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

10 Things Great Parents Do (PDF)

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

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.

http://www.drbenkim.com/good-relationship-with-children.html
Ways to Foster a Good Relationship With Your Children and Influence Their Behaviour Without Intimidation or Violence. (2008) Dr. Ben Kim

http://www.lehigh.edu/projectreach/parents-reach/consistency.htm
Strategies For Parents: Consistency and Follow through. Lehigh University: College of Educaction - Center for Promoting Research to Practice

http://www.aish.com/f/p/48931157.html
The Art of Positive Reinforcement, Sarah Chana Radcliffe, M.Ed., C.Psych. Assoc. (2000). Aish.com

http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/parenting_tips/discipline/catch_your_child.html
Catch Your Child in the Act... of Doing Good! Vonda Skinner Skelton, RN. (2001).

http://www.natural-moms.com/positive_reinforcement.html
Positive Reinforcement. Destry Maycock, MSW. (2010). Natural Moms

http://www.askdrsears.com/html/6/t061300.asp
10 Techniques to Shape Children’s Behavior 2006. Ask Dr. Sears

http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/raising_happiness/post/how_to_criticize_your_kids/#
Christine Carter, Ph.D. How to Criticize Your Kids October 15, 2008. Greater Good - The Science of a Meaningful Life: Raising Happiness

http://www.drericar.com/
"10 Things Great Parents Do" or to learn more about Dr. Erica Reischer

http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/H/HE-0719/
Abell, Ellen. Helping Young Children Behave. 1996

http://www.northshorefamilies.com/whypunishmentdoesntwork.html
Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D. Why Punishment Doesn’t Work (And What Does). 2009. North Shore Children & Families

http://clicka2z.com/parenting/how-to-raise-confident-resilient-and-well-behaved-children/
How to raise confident, resilient and well behaved children. August 27, 2009. Click A 2 Z

http://kidsatthought.com/2010/12/05/why-to-let-your-child-fail-and-make-mistakes/
Why to Let Your Child Fail and Make Mistakes -Mendel

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/yf/famsci/he457w.htm
Talking to Children about Failure - Gebeke, Deb

http://www.raiseinspiredkids.com/articles/archive/senseofmastery.shtml
Self Esteem is Over Rated: Go for a Sense of Mastery - Larsen, Dr. Katherine

http://www.pbs.org/parents/talkingwithkids/apologize.html
Talking With Kids: I Can�t Believe I Said That! PBS Parents Web Site. 2011

http://www.associatedcontent.com
Lumpcik, Maggie. You've Made a Bad Parenting Choice: Why You Should Apologize to Your Kids. 2011. Associated Content Web Site.

http://www2.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/science/index.html
Helping Your Child Learn Science. Department of Education.

Information on Early Childhood Reading

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/nov/22/earlyyearseducation.schools
Some advanced countries have these views on early childhood reading

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/30000_words/
Hearing words early might have an effect on learnning - reading to children

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/health/29brod.html?pagewanted=all
Talking to your children early makes a difference

http://www.rch.org.au/emplibrary/ccch/PB13_Literacy_EarlyChildhood.pdf
Literacy in early childhood - policy brief

http://www.zerotothree.org/child-development/early-language-literacy/tips-tools-early-lit-and-lang.html
Early literacy and language tips and tools 2011

http://www.readingrockets.org/
Teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle 2011

http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=431
Preschool science activities & educational games: How to nurture your child's interest in the natural world. Gwen Dewar, Ph.D. 2008.

http://www.zerotothree.org/child-development/early-language-literacy/tips-tools-early-lit-and-lang.html
Hands-On Science for Young Children. Tanya Eggers. 2008.

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

http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=14331&cn=462
Angela Oswalt, MSW, Natalie Staats Reiss, Ph.D and Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. Natural and Logical Consequences in Early Childhood. 2008. Mental Help Web Site

http://www.parentfurther.com/resources/enewsletter/archive/natural-consequences Letting Natural Consequences Do Their Thing. 2010. Parent Further 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

http://www.brainy-child.com/article/imaginative-play.shtml
Imaginative Play - A Vital Tool for Optimum Child Brain Development. (2010)

http://www.toddlerstoday.com/articles/development/once-upon-a-time-2224/
Once Upon A Time: The Importance of Pretend Play. (2009) Toddlers Today

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19212514
Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills. (2008) NPR

Getting Ready for School

http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Introduction_Entry/
Transition To Kindergarten Parent Guides. (2001 - 2007) Education.com

http://www.gettingschoolready.org/
Getting School Ready! (2009)

http://school.familyeducation.com/kindergarten/anxiety/51261.html?page=2&detoured=1
Starting Kindergarten: How To Prepare Your Child. (2010) Family Education

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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