Early Literacy and Education

Brain Development

• Brain Development (Multnomah County Library)



• ChildCareAware



• Children Learn Through Play



• Growing Child



• Illinois Early Learning Project



• Understanding Brain Development in Children



• Zero to Three

Homeschooling

• Home School Legal Defense Association



• Virginia Homeschoolers

Other

• A Rhyme a Week



• Chateau Meddybemps



• Children of the Code



• Get Ready to Read!



• Get Set 4 K



• Reach Out and Read



• Reading is Fundamental



• Reading Rockets



• Smart Beginnings of Hampton Roads



• Smart Beginnings Virginia



• Square One (Hampton Roads)



• Starfall



• Virginia Department of Education
  
  
• Virginia's Foundation Blocks for Early Learning: Comprehensive Standards for Four-Year-Olds



• Zero to Three

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Parenting

• Dadmag



• ehow-family



• Kids Priority One



• The National Parenting Center



• Parents Action



• Parenting from BoysTown



• Parenting Magazine



• Sesame Street Parents



• Teaching Strategies



• Youth Tobacco Prevention (Centers for Disease Control)



• Zero to Three

Family Finance

• Our Family Place



• Success and the Single Parent



• Teaching Your Preschooler about Spending and Saving

Parents of Children with Special Needs

• ADDvance



• Austism Society of America



• National Association for Down Syndrome

Toilet Training

• Huggies Pull-Ups



• Potty Training: How to Get the Job Done (Mayo Clinic)



• Potty Training Basics (Babycenter)



• Potty Training (keepkidshealthy)



• Toilet Training (Medline Plus)



• Toilet Training (American Academy of Pediatrics)

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Health

• American Academy of Pediatrics



• Child Nutrition



• Children's Environmental Health Network



• Children’s Health (WebMD)



• Children’s Health (American Heart Association)



• CYFERnet – Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network



• EatingWell Healthy Recipes



• Family Fun Cooking With Kids



• Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS)



• Keeping Kids Healthy and Fit (PBS)



• KidsHealth



• Kids Priority One



• Meals Matter



• Nutrition for Kids and Teens (American Dietetic Association)



• USDA

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Child Development and Learning

• Born Learning



• CDC



• Chateau Meddybemps



• Developmental Milestones



• PBS – Child Development Tracker



• Square One



• University of Michigan’s “YourChild”



• Zero to Three

Alphabet Knowledge

• Emergent Literacy – George Mason University



• Head Start Activity QuickSource

Dialogic Reading

• American Library Association Dialogic Reading



• Book ‘Em Dialogic Reading Techniques



• U.S. Department of Education Doing What Works

Learning Disabilities

• LD Online



• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities



• Special Education - Great Schools

Phonological Awareness

• Emergent Literacy – George Mason University



• ETA/Cuisenaire



• Ideas and Activities for Developing Phonological Awareness Skills (VA DOE)



• PhonologicalAwareness.org



• Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening



• Songs for Teaching

Print Awareness

• Head Start Activity QuickSource



• Loudon County Public Library Print Awareness



• Reading Rockets Print Awareness

Reading Tips

• Family Education



• Reading Rockets



• Reading Tips for Parents

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Pregnancy & New Moms

• Healthy Pregnancy from womenshealth.gov



• MyPregnancyGuide.com



• Pregnancy Questions from Moms Who Think



• Pregnancy from the Centers for Disease Control



• Pregnancy from Medlineplus

Places to Go/Things to Do

• Children’s Museum of Virginia



• Chrysler Museum



• d’Art Center



• Family Corner



• Family Education



• First Landing State Park



• Generic Theater



• Hermitage Museum and Gardens



• Hunter House Victorian Museum



• MacArthur Memorial



• Nauticus



• Norfolk Botanical Garden



• Travel for Kids



• Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum



• Virginia Zoo

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Sitios Parenting en Español
(Parenting Sites in Spanish)

• Adventures in Education



• BornLearning.org



• Centro Nacional de Informacíon sobre la Salud de la Mujer (women'shealth.gov)



• Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (Centers for Disease Control)



• Departamento de Educación



• The Education Trust



• iparentingespanol.com



• Leamos en familia! (Let's read as a family!)



• Pampers



• PBS Parents



• PTA



• Thrive by Five



• Web de FAMIS

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Booklists

• TumbleBooks! - Animated talking books for kids!

New Reads (these links search the NPL online catalog in a new window)

• New Children's Beginner Books



• New Children's Books



• New Young Adult Books

Norfolk Public Schools Summer Reading (these links search the NPL online catalog in a new window)

• Grade 6



• Grade 7



• Grade 8

Norfolk Public Schools Suggested Summer Reading Lists

• Kindergarten-Grade 2 (brochure format)



• Grades 3-5 (brochure format)



• Grades 6-8 (brochure format)



• Grades 9-12 (brochure format)

• Norfolk Public Schools accelerated reading Book Search




Community Resources

• "Community Connections" from Smart Beginnings



• FAMIS (Virginia)



• Kids Priority One



• Smart Beginnings




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