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Clearinghouse of Professional Information
Children's Services Resources
This section includes links can be used as a starting point
by library staff who want to provide reference and advice to children, teens and
their parents. Literature resources for children and Youth can be found on our
Youth Literature Resources page. See also
Cybersites for Children and
Cyberespace pour les jeunes, a list if useful links to support programming,
home help and other library activities for children.
We examine all these sites regularly and include only what is
generally wholesome and educational for most children. Because Internet sites
are always changing and standards vary from individual to individual, the
content of the sites linked to on this page cannot be guaranteed to be
appropriate for your children.
Topics include
General Resources |
Cruising the Net |
Health Resources On-Line | Home Schooling |
Homework Help | Issues |
Magazines and E-zines |
On-line Books | For Parents |
Programming
| Reading | Rights of Children in
the Library | Safety and Media Awareness
| School and Careers
| Teacher/Librarian (School) Resources |
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Health Resources On-line
- Go Ask Alice; Q&A on
relationships, sexual health, sexuality, emotional health, fitness and
nutrition, alcohol, nicotine and other drugs, etc., from Columbia University's
Health Education Program
- Kidshealth Nemours Foundation
- Teen Health
Website (A partnership between Public Health Services, Capital District
Health Authority, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine and partners)
- Wellness Health
Care Information Resources
(McMaster U) Adolescent Health Links
Home Schooling
Ontario Libraries websites with Homework Help pages
Bullying:
A
public library partnership to prevent bullying.
Description of an innovative program of the Ottawa Public Library. In
Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and
Research, Vol 3, No 1 (2008) -
Families Connect: An Introduction to the Internet: A website created
for parents and children to use together. It offers families (parents, kids,
grandfathers, aunts, cousins - everyone) an opportunity to learn about the
Internet and use it together.
Incorporating Touch in Early Childhood Settings (.pdf) Frances M. Carlson,
Concordia University. St Paul, Minnesota, 2002. This paper talks about the value
of touch and how touch can help protect children and their caregivers from abuse
and abuse allegations. It includes a Practitioner’s Guide book. A book on the
same topic has been published through NAEYC and will be available through their
website the beginning of September. The title is "Essential Touch: Meeting the
Needs of Young Children." It is item # 799 and can be purchased at
www.naeyc.org. Kids and the
Internet: the Promise and the Perils (Jan. 99) from US National Commission
on Libraries and Information Science in pdf format. Media Awareness
Network
Offers practical support for media education in the home, school and community
and provides Canadians and others with information and "food for thought" on our
fast-evolving media culture. It's also a place where educators, parents,
students and community workers can share resources and explore ways to make
media a more positive force in children's lives. - Media Literacy
Online Project Comprehensive media literacy resource collection for
educators provided by the College of Education, University of Oregon.
- Net Safe; Net Smart: Managing and
Communicating about the Internet in the Library
(CLA)
- SafeKids.com The Online Safety
Project
- Adolescence
Directory On-Line: site designed to help teachers, counsellors, adolescents,
and parents better understand teen development.
- CTW Family Workshop
(Children's Television Network) Preschool and young children.
- Canadian Parents Online:
Extensive information from Sympatico
- Education World
- FamiliesConnect
(ALA) a website created for parents and children to use together. It offers
families (parents, kids, grandfathers, aunts, cousins - everyone) an opportunity
to learn about the Internet and use it together.
- Family Education Network: helping parents help
their children learn and succeed.
- KidsHealth: The Nemours Center for
Children's Health
- KidSource Online: The source for in
depth and timely education and healthcare information that will make a
difference in the lives of parents and their children.
- Kids on the Web
(KIDLINK) This is an on-going list of sites that offer information for and about
kids. Among other things, it includes a lot of stuff for them to play with,
information for adults, and info about schools and education.
- Ontario Ministry of
Education(Main Page)
Curriculum and Policy
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The Parents'
Online Resource Center (The Children's Partnership)
- The Book Hive Your Guide to
Children's Literature and Books. This is a web site designed for children
ages birth through twelve, their parents, teachers or anyone interested in
reading about children's books. Providing reader's advisory service, this
site contains hundreds of recommended book reviews in a variety of reading
levels and interest areas. Parents may find special "parental notes"
attached to some reviews that provide additional information about the book.
Users can search for books by author, title, reading level, interest area,
number of pages, and even favourite illustrator.
- Canadian
Children's Literature Database -- PIKA
(Library
and Archives Canada)
- Children's
Literature Web Guide: Resources for Parents
- Children's Software Review:
online version of the complete and authoritative source on Children's Software
- "Do We" Really Know Dewey?
a website about the Dewey Decimal System ThinkQuest
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Electronic Reading Games - Calgary Public Library
- Family Literacy Day
(ABC Canada)
- Learning Train:
"Building Blocks to Reading" is a readiness program for children 3 to 6 years
old
li>Me
Read? No, Way! A practical guide to improving boys' literacy skills /
Moi, lire? Tu blagues!Guide pratique pour aider les garçons en matière de
littératie
Ontario. Ministry of Education. This guide is intended for teachers,
principals, and other professionals in the field of education at the elementary
or secondary level. It will be of particular interest to those who are
developing and delivering literacy programs"
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The Role of Public Libraries in Children’s Literacy Development: an
evaluation report. (Pennsylvania Library Association) An interesting,
researched based, report on the effects of library reading programs on
reading levels
- Young People's Poetry Week(Children's
Book Council, US
Reference / E-journals:
Rights of Children in the Library
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Games for Kids
(Media Awareness Network)
- GetNetWise A resource for families
and caregivers to help kids have safe, educational, and entertaining online
experiences.
- SafeKids.com (Online Safety Project)
- SafeTeens.com Teen
Safety on the Internet (Online Safety Project)
- Screen It!: reviews movies, music and
videos giving one-line descriptions, detailed look at plots, a chart analysis of
the cast, a summary of "bad stuff" and lists of violent scenes in detail.
- Stay alert ... stay safe
Canada's leading street proofing program for children age 7-10.
- Surfing the Net with Kids
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Understanding the Rating Systems
(Media Awareness Network). Rating systems can be helpful when trying to
choose appropriate movies for your family, but with many different systems in
use in Canada, they can also be very confusing. To help make sense of the
differences, here's an overview of all the systems currently in use.
- Canadian Universities
(Waterloo University)
- COMPASS
Ontario Universities Application Centre
- New York State CareerZoneis an
innovative, interactive online resource for students, teachers, counselors and
jobseekers. It includesjob descriptions in a variety of disciplines
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OCAS/SACO
Ontario Colleges Application Services
- StudentAwards.com:
Canadian web site gives you immediate access to a database of thousands
of scholarships, bursaries, fellowships, grants and other financial awards.
- Science.net
(Toronto Public Library) /
Réseau science (Bibliothèque publique de Toronto)
- 101 College Search: Links to Learning.
Directory of Colleges and Universities in the United States and Canada. Lists
over 4000 schools by state or province.
Teacher / Librarian (School) Resources
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