From: "Walter McKenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 10:59:28 -0400 Subject: [Innovative-Teaching] Parenting <April 28, 2002>
The Innovative Teaching Newsletter "Those who can.....teach!" Parenting Volume 4, Issue 30 - April 28, 2002 presented by Walter McKenzie - Surfaquarium Consulting Innovative staff development: Technology Applications, Multiple Intelligences, Curriculum Integration and Creative Education. Let's see what we can do for your staff! There's always a need for good parenting resources to share with families, whether you are simply enriching your classroom newsletter or pinpointing information for a specific parent or child. This weeks offerings bring you some of the very best sites on Parenting. It is always an eye-opener seeing what's new and unusual for families online. Want to see an unusual look at blended families? Check out StepDucks at <http://www.stepducks.net/>. Looking for another great source of Parenting links? Be sure to visit Jerry Blumengarten's hotlist at <http://www.angelfire.com/ny2/library218/pta.html>. And the Surfaquarium has its own Parenting page too at <http://surfaquarium.com/parent.htm> with many more resources by category. Enjoy! ABCs of Parenting - <http://www.abcparenting.com/> Parenthood.com presents this practical directory covering everything young parents might be concerned about from marriage and pregnancy to motherhood and fatherhood. The education link includes links on learning disabilities and reading to children with site ratings and annotations to make it easy to find the best information for parents. Family Education - <http://www.familyeducation.com/home/> The Learning Network offers this page dedicated to parents and their children's education. It tends to border between what is traditionally sound practice and what is trendy and popular, but it is well done and parent-friendly. Current features include TV-Turnoff Week, Success for Teens with LD and When Teen Fashion Is Extreme. Family Village - <http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/kennedy/index.htmlx> Sponsored by the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, Family Village offers support for families of students with all kinds of learning and physical disabilities. While this is not slick in terms of cutting edge technology, it offers a sound conceptual layout that delivers quick-loading pages full of informative references for parents. Father's World - <http://www.fathersworld.com/> You have to be careful when picking sites on fathering and mothering; there's a lot of people out there with legal and political agendas. Father's World transcends this by offering guy-to-guy support and advice for men who are truly devoted to their children, whether intact families, separated or blended. There's even consideration for stay-at-home Dads. Mommies on the Web - <http://www.mommiesontheweb.com> So I wanted to make sure I gave Moms equal time! Much like the Father's World site, Mommies on the Web caters to all Moms. And there's everything here from parenting tips to recipes and even a section of kid-safe activities and links. Presented by Debbie Holland, an educator and current stay-at-home Mom, this site offers an earthy appeal for Mommies. Museums and Learning: A Guide for Family Visits - <http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Museum/> The US Department of Education offers this nicely done site that encourages parents to make the most out of family visits to museums with topics like Learning From Objects, Collections and Collectors, What to do Before, During and After the Visit, and Complementary Learning: Schools and Families. Succinct bulleted lists make this a quick read and easy for parents to print and take with them on their next family excursion. The National Parenting Center - <http://www.tnpc.com/> This authoritative site presents articles from leaders in the fields of education and child rearing, Seal of Approval Reports rating products and services for families, and extra links to practical services like product recalls and a college cost calculator. Parent Soup - <http://www.parentsoup.com/> Housed on the iVillage site, Parent Soup continues to be a vital, popular resource for ideas and information. Set up in a directory format, topics include such handy titles as eating, behavior, siblings and kids & money. The education page is quite comprehensive and covers lots of school matters from a parent's point of view. Parenting Matters - <http://lifematters.com/parentn.html> Parenting Matters offers some of the most straightforward, reality based pages I've found online. Consider Respectful Parenting, Positive Discipline for Parenting in Recovery and Four Goals of Misbehavior as examples of the kinds of open, honest discussions this site offers parents. Parenting.org - <http://www.parenting.org/> Nicely formatted, this site covers parenting from the stages of child development: Precious Beginnings, the Discovery Years, the Tween Years and Taking Flight. Presented by Girls and Boys Town, each section covers well-written articles on Life Lessons, Schools, Safety and Parenting. The WonderWise Parent - <http://www.ksu.edu/wwparent/> Dr. Charles A. Smith at Kansas State University hosts this ad-free site to support parents in their important work. I especially took note of the free self-guided online parenting courses he offers and in intriguing section on the four elements (earth, sky, fire water) as symbols of different aspects of the parent-child relationship. You Can Handle Them All - <http://www.disciplinehelp.com/> >From the MasterTeacher.com, this site boasts more than 100 kinds of child behavior, noting its effects on others and the actions and mistakes parents can make in trying to remedy the situation. The links to related behaviors can be a fascinating journey in identifying the true motivation behind why a child acts as s/he does. Click here for the HTML version: http://surfaquarium.com/newsletter/parent.htm Be sure to visit the Innovative Teaching Back Issues at http://surfaquarium.com/news.htm Next Week's Topic: Banking Services Please send in URL's of high quality sites which may be of interest to our readers to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also, I'm always looking for new topic ideas and input! Find More Great Resources at the Innovative Teaching Website: http://surfaquarium.com/it.htm. 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