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Childhood Development www.zerotothree.org |
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Literacy
Links - National
Story-Go-Round. A Guide to Children's Books. A personal website maintained by Lorraine Orman, writer, librarian and children's book specialist especially for New Zealand teachers, librarians and parents. |
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Links - International www.memfox.net Mem Fox is not only one of Australia's leading picture book writers, but is also an early literacy expert. This site has information about Mem and her books and advice for parents and teachers in supporting early literacy. www.bookstart.co.uk This official site for the Babies and Books programme has advice for parents and lists of recommended books for very young children. www.literacytrust.org.uk/database/earlyyears.html UK site offering a wide range of information and links to anyone interested in early years and literacy. www.reachoutandread.org Reach Out and Read is an American programme that builds on the special relationships between doctors and the parents of young children to support children's language and literacy development. This site has helpful hints for parents, as well as information about early literacy development. |
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Zealand Early Childhood Agencies www.plunket.org.nz This national website includes the locations of car seat rental schemes as well as Plunket in Your Region. www.parentscentre.org.nz Parents Centre provides childbirth and parenting information, support and advocacy for families. www.playcentre.org.nz Home site for this oganisation www.toylibrary.co.nz Check out your nearest Toy Library |
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sites relating to children's issues www.gp.co.nz/wooc/ipapers/i2b.html Me Panui Tatou Katoa - Lets's All Read The report of the Education and Science Committee on the inquiry into the teaching of reading in New Zealand, August 2001 www.occ.org.nz Home page of the Office of the Commissioner for Children www.msd.govt.nz/agendaforchildren/ Home page for the Agenda for Children, a New Zealand government strategy aimed at improving the lives of children www.makingithappen.info 'Making it Happen: Implementing New Zealand's Agenda for Children is a response from 14 non-government organisations to the government's 2002 strategy document 'New Zealand's Agenda for Children' http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~pfrc/entry.htm Parent and Family Resource Centre Inc was founded to provide a central information centre as a first line contact for parents of children with unique needs. One of the primary aims of the centre is to provide support and assistance for individuals and their families in an empowering and appropriate way. Safety www.safekids.org.nz Working to reduce the incidence and severity of unintentional injury to children aged 0 - 14 years in New Zealand. A child safety service of Starship Children's Health www.watersafety.org.nz Water safety education to prevent death by drowning. How to keep your children safe in pools, rivers or boating. Health www.everybody.co.nz/centre_par.html Comprehensive range of information on health issues concerning children - ranges through asthma, bedwetting, croup, headlice, tonsillitis to wearing glasses and much more with links through to New Zealand sites www.allergy.org.nz Allergy information and tips for coping with an allergic child www.cotlife2000.org.nz Dr TJ Sprott's site on how to prevent cot death www.meningitis-trust.org.nz Check out the signs and symptoms here Immunisation - pros and cons www.moh.govt.nz/immunisation.html Ministry of Health site www.imac.auckland.ac.nz/ Information covering a wide variety of immunisations www.ias.org.nz Immunisation Awareness Society site |
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Children's rights www.unicef.org/crc/ Convention on the Rights of the Child www.crin.org/ Child Rights Information Network |
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