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* Just a reminder of a great website with all kinds of cute games, songs, and activities connected with the shows on
Channel 2: www.pbskids.org. This is one of the few indoor activities that is entertaining for all four of my children! ~Thanks to Kathleen J. * Another great family-friendly website for kids to explore is www.starfall.com where children have fun learning to read! The website, put together by a team of artists, teachers, and computer animators,
is simple to navigate and really engages the child's attention. The focus is on simple, fun interactivity and the sounding
out of almost every word. All your child has to do is click on the screen, watch and listen! Start with the ABC's then
move on to the Learn to Read Book #1 and then read the books and play the games in sequential order. This site was first recommended
by one of our first grade teachers, and the kids can't get enough! ~Angela K.
Specialty Toys For kids with special
needs:
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For parenting programs, see
The North River Collaborative (NRC) Family Network provides playgroups, family activities, parent education workshops, parent
support groups and information about community resources to families with children under the age of 4. All services
are provided free of charge, and many programs include free childcare, for residents of Abington, Bridgewater, East Bridgewater,
Hanover, Hanson, Raynham, Rockland, West Bridgewater & Whitman. (Families from other towns may participate in their activities
for a small fee.)
Programs are held in Rockland and at a variety of locations
including Bridgewater, Whitman, the Hanover Mall, Raynham, and area libraries.
Proactive Parenting
www.eproactiveparenting.com
781-545-6585
Scituate's Lynne Reeves Griffin is a behavior management expert. Check out her newsletters, videos,
books, blog, and lecture series schedule on the website.
DOTMOMS
http://roughdraft.typepad.com/dotmoms
Are the kids getting you down? Have you lost your sense of humor about it all? Turn to DotMoms, a weblog that features
smart, fun, and focused writing about motherhood from many perspectives. The DotMoms are good writers with something to say
about life on the home front. They aim to be a diverse group that reflects all kinds of moms (different ages, locations, races,
religions, etc.) and all kinds of kids. Their tone is light-hearted and laser sharp, and they are tuned in on what it's
like to belong to a family, as mothers, wives, daughters-in-law, daughters, sisters and more.
THE BOSTON MOMMY
BLOG
www.townonline.com/blogs/bostonMommy
While you're on DotMoms, check out the writings of Meredith O'Brien, a Boston-area mother of six-year-old twins
Abbey & Jonah and their younger brother Casey. She's been a journalist for 15 years and has written about parenting
for the past five years, including a monthly column for the Boston-area publication Parents & Kids. An adjunct journalism
professor at the University of Massachusetts, O'Brien serves as The Boston Herald's parenting blogger, writing The
Boston Mommy Blog.
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