American Academy of Pediatrics
888-227-5409 or 800-433-9016 |
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American Library Association
(ALA) Resources for Parents, Teens & Kids |
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America Reads Challenge. .
.Ready, Set, Read |
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Baby Center (0-2) |
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Baby Web |
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Be Their Hero From Age Zero |
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Brain
Wonders |
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Bridges4Kids |
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Center for Law and Social Policy |
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Children's Defense Fund |
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Children Now |
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Connect for Kids |
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Connections for Children
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Consumer Product Safety
Commission |
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Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
(COPAA) |
Detroit Public Library
TIP Help Line
1-313-833-1013 |
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Early Childhood
Articles |
Early Childhood Booklet
A
free download booklet that presents parents and caregivers with simple ideas
for physical activities that they can do with
children from birth to age five to adopt an active
lifestyle early and positively impact their physical, intellectual
and emotional development. |
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Early Childhood Educators' and
Family Web Center |
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Early
Childhood Language Activities for Children from Birth through Age Five |
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Early
Childhood Literacy Ideas and Suggestions |
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Early On Michigan |
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Educational Resources Information Center
(ERIC) |
Effective Parenting
Strategies
with James Windell
Teachers and parents can email him
at any time for advice and consultation at
jwind27961@aol.com |
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Exceptional Parent
Magazine |
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Family Education
Network |
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Family TLC Tools
to enhance parent/child relationship |
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Fight
Crime: Invest in Kids |
Free Pubs Library
Free books and publications on dozens of
subjects, from autism to IEPs to zero tolerance |
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FunBrain |
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The Future
of Children |
Genetics Resource Center
1-866-852-1247 |
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Get Ready to Read:
Things to Do. . .for Parents |
Getting School Ready!
Helps parents, caregivers,
early childhood educators and kidnergarten teachers support children to get
ready for school and helps schools be ready to meet the needs of their
students |
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Gongwer News Service |
HealthCareCoach.com
Provides basic information about health
insurance and health care so that you can be a savvy health care consumer |
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Healthy Child Care
Emergency preparation special issue |
Healthy Marriage
Resource Center
National web-based resource and clearinghouse for information
and research relating to healthy marriages. |
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Healthy Weight for Kids
A guide to healthy weight for infants,
toddlers and preschoolers. |
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Helping Your
Child Become a Reader |
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Homework Helper |
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Kansas Kids
Ready for Learning |
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Kids Health |
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KinderSite Project |
Language Development Ideas
Sponsored by Enfamil, great
useable ides for language development |
Lead Poisoning Hot Line
Symptoms of lead poisoning include headaches, irratability,
abdominal pain, vomiting, anemia, weight loss, poor attention span,
noticeable learning difficulty, slowed speech development, hyperactivity |
Lisa Libraries
The Lisa Libraries donates new children's books and small
libraries to organizations that work with kids in poor and under-served
areas. Some of the libraries established have been at day-care centers,
prison visiting areas for children of incarcerated parents, and after-school
programs. The Lisa Libraries supplements under-filled shelves as well as
provides books to many children who may never have owned a book before.
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Mayo's Pregnancy &
Children's Health Resource Center |
Michigan 4C Association
800-950-4171 or 517-351-4171 |
Michigan Association for the Education of Young
Children
800-336-6424 |
Michigan’s Children
517-485-3500 |
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Michigan Council for
Maternal and Child Health |
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Michigan
Department of
Community Health |
Michigan Department
of Education Parent Page
1-888-323-4231 Parent Help Line |
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Michigan Family
Independence Agency |
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Michigan Friends of Education
A
non-profit book distribution program. |
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Michigan Great Start |
Michigan Head Start Association
517-482-1504 |
Michigan "I Am Your Child
Campaign"
800-336-MICH or 517-336-9700 |
Michigan League for Human Services
517-487-5436 |
Michigan Library Association
517-694-6615 |
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Michigan PTA |
Michigan Reading Association
800-672-7323 or 616-361-2232 |
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The
Michigan Ready to Succeed Partnership's
Communication and Learning Network |
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National Academy of Child
Development |
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National Academy Press |
National Association for Child Development
Local phone #: 517-332-7200 |
National Association for the
Education of Young Children
NAEYC Book Suggestions
NAEYC Position Statements
Every
position statement or paper on EC topics written by experts in the field. |
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National Center for Family Literacy |
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National Center for Fathering |
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National Council of Teachers of English |
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National PTA |
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National Parenting Center |
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National Parent Information Network |
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National Zero to Three
Reproducible Handouts |
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New York Public Library - 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know |
North
Carolina Smart Start
Information Request for Parents |
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Office of Special Education and Early
Intervention Services (MDE) |
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Ohio University
Public Television - Tips on Using Books for Infant and Toddlers |
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Parenting Resources for
the 21st Century |
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Parent Center (2-8) |
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Parent Clicks |
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Parenting
Information |
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Parent Soup |
|
Parenting
Toolbox |
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Parents as Teachers (PAT)
National Center |
Partnership for Learning
Topics Page great ideas and information sources |
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PBS Parents |
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Public Enrichment
Foundation (PEF) |
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Ready Sit Read |
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The fight against lice. 1-800 RID-Lice or visit
www.ridlice.com
for educational
materials. |
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Smart from the Start
(Tennessee Department of Education) |
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Speech and Language
Ideas |
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Stand for Children |
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State of Michigan |
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State of Michigan Department of Education
Early Literacy Task Force Policies |
State of Michigan Department of Education
Early Literacy Task Force Reports |
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Start Early, Finish
Strong Reading Resources |
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The
National Center for Children in Poverty
is
an excellent resource for strategies, statistics and general information.
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Tips for
Parents from ERIC |
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Tri-County Help Book |
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University of Michigan Health System Development and Behavior Resources |
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Wayne
County Head Start |
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Wisconsin
Literacy Education and Reading Network Source |
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Zero to Three: National
Center for
Infants Toddlers and Families |
