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| Preschool Growth and Development | ||
| Links to many areas of preschool growth and development, including a child health guide, early childhood growth chart, assessing preschool children's development, childhood obesity, bed-wetting, and many other topics. ( http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/preschoolers.growth.html ) | ||
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| Child Health Guide | ||
| Covers many child health topics, including nutrition, immunizations, safety, and others ( http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/hg/ ) | ||
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| Exploring Childhood Obesity | ||
| Read about what determines whether a child is obese, the extent of obesity in children, and how to help children lose weight. ( http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/obesity.html ) | ||
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| Helping an Overweight Child | ||
| Explore what causes children to become overweight, strategies for helping children lose weight, and resources. ( http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/over_child.htm ) | ||
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| Preschoolers' Health | ||
| Links to many areas of young children's health, including vaccinations, safety, a child health guide for prevention, children and medicines, healthy eating, asthma, vision, and many other areas. ( http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/preschoolers.preventative.html ) | ||
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| Symbolic Thinking | ||
| Explore young children's symbolic thinking during the early childhood years. ( http://psych.hanover.edu/vygotsky/vanoers.html ) | ||
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| Vygotsky on Language and Thought | ||
| Examine Vygotsky's main ideas about developmental changes in thought and language. Includes information about word meaning, implications for instructions, and has links to related sites. ( http://www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/works/words/ ) | ||
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| Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist | ||
| Evaluates the unique contributions of Vygotsky, historical contexts, and the importance of children learning to use the tools of the culture effectively. ( http://www.angelfire.com/on/pisd/archive/ILIKETHINKINGABOUTHINGSITKEEPSMEGOINGITSALLIHAVE... ) | ||
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| Language Growth | ||
| Read about the types of language skills children should display at different points in development. ( http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content4/growth.chart/page1.html ) | ||
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| Pragmatic Language | ||
| Provides pragmatic language tips, examines adaptive language use, and evaluates conversation skills in young children. ( http://www.kidsource.com/asha/language_tips.html ) | ||
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| Early Childhood Education | ||
| Ideas and advice for teachers and parents including activities and curriculum, arts and crafts, and a reading center. ( http://www.earlychildhood.com/ ) | ||
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| NAEYC | ||
| The web site of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) with information about this organization and position statements on many topics, such as curriculum guidelines, learning to read and write, prevention of child abuse, school readiness, technology and young children, and developmentally appropriate practice. ( http://www.naeyc.org/ ) | ||
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| High /Scope: Active Learning | ||
| Read about the importance of an emphasis on young children as active learners who construct knowledge, which is underscored in the High/Scope approach to early childhood education. ( http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EPTW/eptw11/eptw11e.html ) | ||
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| Head Start Resources | ||
| Links to a number of sites with information about Project Head Start and the education of at-risk children. ( http://www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb/ ) | ||
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| Poverty and Learning | ||
| This ERIC Digest report covers how many children are in poverty, what the costs are, and other issues. Search capabilities for key words/topics ( http://www.ericdigests.org/1993/poverty.htm ) | ||
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