Parent Resource Links
Play Learning Development
Selecting Children's Toys and Products
Consumer's
Guide to Selecting Suitable Toys
Best Toys for Each Age Chart including children up to five
years old.
www.drtoy.com
Best Children's Products -- rated by nationally recognized
Dr. Stevanne Auerbach, who serves on Habitot's Advisory Board.
Her website lists numerous other links for parents with young
children.
Parenting Resources
www.zerotothree.org
Zero to Three: comprehensive resource promoting healthy development
of babies and toddlers
www.childhoodmatters.org
Childhood Matters - a live, call-in radio program for parents
and others who care for children airing every Sunday morning
at 9 am on 98.1 KISS-FM. For more information, visit this
website.
www.nuestrosninos.com
Nuestros Niños - a live, call-in radio program in Spanish
for parents and others who care for children. Hosted by Dr.
Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne, PhD, also known as 'Doctora Marisol',
this program airs every Sunday morning at 8:30 am on KLOK
1170 AM.
http://www.nurturecenter.com/
The Nurture Center is a store and parent resource center in
Lafayette, California (central Contra Costa County), offering
products, support and resources for new and expecting parents
in the San Francisco East Bay Area.
Childhood Health and Safety Resources
www.safekids.org
National organization dedicated to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury; find safety tips for each age group, product recalls, child safety state laws and regulations we might bring them back later.
www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/summertips.cfm
Summer Safety Tips, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
http://helmets.org
Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute
http://www.car-safety.org
Are your kids safe? Car Safety Web Site
Preschool Directories
www.eastbaypreschools.com
Detailed information about preschools in Alamo, Danville,
Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, San Ramon, Walnut
Creek, and more! East Bay Preschool Directory for East Central
Contra Costa County.
Play Skills
Imaginative Play - A Vital Tool for Optimum Child Brain Development. (2010) http://www.brainy-child.com/article/imaginative-play.shtml
Once Upon A Time: The Importance of Pretend Play. (2009) Toddlers Today : http://www.toddlerstoday.com/articles/development/once-upon-a-time-2224/
Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills. (2008) NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19212514
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Do You Have a Web Site to Recommend?
If you would like to recommend a website addressing any of
the above topic areas, please contact Habitot Children's Museum
at 510-647-1111.
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