HELPFUL LINKS

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DIRECTORIES

 

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  sitesforparents.com - Top parenting sites ranked by popularity

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ARTS AND DECOR

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Presto Chango Decor.com- Children's removable wall sticker murals. Everything from farm animals to pirate themes.

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BABIES

 

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123-baby-names.com - Whether you're looking for baby names for your boy or girl, or if you want to find out the origin of your own name, 123-baby-names.com offers a vast collection of names and information about them from all over the world. Finding the right name for your child has never been this easy! Search our vast database of baby names by origin, gender or simply browse through the alphabetically ordered list on 123-baby-names.com.

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Advice for Baby
A site for new parents which, focuses on getting your baby to sleep through the night, swaddling, feeding and sleeping schedules, and infant care.

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All Baby 'N Kids
http://www.all-babynkids.com
Baby, pregnancy, kids and mom resources and activities to help with the most important job you will ever have.

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Baby Names From Around the World! - The database of baby names from major regions and religions in the world.

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Baby Name Origins  – What’s in a name? We’ve compiled a database of names sorted by gender, meaning and popularity. Come and find your baby’s name at out site.

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Baby Place: The starting point for information on pregnancy, birth and babies.

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Baby Shower Games A to Z.com - Print and play baby shower games. Printable Party Fun!

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Babyjellybeans.com - Baby Websites with Flavor!
Fully customizable baby websites in just minutes. Share your precious photos and video with a creative and unique website.
It's fun, easy and fast to create a website for your baby. Try us for a free month

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Behind the Name - The etymology and history of first names

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Itsy Bitsy Smiles - Custom baby birth announcements, baby shower invitations, mommy calling cards and more. 

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Having a Healthy Pregnancy: ABC's of Pregnancy Health, provided by the National Center on Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities

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Meaning of Names - Browse through over 40,000 names, name meanings, and origins.

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MJ Baby Bibs - personalized bibs and more.  Pullover bibs, Velcro bibs, large selection of cloth, cotton, embroidery, cute bibs with customized baby bib sayings, and more

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The New Parents Guide. com - Parenting Information, Shopping and Family Travel. Lists of baby names and meanings; lists of the most popular names; buying guides; convenient shopping for baby products and gifts; family travel & vacation guides; family resorts and much more!

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CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PARENTING

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Advice for Baby
A site for new parents which focuses on getting your baby to sleep through the night, swaddling, feeding and sleeping schedules, and
infant care.

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CDC.gov (www.cdc.gov) is your online source for credible health information and is the official Web site of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC is committed to achieving true improvements in people’s health. CDC applies research and findings to improve people’s daily lives and responds to health emergencies—something that distinguishes CDC from its peer agencies. Working with states and other partners, CDC provides a system of health surveillance to monitor and prevent disease outbreaks (including bioterrorism), implement disease prevention strategies, and maintain national health statistics. CDC also guards against international disease transmission, with personnel stationed in more than 25 foreign countries.

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Child Learning Development, Children Teaching, Online Home Schooling, Phonic, kindergarten children Reading and writing skills are always challenging stuff for your child, provide your children a comprehensive way to read and learn. We provide your child education development and child learning development by online home schooling and sight word.

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Creativity Institute articles on creative development in infants, and how from a very early age, babies respond to color, sound and movement.

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Developing Creativity in Children. A selection of articles and links from The Creativity Institute. Includes articles on creativity and its relationships with toys, music, stories, play, drama and the role of creativity in child development.

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Early child development at Brainy-Child.com
Learn how to nurture a smarter kid! You can find articles, resources, library and latest updates on child brain development and early child development.

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Bright Tots - Offering baby, toddler and preschool toys, games & videos that help in the development of cognitive, gross & fine motor skills. Visit their Resource Guide for information on child development and disorders such as autism, pdd and aspergers

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Creativity Institute News Briefs
A sampling of articles on child creative development from around the world.

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Family Matters Insights into the core issues today's parents face from
raising children to act from values to teaching them to feel good about themselves.
Includes a special section on issues related to raising biracial and multiracial children. www.parenting-child-development.com

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FamilyOnwards.com provides help and resources for family, marriage, divorce, and couples. Try our professional advice and book site for all families. Articles on domestic violence, parenting and more.

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Find A Nanny Learn all the important information that is necessary to
find, interview and hire the right Nanny to care for your precious Child!

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Gifted Education Resource Institute (GERI) at Purdue University
The mission of the Gifted Education Resource Institute (GERI) at Purdue University is to further the development of gifts and talents in individuals.

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Inspired Parenting- A strong parent and family community featuring expert parenting advice, a free monthly journal, and discussion for all parents, grandparents, babies, toddlers and children.

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Free Parenting Tips - Offers free parents helpline, providing advice parental guidance, on a wide range of parenting issues. Parentline Plus is a national UK charity works for and with parents.

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Recommended Web Links - Keep Kids Healthy : web links describing Internet sites of interest to Parents.

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Kindergarten Readiness: Creating Successful Kindergarteners! Help your child start school ready to learn! The goal of Kindergarten Readiness is to teach all parents how to work one-on-one with their preschool children to best prepare them for kindergarten.

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The New Parents Guide. com - Parenting Information, Shopping and Family Travel. Lists of baby names and meanings; lists of the most popular names; buying guides; convenient shopping for baby products and gifts; family travel & vacation guides; family resorts and much more!

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Teach the Children Well
A directory with over 1400 links on more than 60 topics for elementary school students and their parents and teachers. This page is a collection of links for children, teachers, and parents. Topics are based on the curriculum for Kindergarten through grade four, although many pages will be of interest to older students.

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The Toddlers Edge - Early Reading Readiness

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FREE STUFF

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Mom's Break - Offers free printable projects and crafts. Find cards, invitations, iron-on transfers, scrapbooking, games, clipart and much more in categories ranging from holidays and special occasions to everyday.

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Links for free creative printables and ideas from The Creativity Institute. Here's a variety of free creative printables you can download, free lessons and worksheets, and free ideas for creative crafts and projects. Most of these, as well of most of the links on our Resources page, have free newsletters, too.

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Links for free familiar, easy-to-access, printable sheet music pieces your child can get started with right away - from classical to easy-to-play, one-hand children's pieces. For toy pianos or any musical instrument. From The Creativity Institute.

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FUN STUFF

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Personalized Create-A-Books and MyCD stories for any occasion. Children as well as adults love to see their names in print.

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GENERAL

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Food and Drug Administration: The FDA offers general information, recall notices, and safety alerts related to food, medications, cosmetics, and medical devices.

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Home and Garden Online Magazine- Dreams Alive Magazine provides and accepts articles about home and garden, interior design, decorating, art, health and more. Our online magazine includes web site promotion, advertising options, RSS feeds and free content article feeds.

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Insure Kids Now: Find out if your children qualify for free or low cost health insurance.

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HOMESCHOOL

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ABC Home Preschool- A resourceful site for parents teaching their children preschool at home. It is the site of the original "use and reuse" wipe-off ABC Home Preschool Workbooks ­ 9 month curriculum. What better way to promote self-esteem in your children than to have them learn in a fun way!!

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All Things Homeschool Hands-on help for your homeschool and resources beyond the "how-to-homeschool" basics. You'll find great curriculum ideas, engaging learning activities and games, meaningful projects, and "I need it now" links to readily available free printable worksheets and other learning activities.

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LEARNING AND EDUCATION

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AceReader Speed Reading Software - Speed Reading, Reading Improvement and Reading Assessment.

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Kindergarten Readiness: Creating Successful Kindergarteners! Help your child start school ready to learn! The goal of Kindergarten Readiness is to teach all parents how to work one-on-one with their preschool children to best prepare them for kindergarten.

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Learn English
Learn English guide, all about how to learn English and how to speak English.

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Maths Practice Primary/Elementary School Software. - Maths Practice is an exciting new maths software program designed to enhance the learning outcomes of a primary / elementary school student. The software covers a large portion of the maths curriculum and has over 300 different topic modules that can be configured for various difficulty levels. Ideal for tutoring or generating maths homework.

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Splashes from the River -  English Grammar, Punctuation, and Essay writing courses on DVD, designed for Homeschoolers

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MOMS, CHILDCARE, CHILD SUPPORT

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American Pregnancy Association is a national nonprofit for the promotion of pregnancy wellness and education.

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4sitters.com Find a Babysitter, Nanny or Daycare by city.
Our family-orientated website offers an advanced online setting for Parents, Nannies, Babysitters, and Daycares to locate each other. We invite our visitors to perform a free detailed search.

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FamilyOnwards.com provides help and resources for family, marriage, divorce, and couples. Try our professional advice and book site for all families. Articles on domestic violence, parenting and more.

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Maternity fitness wear
Versatile and comfortable high performance maternity wear and nursing products

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National Women's Health Information Center: Created to provide free, reliable health information for women everywhere. Browse our database for great resources or take a look through our Special Sections on topic areas like heart disease, disabilities and pregnancy.

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Women, Infants, and Children: This website is maintained by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), a Federal agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, responsible for administering the WIC Program at the national and regional levels.

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MUSIC

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Delightful Sounds Blog. Discussions on parenting, children, babies and the music that makes them grow.

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mfiles - free music files and notes: Sheet Music, MIDI and MP3
Free sheet music, MIDI and MP3 files to download - classical, original, traditional, ragtime, Christmas Carols and Hymns. Print or Play Sheet Music online.

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The Piano Pages- A piano site featuring free piano lessons, piano sheet
music, articles, tip and terms, products, and more.

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Links for free familiar, easy-to-access, printable sheet music pieces your child can get started with right away - from classical to easy-to-play, one-hand children's pieces. For toy pianos or any musical instrument. From The Creativity Institute.

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www.songsforkids.net
Award-winning music for kids and other wild animals .

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Sound Feelings
Children
http://www.soundfeelings.com/products/alternative_medicine/music_therapy/children.htm
Music for Children: inspiring creativity through sound imagery.

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Wee Bee Children's Music

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SHOPPING

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eLearnAid - Large collection of English Dictionaries on CD. Bilingual Dictionaries, Study Skills books, English as a Second Language dictionaries, Grammar books, Palm Pilot Dictionaries, Business Management books.

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FOR MORE CREATIVE PARTIES...

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BIRTHDAY PARTY SUPPLIES! - Party Supplies World.com
Select birthday party supplies for kids and adults. We have birthday, anniversary, wedding party supplies and more.

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Baby Shower Party Supplies

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Birthday Party Supplies

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Christmas Party Supplies

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Halloween Party Supplies

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Luau Party Supplies and More

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Mexican Fiesta Party Supplies

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Party Supplies for Boys

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Party Supplies for Girls

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Pinatas that Make Sounds

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Party Supplies
Your online resource center for all your party supply needs.

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SOFTWARE

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Child-Safety-Software.com Child Safety Software. Keep Children Safe on Internet. 

 

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Educational Software - Preschool Activities to Kids Online Games
Developers of Quality Educational Software, Preschool Activities & Lesson Plans, Preschool Games, Preschool Software and Kids Online Games.

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Kids Stuff for gifted children and teens - internet links, software favorites, movies starring gifted kids, contests, magazines and reading lists and more!

 

 

 

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Maths Practice Primary/Elementary School Software. - Maths Practice is an exciting new maths software program designed to enhance the learning outcomes of a primary / elementary school student. The software covers a large portion of the maths curriculum and has over 300 different topic modules that can be configured for various difficulty levels. Ideal for tutoring or generating maths homework.

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SPECIAL NEEDS AND GIFTED

 

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ADD / ADHD / LD Adventure Summer Camp: SOAR
Success Oriented Achievement Realized features success-oriented, high adventure programs for LD and ADD preteens, teens and adults. Emphasis is placed on developing self-confidence, social skills, problem-solving techniques, a willingness to attempt new challenges and the motivation that comes through successful goal orientation.

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ADD ADHD Child Behavior Treatment and Medication Help

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Kids Stuff for gifted children and teens - internet links, software favorites, movies starring gifted kids, contests, magazines and reading lists and more!

 

 

 

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An article on educational toys best suited for children with ADD and ADHD. From The Creativity Institute.

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STORIES, THEATER, PUPPETS AND BOOKS

 

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Children's Stories & Games for Kids - Classic stories for children for free download or online listening. Plus free games for kids to play online.

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Lil' Fingers Storybooks, Games and Activities
Lil' Fingers is a storybook site for toddlers with educational games, storybooks and coloring pages. Free toddler stories, activities & holiday sections are designed with bright colors & big buttons for little fingers.

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Personalized Create-A-Books and MyCD stories for any occasion. Children as well as adults love to see their names in print.

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MaryAnn Kohl | Art Activities for Children | Art Project for Kid | Bright Ring Publishing | Preschool Activities- Bright Ring Publishing produces award-winning children's art activity books by MaryAnn Kohl. Bright Ring children's books feature creative art projects for kids that will spark the imaginations and creativity of artists of all ages and abilities.

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Puppet show script ideas from The Creativity Institute. Creating your own puppet show scripts. Links to comedy routine scripts on the Internet. Links to stories you can adapt to scripts. A free sample of an Aesop's Fable adapted into a puppet show scripts. Director's Tips for staging your puppet show.

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*The Creativity Institute does not necessarily endorse or support the business practices of these links and is not responsible for any damages that may result from using said services or products.