Online Companion Materials for
PARENTING YOUNG CHILDREN:
EXPLORING THE INTERNET, TELEVISION, PLAY, AND READING
By Robert D. Strom and Paris S. Strom
Dear Readers:
These online resources will provide sites to visit with your child as well as useful and up-to-date sites for parenting information. Because typing URLs can be time consuming and tedious, we have developed this Web site to make your Internet visits convenient. Use this site for access to URLs identified in each chapter of the book. The first section provides a list of “click to” Internet sites for you and your child to explore together. The last section is a list of “click to” Internet sites for parents only. We hope you enjoy this additional feature of our book.
Sincerely,
Robert D. Strom bob.strom@asu.edu
Paris S. Strom stromps@auburn.edu
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: TEACHING AND LEARNING
1. Exploring the Internet Together
2. Conversations and Socialization
3. Young Children as Consumers
PART II: FRUSTRATIONS AND FEARS
4. Hurry, Patience, and Frustration
5. Understanding the Preschool Soldier
6. Managing Fears and Worries
PART III: SELF-CONTROL AND DECISION MAKING
7. Self-Control and Adaptability
8. Mutual Rights and Getting Along
9. Setting Goals and Self-Evaluation
PART IV: PLAY AND IMAGINATION
10. In Defense of Pretenders
11. Learning to Play With Children
12. Observing Children at Play
PART V: CREATIVITY AND CURIOSITY
13. Curiosity and Asking Questions
14. Guidelines for Watching Television
15. Solitude and Reflective Thinking
Parent-Child Internet Visits
Chapter 1. Exploring the Internet Together
British Broadcasting Company presents fun and games with Barnaby Bear, Fairy Footprints and more. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/funandgames/fairyfootprints.shtml
Chapter 2. Conversations and Socialization
British Broadcasting Company invites you to visit Cinderella at http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories/cinderella.shtml and Jack and the Beanstalk – http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories/jackbeanstalk.shtml
Chapter 3. Young Children as Consumers
Practice the alphabet and sing the alphabet song at Fisher-Price http://www.fisher-price.com/us/fun/games/abc
Chapter 4. Hurry, Patience, and Frustration
To develop skills related to reading is the purpose of Starfall – see http://www.starfall.com Click to “It’s fun to read,” “All about Me,” and “About my body.”
Chapter 5. Understanding the Preschool Soldier
Two stories-- I am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed and This is Actually My Party — are about relationships with siblings and peers that arise because of selfishness and ignoring feelings of others http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/charlieandlola/stories
Chapter 6. Managing Fears and Worries
Visit the Sesame Street gang http://www.ctw.org and click Games – Elmo and Zoe’s Magical Numbers Game, and Zoe’s Dance Moves.
Chapter 7. Self-Control and Adaptability
Meet Curious George at Public Broadcasting System http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games and Play Roller Monkey and Snapshot.
Chapter 8. Mutual Rights and Getting Along
http://www.storyplace.org Storyplace and click Preschool Library, choose a topic from the list of Other Themes, such as Time to fight a fire, a sing-along, and a dot-to-dot Dalmatian. Also click Elementary Library and choose one of those topics.
Chapter 9. Setting Goals and Self-Evaluation
http://www.storyplace.org Storyplace and click Preschool Library. Click Other Themes and ask your child to choose where to explore. Options include Colors, Trains, Animals, Fish, Pets, Teddy Bears, and Music.
Chapter 10. In Defense of Pretenders
Great Big Fancy Word Game http://www.noggin.com
Chapter 11. Learning to Play with Children
Online resource for dinosaurs www.kidsturncentral.com/links/dinolinks.htm Click DinoMight Kid’s Dino Games, and choose Triassic Paint, Jurassic Paint and Cretaceous Paint. Enjoy moving the dinos and painting the landscape.
Chapter 12. Observing Children at Play
Greek mythology and Chinese fables at Starfall http://www.starfall.com/ Look at the Introduction, then click “I’m reading” and read to your child some of the Greek myths such as “The Woman Runner,” “Pegasus,” and “The Wooden Horse.” Let your child click the green arrow to turn the pages of the book.
Chapter 13. Curiosity and Asking Questions
Modern Art Museum in New York City and check out Van Gogh and other famous artists http://www.moma.org/destination/index.html
Chapter 14. Guidelines for Watching Television
Public Broadcasting System presents games to play with Curious George - http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games Try Banana 411 which allows your child to practice number skills. Play the game on Count Your Chickens, involving counting, guessing, and confirmation.
Chapter 15. Solitude and Reflective Thinking
Fisher-Price provides support for parent understanding of children, family play and interaction < href="http://www.fisher-price.com" target="new">http://www.fisher-price.com Visit Games and Activities, send a free e-card, print color pages, crafts, and online games.
Parent Internet Visits
Chapter 1. Exploring the Internet Together
The Search Institute provides a list of 40 developmental assets that are needed by young children http://www.search-institute.org/developmental-assets-tools
Chapter 2. Conversations and Socialization
What readiness skills are needed for kindergarten? See a checklist by the Family Education Network - http://school.familyeducation.com/kindergarten/school-readiness/38491.html
Chapter 3. Young Children as Consumers
The Federal Communications Commission provides information to help parents deal with, decipher, and monitor the communications that their children can access. Go to http://www.fcc.gov/parents and click to Children's TV Rules, FCC Information for Parents, and other topics.
Chapter 4. Hurry, Patience, and Frustration
Tips about reading milestones and ways to encourage your child to read are supported by Public Broadcasting System http://www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/preschooler/reading_milestone_preschooler.html
Chapter 5. Understanding the Preschool Soldier
Gocreate http://www.Gocreate.com/History/index.htm Choose a period of time to examine, by century, from B.C. to 2009 A.D. Significant events of history that led to advancement of mankind and efforts that undermined progress are offered.
Chapter 6. Managing Fears and Worries
For prevention of child exposure to sex offenders, Family Watchdog provides a city map with markers where identified convicted sex offenders live and work http://www.familywatchdog.us
Chapter 7. Self-Control and Adaptability
Enjoy a few relaxing minutes of the music of Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy presented at Music Animation Machine http://www.revver.com/video/6015/clair-de-lune
Chapter 8. Mutual Rights and Getting Along
What about the games young children like to play? Entertainment Software Rating Board list of games are rated with title, publishers, content, and platform. Click Early Childhood to see the list of video and computer games that are acceptable for young children http://www.esrb.org/ratings/ratings_guide.jsp
Chapter 9. Setting Goals and Self-Evaluation
For information about child nutrition, visit U. S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childnutrition.html
Chapter 10. In Defense of Pretenders
Age and Creativity, and Myths About Creativity http://www.creatingminds.org
Chapter 11. Learning to Play with Children
Watch young children involved with different types of play http://www.aplaceofourown.org Click topics, then click Play and Creativity. Try Dramatic Play and Imagination and others with videos.
Chapter 12. Observing Children at Play
Mayo Clinic presents descriptions about diseases or conditions. The Mayo response then includes an introduction to health issues, symptoms, causes, risk factors, treatment, and when to seek medical advice http://www.mayoclinic.com
Chapter 13. Curiosity and Asking Questions
Public Broadcasting System presents what preschoolers understand about news and your interpreter role http://www.pbs.org/parents/talkingwithkids/news/agebyage_2.html
Chapter 14. Guidelines for Watching Television
Ad Council offers advice on how to monitor media exposure - http://www.thetvboss.org
Chapter 15. Solitude and Reflective Thinking
Public Broadcasting System presents the Child Development Tracker with predictable milestones in child development, and allows you to select the child’s age with a description of developmental events for a specific age range to help determine expectations. Go to http://www.pbs.org/parents/childdevelopment
These online resources will provide sites to visit with your child as well as useful and up-to-date sites for parenting information. Because typing URLs can be time consuming and tedious, we have developed this Web site to make your Internet visits convenient. Use this site for access to URLs identified in each chapter of the book. The first section provides a list of “click to” Internet sites for you and your child to explore together. The last section is a list of “click to” Internet sites for parents only. We hope you enjoy this additional feature of our book.
Robert D. Strom bob.strom@asu.edu
Paris S. Strom stromps@auburn.edu
Parenting Young Children
Exploring the Internet, Television, Play, and Reading
Paris S. Strom, Auburn University
Robert D. Strom, Arizona State University
A volume in the series: Lifespan Learning. Series Editors: Paris S. Strom, Auburn University and Robert D. Strom, Arizona State University>> Go to the product page
