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Child Development
Brain Wonders: www.zerotothree.org/brainwonders; Click on the site map to help you find relevant information
Grow Up Reading: www.growupreading.org; Learn here about reading to babies through first graders and how it helps with development
Kids Health: kidshealth.org/index_noflash.html; Click on Parents, Click on Growth & Development
Medem: www.medem.com; Try a search for Developmental Milestones
National Network for Child Care: www.nncc.org; Click on Articles and Resources, Click on Child Development
The Whole Child: www.pbs.org/wholechild/index.html; Check out "The ABCs of Child Development" for info on development; And "For Early Childhood Ed Providers" for thoughts concerning activities
University of Maine Cooperative Extension: www.umext.maine.edu/publications/familiesyouthparenting.htm; Scroll down to the Growing Years Series
Child Development Theorists
General
Personality Theories: www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/perscontents.html
Psi Cafe: www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe; Use the search box to find information about Child Development Theorists
Specific
Brazelton
Brazelton Touchpoints Center: www.touchpoints.org/faculty.html#brazelton; Check out the Touchpoints Center dedicated to helping people parent infants; There is a bio as well
The Brazelton Institute: www.brazelton-institute.com; Learn about the Institute; Click here for info on Brazelton
Bronfenbrenner
Obituary from Cornell - if you search google you will find many obit as Bronfenbrenner died in 2005: www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept05/Bronfenbrenner.ssl.html
Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model of Child Development: www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/Oconto/flp/documents/AppendixB-BronfenbrennersEcologicalModelofChildDevelopment.pdf; A nice handout and explanation
Coles
Basic Humanity: An Interview with Robert Coles: www.pbs.org/newshour/gergen/february97/coles_2-21.html; Read a PBS interview with Coles
Robert Coles Wins Medal of Freedom: www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1998/01.15/RobertColesWins.html; From the Harvard University Gazette, January 15, 1988
A Way of Seeing: The Work of Robert Coles: www.scottlondon.com/articles/coles.html; Article covers how Coles does his work and makes his observations
Erikson
Erikson Tutorial Homepage: web.cortland.edu/andersmd/ERIK/welcome.HTML; Read about Erikson and his theories - links from this page lead to further information
Freud, Anna
Anna Freud Centre: www.annafreudcentre.org/anna_freud.htm; Learn about Anna Freud and the Centre that she founded
Freud, Sigmund
Freud: Conflict and Culture: www.loc.gov/exhibits/freud; Click on the links under Exhibition Selections
Howard Gardner
Howard Gardner: www.pz.harvard.edu/PIs/HG.htm
Gesell
Gesell, Arnold (1880-1961): www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2699/is_0001/ai_2699000150; An encyclopedia article from GALE
The Gesell Institute of Human Development: www.gesellinstitute.org; Shares information about the Gesell institute and their theories; Look on the library shelves under 649.12_ to find books concerning the developing child from Gesell's perspective
Kohlberg
Laurence Kohlberg: www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Kohlberg.htm; Here you will find informtion on Kohlberg; Follow the links at the bottom of the page to learn more about his research
Maslow
Personality Theories: Abraham Maslow: www.ship.edu/%7Ecgboeree/maslow.html; Find here information on Maslow and his theories
Notes on Abraham Maslow: http://www.sonoma.edu/users/d/daniels/maslow_summary.html; Easy to access information on Maslow from Victor Daniels, a psych professor at Sonoma
Montessori
The International Montessori Index: www.montessori.edu; Find info here on Maria Montessori and the Montessori method
Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil.com: www.drphil.com/articles/category/4; This is Dr. Phil's parenting page.
Piaget
Jean Piaget: www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/piaget.html; Read a bit about Piaget
Jean Piaget Society: www.piaget.org/; Visit the Piaget Society; Make sure that you check out the links entitled About Piaget and Web Links
Skinner
B. F. Skinner Foundation: www.bfskinner.org/home.html; Learn about Skinner at this site
Spock
Benjamin Spock: www.drspock.com; Find all kinds of parenting information here, note the link on the page that leads to info on Dr. Spock himself
Vygotsky
Vygotsky & language aquisition: www.sk.com.br/sk-vygot.html; Learn about Vygotsky in English or Spanish
Lev Vyglotsky: www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Vygotsky.htm; Check out these links about Vyglotsky on the right side of this page
Fun Stuff to do with Children: More coming soon
Health and Nutrition
Web Quests - Mrs. Busteed
Thursday
Web Quest Food Hunt: www.awrsd.org/oms/family_healthweb_quest_food_hunt.htm; Review nutrition information
Supporting Resources
Food Pyramid - Question 1: www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/Fpyr/pymid.gif
PeaPod - Question 2: www.peapod.com; Click on: "Groceries for your home"; Type in the following zipcode: 01824; Click on Chelmsford, MA; You will need to click on the X to get past the login box
Dietary Guidelines for Americans - Question 3: www.nalusda.gov/fnic/dga/dguide95.html
Dietary Guidelines - Question 4: www.seekwellness.com/nutrition/dietary_guidelines.htm
The Food Label - Questions 5-9: www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/foodlabel/newlabel.html
FDA's Kid's Page - Question 10: www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids
Friday
Fast Food Choices: You Are What You Eat: www.can-do.com/uci/lessons98/Nutrition.html
Supporting Resources
McDonald's: www.mcdonalds.com; Nutritional Information From McDonald's here: www.mcdonalds.com/usa/eat/nutrition_info.html
Taco Bell: www.tacobell.com; Click on Nutrition Guide at the top of the page
Wendy's: www.wendys.com; Click on Nutrition Guide
Jack in the Box: www.jackinthebox.com; Click on: Our Food
Monday
Living in the Fast (food) Lane: www.web-and-flow.com/members/jcundiff/fastfoods/webquest.htm; The links work here except the Pyramid
Food Pyramid: www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/Fpyr/pymid.gif
Parenting
BBC-Parenting: www.bbc.co.uk/parenting; A MishMash of information from the British Broadcasting Corporation; Click on Play & Do, you can make a personalized picture book for your favorite tot
KidsHealth: http://kidshealth.org; You will primarily find health information here, but other parenting info is also available - Just follow the links; There are portions in this site for: parents, kids, and teens
Parent Soup: www.parentsoup.com; I-Village offers a directory approach to finding information about parenting
Parenting: www.parenting.com; Here you will find info on fertility, pregnancy, and the parenting of infants and tots.; To see photos of infants developing in utero, click on tools and check out pregnancy week-by-week
National Safe Kids Campaign: www.safekids.org; Find Fact Sheets, safety tips, and other information about keeping kids safe; Many Fact Sheets are also offered in Spanish
Travel
Travel Services
American Park Network: www.americanparknetwork.com; A fairly comprehensive site on Parks in the USA
Frommer's: www.frommers.com; Look under destinations for more information
LonelyPlanet: www.lonelyplanet.com; Check out this site – there is a lot of information here from the site managers as well as other travelers; Make sure that you visit the following links: Worldguide, Subwwway
National Geographic Destination Guide: www.nationalgeographic.com/destinations; Use the drop-down menus to take you to more information
roadsideamerica.com: www.roadsideamerica.com; This offers the odd, the offbeat, the whacky
State and Territory Tourism Offices: www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004586.html; A list of state tourism offices from InfoPlease
USA Today: Travel: www.usatoday.com/travel/front.htm; Enter a keyword or a destination to get more info
Maps
With each of the following mapping services, you need to be careful that you have the best directions. Try zooming out to make sure that you have a fairly direct route, or comparing the maps of two different mapping services.
Expedia.com: www.expedia.com; Offers slightly clearer maps than the other two services offered here. You cannot copy these maps into a document. You will also find lots of other travel information.
Mapquest: www.mapquest.com; Find maps and driving directions here; Put in an address and mapquest will make you a map of that area.
MSN Maps and Directions: http://mappoint.msn.com; Similar to mapquest; Copy and paste these maps into a document (if you do this, make sure that you tell people where you got the map), while with Mapquest you can’t.

Generated: Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Updated: Tuesday, February 12, 2008

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