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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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