To subscribe to ExchangeEveryDay, a free daily e-newsletter, go to www.ccie.com/eed
|
"Equal rights
for the sexes will be achieved when mediocre women occupy high positions."
- François Giroud
ONLINE RESOURCES ON NUTRITION
AND READING
Exchange writer Kirsten Haugen from Eugene, Oregon, offers suggestions on two
online resources:
Waste-Free Lunches (http://www.wastefreelunches.org)
has tips for parents and schools to reduce packaging and food waste. They
offer a comparison of costs and waste associated with disposable packaging vs.
reuseable packaging, and also ideas for making more interesting lunches that
might actually get eaten. They also include resources for those who want
to encourage a waste-free lunch program at their school.
Starfall (http://www.starfall.com)
offers a great, free early reading program. This online resource offers
several simple but engaging stories that introduce specific sounds, with a simple,
clickable interface: to hear a word sounded out, click on it, and it models
the decoding process by highlighting each letter as it sounds out the word,
then saying the whole word aloud. A few clickable items in the pictures
make it fun, but not a total distraction from the text itself. Parents
and teachers can link to background information on the program, and families
can download printable activities, while teachers can e-mail requests for free
classroom sets of printed materials. These stories make a great introduction
to reading for younger kids, a fun addition to summer reading, and a great support
for struggling readers in first or second grade. Starfall.com was created
as a free public service for teachers and families by the Bluemountain online
greeting card people, one of whom grew up with a reading disability and did
not read until middle school.
For more information about Exchange's magazine, books, and other products pertaining to ECE, go to www.ccie.com.
|
© 2005 Child Care Information Exchange - All Rights Reserved | Contact Us | Return to Site