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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/ ) | ||
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| 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-... ) | ||
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| 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/ ) | ||
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| Childhood Obesity | ||
| View growth charts, prevention advice and more from the American Obesity Association. ( http://www.obesity.org/subs/childhood/ ) | ||
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| 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/ ) | ||
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| Safe Kids | ||
| This organization is trying to prevent accidental injuries to children. Find out how. ( http://www.safekids.org/ ) | ||
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| 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 ) | ||
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| 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 ) | ||
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| 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 ) | ||
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| The Memory Page | ||
| Play some fun memory games and see how both adults and children can improve their memory skills. ( http://www.thememorypage.net/ ) | ||
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| 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 ) | ||
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| 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/ ) | ||
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| 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... ) | ||
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| 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 ) | ||
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| 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/ ) | ||
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| 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/ ) | ||
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| 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/ ) | ||
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| 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/ ) | ||
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| Head Start | ||
| Find out the latest from the National Head Start Association. ( http://www.nhsa.org/ ) | ||
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