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Early Childhood  Links

The Perpetual Preschool
This site has been built with the input of its visitors, and it includes submissions of hands-on activities for young children. If you don't find exactly what you are looking for, a visit to the chat room or a post to the site's message board will put you in touch iwht teachers in the know. Another part of the site will help you find online courses for early childhood educators.

Earlychildhood.com
At this website art lessons and activities that your students will adore, read an article that will improve the way that you interact with your students, and share your own classroom ideas with other teachers. This site is designed for the teacher who wants to bring more to her room that a planbook; it is a resource for the instructor who wants her students to have fun while they learn.

Idea Box
Here you will find recipes, crafts, games, music, and songs. Seasonal activities that young children love abound. Be sure to visit this site often to see the great idea of the day, visit the site of the week,m and read the message borad. If you can't find an idea that you adore in this box, your aren't trying!

TLC - Teach Learn Communicate
Welcome teachers! We know you're busy...so ALFY's team of educators has created a one-stop Teaching and Learning Center to make your life easier! We've gone through the Web with a fine-tooth comb searching for valuable resources to supplement your curriculum and to aid in your professional development, so that you don't have to spend hours and hours surfing yourselves! In ALFY's TLC, you will find every Internet Resource you need - all in one spot!

Songs 4 Teachers
Free songs sung to the tunes of "old favourites" available in PDF for teachers to download and use in classrooms. Includes guitar chords.

101 Activities to Do With Your Toddler
contains activities, songs, fingerplays, and more for children aged 1-3 years. These constructive activities help encourage motor development and eye-hand coordination, and they will promote mental and social growth. As if that weren't enough, they are also a lot of fun!! Most of these activities can be done at home with little or no expense.

KidBibs
This site brings kids and books together. This website seeks to achieve its objective to support children's reading, writing, and learning by providing access to lists of exceptional books for all ages, and by supplying teachers with articles that will improve the way they teach language arts.

Early Childhood Educator's & Family Web Corner
At this site you are provided all of the things needed to make the most of your early education classroom. Articles about best practices, a calendar for each months classroom activities, and online chats with other early childhood educators.

ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary & Early Childhood Education
This site provides an endless resources of online articles that will keep you up to date on the latest research on early childhood education.

Gayle's Preschool Rainbow-Activity Central
Preschool education activities and early childhood education lesson plans that give preschool children choices. Ideas for pre-k and kindergarten teachers that enrich curriculum. Plus easy at-home fun learning games.

To Nuttin' But Kids
This page was designed for childcare providers to develop lesson plans. Think of it as you will a living archive of tried and true activities to do with your children. I along with MANY childcare providers have tested the activities out and found them to be entertaining as well as educational.

EduPuppy
Everything for Early Childhood Education Preschool- Grade2.

ABCs of Safe and Healthy Child Care
an online handbook for child care providers from the U.S. Public Health Service, Hospital Infectious Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Program Office.

KidSites
This site boasts over 5,000 sites for kids and their parents. Everything from sites for toddlers to teachers. Fun games for kids to play and great resources for parents and teachers.

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