PARENTS
Youth Room Collection
The Youth Room has many resources for parents/caregivers and their children including:
- A Parenting Collection where parents and caregivers can find books on child
development, discipline, and more.
- Books, music, videos, DVDs, CD ROMs and audio books for youth of
all ages.
- A special collection of Braille books and books in foreign languages.
- Puppet and toy collections available for checkout.
Preschool Guide 
Online Parenting Resources
Education & Child Care
Birmingham
Public Schools
CTW: Parents' Toolbox:
Sesame Street's site for parents.
Day
Care Centers Locator: Locate state-licensed day care centers by
your city or zip code.
Helping
Your Child Series: online pamphlets to help your child become a
better reader, test taker, or learner; get ready for school; and do
homework.
I Am Your Child:
a national public awareness and engagement campaign to make early childhood
development a top priority for our nation.
Kids Can Learn
MEAP:
Sample Tests
National Foundation
for Gifted & Creative Children
Zero to Three:
Another information-rich source for parents and professionals. Contains
research and information on physical, cognitive, and social development
of children from birth to age three.
Homeschooling
Family
Education Network: Contains a subject guide, tips on how to homeschool,
and links to other homeschooling families.
Homeschool Central:
A Christian-based site; includes a regional resource area and helpful
information for families new to homeschooling.
Michigan
Homeschool Organizations: Compiled by Home Life Inc., this site
offers a listing of statewide homeschooling support groups and organizations.
Michigan Teacher Network:
This site contains lesson plans by subject area and Michigan Curriculum
Content Standards.
National
Home Education Network A nation-wide resource for homeschooling
families, which includes articles, opinions and support for parents.
Health Issues
Dr. Greene's House
Calls
Keep
Kids Healthy Pediatric parenting advice
KidsHealth.Org
Parenting Magazines
Child
Parents
ParentsTalk
Parenting
Sesame Street Parents
Magazine
Parent Groups
Adoption.org
National Organization
of Mothers of Twins and Multiples Clubs
Online Play
Group: The Internet resource for finding, starting and managing
a playgroup
Step
Family Association of America
Pregnancy & Childbirth
Ask
NOAH: About Pregnancy
Baby Namer:
Find the best name for your baby in this database of 20,000 names.
Childbirth.Org
EPregnancy
Safety
GetNetWise:
An online safety guide
Life Saver
Systems: A room-by-room guide to baby-proofing your home.
National Center
for Missing & Exploited Children
Recall Notices: For Children's
products (from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
Special Needs Children
Autism Society of America
Attention Deficit Disorder Association
Bandaids
and Blackboards: When Chronic Illness...Or Some Other Problem...Goes
to School
Exceptional Parent
Magazine Online
Internet
Resources for Special Children
Learning Disabilities
Association of America
March of Dimes
National Down Syndrome
Society
Money Matters
College Savings
Plan Network
MESP Michigan Education
Savings Plan
MET
Michigan Education Trust
Mom2mom:
Southeastern Michigan resale listings
Savingforcollege.com:
The Internet Guide to 529s
Upromise: A free
service where America's leading companies give you money back for college
as a way to earn your loyalty.
TEACHERS
Professional Resources
| The Youth Room has many resources
for teachers, including a special Teacher Resource Collection. Visit
the Youth Room and ask a Librarian to show you the resources available
to help you and your students! |
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Class Visits
| Our Youth Librarians
are available for class visits! If you would like your class to
visit the Library or a Librarian to visit your class, contact the
Youth Room for more information or to set up a date and time. |
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Assignment Alerts
Teachers: Please let us know about your assignments so we can help parents
and students when they come to the Library. If you alert us, we will post
the information about the assignment and help guide students to appropriate
material. Download the form here.
Online Teacher Resources
Professional Organizations
United States Department
of Education
Michigan Department of Education
American Federation of Teachers
National Education Association
Teaching Tools
A to Z Teacher Stuff: Online lesson plans and resources
Ask ERIC: Provides
education information to teachers including lesson plans.
Discovery School: Provides lesson plans and teaching tools.
Education World:
Many useful resources including curriculum tools and lesson plans.
Idea Box: Early Childhood Education and activity resources.
PBS TeacherSource: 4,000+ free lesson plans and activities.
Scholastic Teachers: A variety of resources for teachers from Scholastic.
Sites for Teachers: Comprehensive list of websites for educators.
TeacherNet: Comprehensive list of websites for educators.
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