Links
Listed below are links which you as a parent or guardian might find useful:
Government (City)
Government (County)
Government (State)
- Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
- Missouri Department of Social Services
- Missouri Department of Agriculture
- Missouri Department of Conservation: Runge Nature Center
Government (Federal)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- N.O.A.A. National Weather Service 7-day forcast for Jefferson City, Mo.
Schools
Early Childhood/Childcare
- UNICEF Early Childhood - What happens – or doesn’t happen – to children in the earliest years of their lives is of critical importance, both to their immediate well-being and to their future.
- Early Childhood Links - a directory of web sites for educating, entertaining, furnishing, outfitting, and parenting children.
- Choosing Child Care Service - Whether you are looking for a day care center or at-home care, choosing child care service requires doing your homework.
- How to Interview Daycare Providers - Communicating with a daycare provider before you hire him/or or enroll your child is very important.
- 5 Steps To Choosing Quality Child Care
Just for Fun!
- Alphabet Animals - teach your child the ABC's. Preschoolers will love this colorful animal picture ABC lesson.
- Count Us In - games designed to help children understand basic number concepts.
- Giraffian Alphabet - click on a letter at the top of the page and see it in capital and lower case. , includes pictures to help your child associate the letter with the word.
- Fisher Price - designed for infants, toddlers, or preschoolers activities to help them learn letters, numbers, colors and shapes - includes color pictures online and play a variety of fun games.
- Letter TV - click on a letter to hear the sound and see pictures. Upper and lower case letters. Coloring pages and songs.
- Jazzles - alphabet sing along songs for fun and learning.
- Ivy Coloring Page Search Engine - specialty search engine that searches the web only for printable and online coloring pages.
- Doodle - pick a color and draw a picture. Lets you post it online for others to see.
For a more detailed listing of kid friendly websites, visit Linkopedia.com!