Parents and Teachers

General Parenting Sites

• Great Kids CT information on parenting, education, and health and safety. The resources available on this site are related to children from birth to eight years.
• Parenting Resources from Medline Adventures in Parenting, Nine Steps to Effective Parenting, plus family issues information including adoption, spending time with your child and social issues.
• WebMD Parenting News and guides on all things parenting from birth to teens

Health and Internet Safety

Health

• My Plate Personalized eating plans and interactive tools to help plan and assess food choices based on dietary guidelines for moms to be, preschoolers and kids.
• BAM!! Body and Mind Where do germs hang out? How does the "Immune Platoon" protect your body from the "Flu Krew"? This CDC site for parent and kids provides fun learning on health, fitness and nutrition.
• Other CDC sites for important health, vaccine information for every age are the CDC Healthy Living and CDC Healthy Youth.
• The Scrub Club A fun interactive and educational web site that teaches children the proper way to wash their hands. The site consists of interactive games, music and activities for kids and provides educational materials for teachers and parents.
• Kidnetic Learn about food and raising healthy kids.

Internet Safety

• Child Safety on the Information Superhighway Guidance to parents for setting limits for their children as they explore online resources.
• Connect Safely for parents, teens, educators, advocates - everyone engaged in and interested in the impact of the social Web.
• Cyberbulling
• McGruff the Crime Dog takes on cyberbullies

Please read: Our Internet Access Policy

Family Fun

• Fairfield County Online
• Everything Kids in Connecticut
• Community Answers Find local events and summer camp guides.
• Looking for information about camps and other kinds of summer programs for your kids? Check out Kids' Camps and the American Camping Association--both provide comprehensive directories of camps and summer experiences.

Early Literacy

• International Reading Association Brochures including: Getting Your Child Ready to Read , Supporting Your Beginning Reader, Writing Activities for Young Readers, What Kids Really Want to Read, Reading, Writing, and Technology, Making the Most of Reading Tests, What Is Family Literacy? Getting Involved in Your Child's Literacy Learning
• Baby Sign Language is a collection of free resources created to teach baby sign language.
• Beginning Readers Resources from the International Reading Assocation
• Reading A-Z Printable materials to teach guided reading, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, fluency, alphabet and vocabulary.
• Starfall Learn to read online from ABC's to early readers.

School

Childcare

• Community Answers Childcare and Parenting Services in Greenwich publication can be found at the Community Answers office in Greenwich Library and on the Community Answers website.

School Readiness

• Get Set 4 Kindergarten A month by month guide to school readiness.
• North Carolina's Smart Start Has your child met the milestones?
• U.S. Department of Education Information on early literacy, preparing a child for school, after school care, special needs, and more.

Local Schools

• Greenwich Public Schools
• Fairfield County Private Schools

Home Schooling

• "A to Z Homes Cool" Homeschooling Web Site--Another spot with lots of in-depth information
• Resources from Home Education Magazine.
• Kaleidoscapes discussion area for homeschoolers/unschoolers.
• Oak Meadow For over 30 years Oak Meadow has offered innovative, creative and independent learning materials for homeschooling families.

Special Education Resources

• Connecticut Association of Private Special Education Facilities
• Special Education Network of New Canaan, Ltd.
• CT Dept of Education Sepcial Education Resources

Teaching Resources

General Educational Links

• Teacher Certification in Connecticut--handy hints...and links to other states
• The Gateway to Educational Materials project is a consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to the substantial, but uncataloged, collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. GEM is a project of the U.S. Department of Education and is a special project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology.
• Instructor Magazine. Lesson plans and other ideas for the grade school teacher.
• Kathy Schrock's Katch of the Month
• Teaching Strategies curriculum, assessment, professional development and family connection information.
• Childcare & Early Education Research Connections

Lesson Plans

• Library of Congress Learning Page. Lesson plans and links to LC's American Memory collections online.

Books and Literature

• Children's Book Council. Resources related to National Children's Book Week, CBC articles, bibliographies, and more.
• Children's Literature Web Guide. A great site with Newbery and Caldecott winners, author information, and much more!
• Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University--this database contains abstracts of over 5000 picture books for children, preschool to grade 3. Search over 950 keywords (topics, concepts, and skills) to locate books with storylines adaptable to your curriculum or program.

Subject-oriented materials

• Association for Library Service to Children's Great Web Sites for Kids.
• Frank Potter's Science Gems. For students, parents, teachers, scientists, engineers and mathematicians. More than 14,000 Science Resources sorted by Category, Subcategory, and Grade Level.
• Quest! NASA's K-12 Internet Initiative. Connects classrooms with people, research and science through mission based interactions and activities.
• MoJo's Musical Mouseum -- a place where you can find the lyrics to your favorite kids' songs, send out a request for a long lost song, or maybe help somebody else find the one they're looking for. There's a great search engine here!!