| Links to many areas of young children's health, including vaccinations, safety, a child health guide for prevention, children and medicines, healthy eating, asthma, vision, and many other areas. ( http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/preschoolers.preventative.html ) | ||
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| Symbolic Thinking | ||
| Explore young children's symbolic thinking during the early childhood years. ( http://psych.hanover.edu/vygotsky/vanoers.html ) | ||
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| Vygotsky on Language and Thought | ||
| Examine Vygotsky's main ideas about developmental changes in thought and language. Includes information about word meaning, implications for instructions, and has links to related sites. ( http://www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/works/words/ ) | ||
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| Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist | ||
| Evaluates the unique contributions of Vygotsky, historical contexts, and the importance of children learning to use the tools of the culture effectively. ( http://www.angelfire.com/on/pisd/archive/ILIKETHINKINGABOUTHINGSITKEEPSMEGOINGITSALLIHAVE... ) | ||
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| Language Growth | ||
| Read about the types of language skills children should display at different points in development. ( http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content4/growth.chart/page1.html ) | ||
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| Pragmatic Language | ||
| Provides pragmatic language tips, examines adaptive language use, and evaluates conversation skills in young children. ( http://www.kidsource.com/asha/language_tips.html ) | ||
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| Early Childhood Education | ||
| Ideas and advice for teachers and parents including activities and curriculum, arts and crafts, and a reading center. ( http://www.earlychildhood.com/ ) | ||
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| NAEYC | ||
| The Web site of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) with information about this organization and position statements on many topics, such as curriculum guidelines, learning to read and write, prevention of child abuse, school readiness, technology and young children, and developmentally appropriate practice. ( http://www.naeyc.org/ ) | ||
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| Head Start Resources | ||
| A resource center that supports the Office of Head Start. HSRC helps design, implement, and coordinate program activity, improve program operations and performance, and develop and realize national program priorities and program improvement initiatives. ( http://www.headstartresourcecenter.org/ ) | ||
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| Poverty and Learning | ||
| This ERIC Digest report covers how many children are in poverty, what the costs are, and other issues. Search capabilities for key words/topics. ( http://www.ericdigests.org/1993/poverty.htm ) | ||
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