Medical Information.  Available in Spanish. Look for the link on the right side of screen.
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together, by health topic, authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other government, non-profit and other health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to the medical research literature. It also provides you with a database of full-text drug information and an illustrated medical encyclopedia.  http://medlineplus.gov/

Computers and Your Kids   

The Internet is like a vast playground, with a lot of potential for fun and enrichment, but also potential for problems. It's important to remember that some types of online trouble are more serious than others.

On a playground, being teased by another child is far less serious than receiving a sexual advance from a stranger. On the Internet, receiving junk e-mail is far less serious than being enticed by a stranger in a chat room. It's important not to overreact. But how do we recognize when a problem is serious, or when it's simply part of being online?  --From GetNetWise

Internet Safety	Home computers with young children
Yahooligans! Parents Guide	Kids privacy on the Net
Safe Kids

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Other Informative Websites to Visit

Helpful Web Sites for Parents and Caregivers	National Association for the Education of Young Children
American Library Association	International Reading Association
Choices Booklist	PBS.org
	PBS.org En Español

Legislation:  No Child Left Behind
http://www.reading.org/focus/nclb.html

 

Great Websites for Kids

 http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/greatwebsites/greatwebsitessites.htm

American Library Association site for a gateway to websites appropriate for kids, research and fun.  Sites are color coded for age/grade appropriateness.

 

Child Safety on the Information Highway
http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm

Safe Surfing with Your Family: Yahooligans! Parents Guide
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/parents/

 

SURFING the NET with KIDS
http://www.surfnetkids.com/index.html
Useful directory of kid appropriate topics:  Lessons, games, links to other useful information.  -Worth a look.

 

Web Research Guide:  ClassZone by McDougal Littell
Internet Basics Quiz,  tutorials for doing research on the Web; evaluating Web sites; Citing Web sources.  http://www.classzone.com/books/research_guide/page_build.cfm?state=none&CFID=2404308&CFTOKEN=257c0ee-00068cad-3edc-1081-a58f-8323fb540000

NoodleQuest—Search Strategy Wizard
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/
Helpful site to begin the research process by taking a simple quiz to find the search engine that will be most useful for the project.

 

READING

Teenreads.com
Book reviews, author info and cool new books!
http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/index.asp

 

 

CHOICES BOOKLISTS for all ages…

http://www.reading.org/choices/

International Reading Association: Topics and Issues in Reading

http://www.reading.org/

 

BOOK AWARDS AND LISTS:

          CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNERS, 1938-PRESENT

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottwinners/caldecottmedal.htm

 

CALIFORNIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: YOUNG READER  MEDAL AWARD

            http://www.cla-net.dreamhost.com/awards/cyrmwinners03.php

 

            CORETTA SCOTT KIND BOOK AWARDS

          http://www.ala.org/ala/srrt/corettascottking/winners/pastwinners/pastwinners.htm

          NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS, 1922-PRESENT

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberywinners/medalwinners.htm

 

            YOUNG READER’S CHOICE AWARD

            http://www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm

 

AND…

 

PBS for Parents
http://www.pbs.org/parents/

 

PBS En Espanol

http://www.pbs.org/parents/quickstart/spanish/