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- Offers fingerplays, snack recipes, art ideas, printables, and curriculum calendar. Activities grouped by months and themes.
- http://www.suzyque.us/index.htm

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Resources for Early Childhood Education

- Small collection of links compiled by researchers at Pennsylvania State University.
- http://itss229.ed.psu.edu/k-12/edpgs/su96/ece/TITLE.html

Marilee Schuhrke's Page

- Offers topically-organized annotated links to help teachers develop thematic units.
- http://users.ameritech.net/macler/marilee.html

Step By Step Theme Pages

- Offers book recommendations, songs, fingerplays, and art activities for more than themes.
- http://stepbystepcc.com/themes.html

Early Childhood Focus

- Provides current news stories related to the profession. Allows users to submit news or discuss items, publications and press releases.
- http://www.earlychildhoodfocus.org/

Pratt's Educational Resources: Early Childhood Education

- Includes thematic activities, games, recipes, coloring pages, songs, and fingerplays.
- http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/theme/earlychildhood.html

National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)

- Provides daycare regulations by state.
- http://nccic.org/faqs.html

Hummingbird Educational Resources

- Includes lesson plan ideas, links, message board, and links.
- http://www.hummingbirded.com/

Early Childhood Educators and Family Web Corner

- Provides articles, message boards, chat area, and extensive web guides.
- http://users.stargate.net/~cokids/

Mothergoose.com

- Free activities, crafts, games, and printables for ages 3 to 6.
- http://www.mothergoose.com/

Web Corner Index: Teacher Pages

- Hundreds of organized links related to early childhood issues.
- http://users.stargate.net/~cokids/teacher.html

Kinder Korner

- Resource website for Pre-K through 2nd-grade teachers and includes an early childhood education discussion list with more than 1,200 subscribers.
- http://www.kinderkorner.com/

Teaching is a Work of Heart

- Site updated monthly provides thematic activities and screened links.
- http://www.teachingheart.net/

CanTeach - Resources for Educators

- Features classroom management resources, children's songs and poetry, planning tools, and free lesson plans.
- http://www.canteach.ca/

Early Childhood Resources

- Links to information about child development, curriculum, and parenting.
- http://home.sprintmail.com/~peggyriehl/

Early Childhood Educators Resources

- Links to pages providing ideas for art, science, small group, circle time, and quiet time activities.
- http://eceresources.iwarp.com/

Pre-K Directory of Schools

- Large, searchable directory of U.S. preschools.
- http://learnanytime.com/prek/

Facts in Action

- Summarizes early education research and policy for parents, teachers, advocates, and policymakers . From the Early Education Clearinghouse.
- http://factsinaction.org/

Technology and Young Children

- Includes information about educational practices, research, funding. A project of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
- http://www.techandyoungchildren.org/

Earlychildhood.com

- Improving the education and general life experience of young children. Advice from experts in the early childhood field, creative projects, and sharing of ideas and questions with the early childhood community.
- http://www.earlychildhood.com/

Preschool by Stormie

- Monthly curriculum and lesson plan ideas.
- http://www.preschoolbystormie.com/

Preschool Education

- Activities for the preschool and kindergarten classroom grouped by theme, and a free newsletter.
- http://www.preschooleducation.com/

MuddlePuddle Early Years Home Education

- Features thematic activities parents may do at home with toddlers; many games reflect the Montessori approach. Includes a support list and information on Cleft Lip and Palate.
- http://www.muddlepuddle.co.uk/

A-to-Z Kids Stuff

- Includes lesson plan themes, monthly calendars, educational activities, and free downloads appropriate for use with young learners.
- http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/

Preschool Printables

- Provides free printable calendars, classroom news, awards, bulletin boards, file folder games, charts, and so forth.
- http://www.preschoolprintables.com/

Everything Preschool

- Includes lesson plans, art, songs, thematic units, and book reviews.
- http://www.everythingpreschool.com/

First School

- Features activity calendar, educational themes, crafts, printable activities, and other resources in English and Spanish.
- http://first-school.ws/

Technology in Early Childhood Education

- Assists educators in connecting technology with the way young children learn. Includes information about technology and curriculum, project planning, classroom arrangement, software selection, ergonomics, and internet safety.
- http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/

The Idea Box

- Site aimed at parents and teachers of young children offers games, songs, kid recipes, craft ideas, and message boards.
- http://www.theideabox.com/

EdnoLand.com

- On-line preschool community provides resources for teachers and parents, as well as interactive activities for young children.
- http://www.ednoland.com/

Recipes 4 Learning

- Free kids recipes, crafts, learning games, songs, and poems.
- http://www.recipes4learning.com/

Ask The Preschool Teacher

- A place to ask questions and get responses from qualified preschool teachers. Includes an archive of questions asked previously.
- http://www.askthepreschoolteacher.com/