Resource Links

If you know of any other websites that would be of interest to

childcare providers, please let me know.  Thanks!

Websites Specifically for Daycare Providers

• The A to Z Kids Stuff - Activities, links and special days for preschool/schoolage kids • Child Care Online - Provider/Parent Info, Forums, Store  • A Home Away From Home! - Bobbi's site (monthly menu, theme, activities)  • Kelly's 2Care+2Tesch=4Kids - early childhood teachers, childcare providers, parents • National Resource Center For Health & Safety In Child Care - Each States' Child Care Licensure Regs  • Preschool by Stormie - Stormies place has monthly curriculum, tidbits, behaviour mgmt, multicultural ideas • Soho Center - REACH Initiative, Newsletter, Family Childcare Video, and more! • Early Childhood Education Resources 

Links to Pre-School Development Sites

• Kids 'N Fun Crafts - Monthly Craft Kits • Carol's Affordable Curriculum - (monthly program) • Creative Pre-K - (twelve weeks of themed lessons) • Early Beginnings Preschool (monthly curriculum kits w/supplies) • Funsteps Preschool Curriculum (monthly curriculum program) • Highreach Learning (Monthly Curriculum Program, Red Umbrella Mag.) • Home Preschool Program (monthly curriculum kits w/ supplies included)  • Little Strivers Preschool Program - (monthly curriculum) • Mother Goose Time Preschool Curriculum (monthly curriculum w/supplies) • Star-Brite Learning Program (monthly curriculum program) 

Links to Pre-school Activity Sites

• Aunt Annie's Craft Page  • Children's Literature Web Guide • Franklin Institute Science Museum  • FunShine Express (monthly curriculum program) • Games Kids Play - (Description & rules for 100's of games) • Various Child Development Topics (U.S. Dept. of Education)  • Kids 'N' Fun Crafts Monthly Daycare Curriculum • Preschool Power - Activities, parenting tips, video info., TV series info.

Special Needs & Medical Information Sites

• The Virtual Hospital 

Business & Legal Information Sites

• American Fed. of Daycare Services (Liability/Med. Insurance for home daycare)  • Morgan & Associates Inc. (National Childcare Insurance Program)

Daycare Businesses on the Web

• ABC Development Preschool & Child Care Centers - Cypress and La Palma, CA • Cedar Nursery - Childrens' Nursery in the UK  • Early Start Day Care - Mission Hills, California  • Kinder Campus Ltd. - Edmonton, Alberta • Learning and Growing Daycare - Winnipeg, Manitoba  • Sandy Land - Monterey County, California • A Shining Star Preschool - Petaluma, CA

Daycare Organizations on the Web

• BC Family Child Care Association: (BCFCCA)  • The Capital District Child Care Coodinating Council - New York State • Child and Family Canada  • Halton Childcare Provider's Association - Oakville, Ontario  • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) • National Network for Child Care - NNCC (Excellent Articles)  • Southern Vancouver Island Family Child Care Association (BC) • Toronto & District Parent Co-operative Preschool Corporation - (Ont.)  • Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre, Vancouver, BC

Daycare Software: Pre-school Kids S/W, and

Business S/W

• The Computer Museum - Guide to the Best S/W for Kids • Kash Software/Childcare Professional - daycare admin, menus, etc. • Owl & Mouse Educational S/W - teaches letter sounds 

Other Products and Services for Daycare Providers

• 360 Education Solutions - Teaching/education courses, certificates and degree programs from accredited universites  • Able Baby Co. - Toilet training, books, supplies, potties, info • Baby Signs Book - How to talk to your baby, before your baby can talk  • ChildCraft • Daycare Universe - Products, resources and information • Datamaster, LLC - Acc., Bookkeeping, Inc Tax & Payroll Book • Early Childhood CDA Help - booklist and monthly newsletter  • Fun With Felt (Felt Visual Aids, Newsletter), Purchase/Distribute • Gryphon House - Great books for children, parents and teachers  • How to Quiet a Crying Baby...Baby Go To Sleep Tapes  • Kid's Carpets/Rugs - (educational, fun, theme based) • Kids, Inc.(Kindergarten Interventions and Diagnostic Services) • Kids Core Television Productions - Video & Audio Tapes for Children • Lakeshore Learning Store - products and equipment • Lisa Puppet Maker - Puppets, finger puppets, custom-made, masks  • Lovable Labels - Customizable labels, tags and stickies for clothes, allergies and stuff you would like to get back • Natural Learning - Make and take workshops, concerts, keynotes, books, CD's & tapes. • Parent's Helper, Inc. - Be Alert Children: Driveway Warning Sign • Teacher's Outlet - Books, magazines, bulletin board sets, charts etc.  • Usborne Books - Entertaining & Educational Books for Children

Child Care Referral Agencies

• America Taking Action - (childcare registry, info. on state regulations, associations)  • Child Care Resource Center, Inc (Greater Boston) • Childcare Directory and Resource (U.S. and Canada) • Childcare Seekers Directories - childcare referrals • Community Coordinated Child Care, Inc. (Madison,WI) • Monday Morning Moms (Provider Placement Network/Program)  • A NaniNet - Resources for nannies and families employing a nanny

Information For Parents

• Beech Nut - Baby-food Product and General Baby-care Information  • Kids Source Online (Great info; from infant up; milestones; special needs; more)  • Kinderstart - parenting resource covering issues from adoption to travel & vacations • Parenting Press (parenting tips, recommended books)  • Parent to Parent (great Q & A's, lots of parenting information)

Other Helpful Information Sites

• Admin. for Children & Families (US Dept. of Health & Human Services) • National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMED)  • Schoolhousedoor (Articles and information for parents/teachers)

Kid's Web-Sites & Site Lists

• Funschool-Preschool (games) • Kids on the Web: Homework Tools  • Nick Jr. - Colour pages of Blue Clues, Franklin, Little Bear, Kipper, Maisy & Gullah Gullah • Seussville - Online books, games & print outs

Resource Links

If you know of any other websites that would be of

interest to childcare providers, please let me know. 

Thanks!

Websites Specifically for Daycare

Providers

• The A to Z Kids Stuff - Activities, links and special days for preschool/schoolage kids • Child Care Online - Provider/Parent Info, Forums, Store  • A Home Away From Home! - Bobbi's site (monthly menu, theme, activities)  • Kelly's 2Care+2Tesch=4Kids - early childhood teachers, childcare providers, parents • National Resource Center For Health & Safety In Child Care - Each States' Child Care Licensure Regs  • Preschool by Stormie - Stormies place has monthly curriculum, tidbits, behaviour mgmt, multicultural ideas • Soho Center - REACH Initiative, Newsletter, Family Childcare Video, and more! • Early Childhood Education Resources 

Links to Pre-School Development Sites

• Kids 'N Fun Crafts - Monthly Craft Kits • Carol's Affordable Curriculum - (monthly program) • Creative Pre-K - (twelve weeks of themed lessons) • Early Beginnings Preschool (monthly curriculum kits w/supplies) • Funsteps Preschool Curriculum (monthly curriculum program) • Highreach Learning (Monthly Curriculum Program, Red Umbrella Mag.) • Home Preschool Program (monthly curriculum kits w/ supplies included)  • Little Strivers Preschool Program - (monthly curriculum) • Mother Goose Time Preschool Curriculum (monthly curriculum w/supplies) • Star-Brite Learning Program (monthly curriculum program) 

Links to Pre-school Activity Sites

• Aunt Annie's Craft Page  • Children's Literature Web Guide • Franklin Institute Science Museum  • FunShine Express (monthly curriculum program) • Games Kids Play - (Description & rules for 100's of games) • Various Child Development Topics (U.S. Dept. of Education)  • Kids 'N' Fun Crafts Monthly Daycare Curriculum • Preschool Power - Activities, parenting tips, video info., TV series info.

Special Needs & Medical Information

Sites

• The Virtual Hospital 

Business & Legal Information Sites

• American Fed. of Daycare Services (Liability/Med. Insurance for home daycare)  • Morgan & Associates Inc. (National Childcare Insurance Program)

Daycare Businesses on the Web

• ABC Development Preschool & Child Care Centers - Cypress and La Palma, CA • Cedar Nursery - Childrens' Nursery in the UK  • Early Start Day Care - Mission Hills, California  • Kinder Campus Ltd. - Edmonton, Alberta • Learning and Growing Daycare - Winnipeg, Manitoba  • Sandy Land - Monterey County, California • A Shining Star Preschool - Petaluma, CA

Daycare Organizations on the Web

• BC Family Child Care Association: (BCFCCA)  • The Capital District Child Care Coodinating Council - New York State • Child and Family Canada  • Halton Childcare Provider's Association - Oakville, Ontario  • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) • National Network for Child Care - NNCC (Excellent Articles)  • Southern Vancouver Island Family Child Care Association (BC) • Toronto & District Parent Co-operative Preschool Corporation - (Ont.)  • Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre, Vancouver, BC

Daycare Software: Pre-school Kids

S/W, and Business S/W

• The Computer Museum - Guide to the Best S/W for Kids • Kash Software/Childcare Professional - daycare admin, menus, etc. • Owl & Mouse Educational S/W - teaches letter sounds 

Other Products and Services for

Daycare Providers

• 360 Education Solutions - Teaching/education courses, certificates and degree programs from accredited universites  • Able Baby Co. - Toilet training, books, supplies, potties, info • Baby Signs Book - How to talk to your baby, before your baby can talk  • ChildCraft • Daycare Universe - Products, resources and information • Datamaster, LLC - Acc., Bookkeeping, Inc Tax & Payroll Book • Early Childhood CDA Help - booklist and monthly newsletter  • Fun With Felt (Felt Visual Aids, Newsletter), Purchase/Distribute • Gryphon House - Great books for children, parents and teachers  • How to Quiet a Crying Baby...Baby Go To Sleep Tapes  • Kid's Carpets/Rugs - (educational, fun, theme based) • Kids, Inc.(Kindergarten Interventions and Diagnostic Services) • Kids Core Television Productions - Video & Audio Tapes for Children • Lakeshore Learning Store - products and equipment • Lisa Puppet Maker - Puppets, finger puppets, custom-made, masks  • Lovable Labels - Customizable labels, tags and stickies for clothes, allergies and stuff you would like to get back • Natural Learning - Make and take workshops, concerts, keynotes, books, CD's & tapes. • Parent's Helper, Inc. - Be Alert Children: Driveway Warning Sign • Teacher's Outlet - Books, magazines, bulletin board sets, charts etc.  • Usborne Books - Entertaining & Educational Books for Children

Child Care Referral Agencies

• America Taking Action - (childcare registry, info. on state regulations, associations)  • Child Care Resource Center, Inc (Greater Boston) • Childcare Directory and Resource (U.S. and Canada) • Childcare Seekers Directories - childcare referrals • Community Coordinated Child Care, Inc. (Madison,WI) • Monday Morning Moms (Provider Placement Network/Program)  • A NaniNet - Resources for nannies and families employing a nanny

Information For Parents

• Beech Nut - Baby-food Product and General Baby-care Information  • Kids Source Online (Great info; from infant up; milestones; special needs; more)  • Kinderstart - parenting resource covering issues from adoption to travel & vacations • Parenting Press (parenting tips, recommended books)  • Parent to Parent (great Q & A's, lots of parenting information)

Other Helpful Information Sites

• Admin. for Children & Families (US Dept. of Health & Human Services) • National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMED)  • Schoolhousedoor (Articles and information for parents/teachers)

Kid's Web-Sites & Site Lists

• Funschool-Preschool (games) • Kids on the Web: Homework Tools  • Nick Jr. - Colour pages of Blue Clues, Franklin, Little Bear, Kipper, Maisy & Gullah Gullah • Seussville - Online books, games & print outs