For Parents

Great Start Livingston - a partnership of local professionals, community leaders and parents committed to establishing and maintaining a comprehensive early childhood system addressing all factors influencing a young child’s readiness for school and life.

Local investment in young children today means a thriving community tomorrow. Visit the Great Start Livingston website for information on "All Things Early Childhood" in Livingston County.

 

 

• Metro Parent -Online Hub for Southeast Michigan Moms Award winning site!

 

Brighton Library

• Policies
  • Internet Use
  • Supervision of Children
  • Rules of Conduct
  • Children's Garden Use
  • Storytime Policy
• Resources
  • Learning Link
  • Homework Links
  • Reference Lin

American Library Association

• ALA's Lists of Award Winning Books
• Information on the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
• Librarian's Guide to CyberSpace for Parent's & Kids from the American Library Association has safety tips, Q & A for kids, selected sites, and assistance and information for parents.
• Parents' Guide to the Information Superhighway
  Thorough introduction to computers and the Internet and tips on how to introduce computers and guide their use by children from age two through eighteen. Also included are rules for safe use of the Internet and netiquette.

Health Information:

• Children's Nutrition Research Center- dedicated to defining the nutrient needs of children, from conception through the teen years, and the needs of pregnant women and nursing mothers.
• Nutrition Explorations- Find practical, up-to-date information you can use to balance good nutrition and a busy family schedule. Sposonred by the National Dairy Council.
• Parent Action for Healthy Kids© is designed to help connect parents, communities and schools to improve the health and well-being of children and youth.
• Kids Health - Has teen and kid health-related issues with latest toy and children's product recalls.
  

Media Review Sites:

• Kids in Mind - Parents can locate past or current movie and video reviews, which are listed according to three numerical "grades": sex and nudity, violence, and profanity.
• National Institute on Media and the Family- site to help parents and communities “watch what our kids watch.”
• Screen It - Reviews of current movies, recent videos, DVDs and music CDs. Each review makes it clear why a film or DC got the rating it did.

Education Sites:

• Accelerated Reading List - Brighton Area Schools, Malby Middle School - lists 2500 titles on the Accelerated Reading list.
• Familyeducation.com - Good resource for parents of children from preschool through high school. News and info about education policy. Advice from experts including teachers, administrators, and learning experts.
• Great Start Livingston - a partnership of local professionals, community leaders and parents committed to establishing and maintaining a comprehensive early childhood system addressing all factors influencing a young child’s readiness for school and life.
• S&P School Evaluation Services - Excellent for stats and comparisons on school districts all over the U.S., including Brighton.
• Reach Out and Read Reach Out and Read (ROR) promotes early literacy by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud in pediatric exam rooms across the nation.
• TotCity.com-Project Finder - Search for toddler activity, or a preschool craft project by keyword or ingredient. Alternatively, search the 13 categories for something that kids can do at home or in the library.

General Parenting Sites:

• Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• iVillage.com - Busy chat rooms hosted by pediatrics, child-development experts and others. Articles by experts in health, education, discipline. Directories of child-related resources.
• Livingston County Community Coordinated Child Care (4C) Council If you are seeking child care, or want to become a child care provider, or need parenting or child development resources, this site is for you.
• Metro Parent -Online Hub for Southeast Michigan Moms. Award winning site!
• Michigan's Great Parents, Great Start - Resource for information on programs, services, and supports for all children from birth to age five throughout Michigan.
  • Livingston County Great Start
• Museumspot.com - Has standard museums but also has oddballs like the Macaroni and Cheese Gallery. Can search for museums by country, state, city, museum name and artist.
• National Parent Information Network
  Sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, this site "provides information to parents and those who work with parents and to foster the exchange of parenting materials." There are full text articles, a parenting discussion list, "Parents AskERIC" question answering service and much more.
• Websites for Kids About.com guide to Parenting of K-6 Childrend picks great kids websites.