Resources for Teachers and Caregivers

American Library Association's Booklist Magazine
Reviews of the latest books and electronic media.

Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children
Recommended titles of children's books in Spanish and about Latinos in English.

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
This literature site contains reviews of great books for kids, in addition to ways to use the books in the classroom.

Minnesota Humanities Commission
Reading with Dad booklist of quality children's picture books featuring fathers.

Reading is Fundamental Reading Planet
Check out the Literacy Lounge for information about choosing good books for children of all ages.

A to Z Kids Stuff
Activities for toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children.

The Activity Idea Place
Lesson plans and curriculum ideas for preschool and toddler teachers including theme-based art, math, science, games, songs, dramatic play and more.

Early Childhood Education and Activity Resources Idea Box
Check out the idea of the day, fun activities & games, music, recipes, crafts, message board and newsletters for teachers and parents.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
More than 30 federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of federal supported teaching and learning resources easier to find.

First-School Preschool Activities and Crafts
Features fun preschool lesson plans, crafts, activities, calendar of events, and other resources for children of preschool age.

Hummingbird Educational Resources
Over 1000 lesson plan ideas, links to teacher friendly resources, and a catalog of materials available for purchase.

The Learning Page
A huge collection of professionally produced instructional material for you to download and print. Lesson plans, books, worksheets and much more can be found on the site.

The Lesson Plans Page
Over 1,500 free lesson plans for pre-K through grade 12 teachers.

Perpetual Preschool
Free themes, tips, resources, and learning center ideas for parents and educators of young children.

The Real Mother Goose
The Real Mother Goose is one of the largest collections of rhymes for children.

Resources for Child Care and Early Childhood Education
Curriculum themes, listservs, links, recipes, and ample forms for early childhood professionals.

Sites for Teachers
Search over 700 sites designed just for teachers and early childhood professionals.

Songs 4 Teachers
Music resources for the nonmusical person, more than 125 free songs and poems to download.

Minnesota Department of Human Services
Frequently asked questions and information for family and group family child care.

Minnesota's Regulating for Health and Safety in Child Care
Chapter 9502 and 9503 licensing requirements for day care facilities and child care centers.

National Association for Family Child Care
Find out about NAFCC's Accreditation process, criteria, application, and resources for Accreditation.

The Child Care Nutrition Resource System
Recipes, resources and information on preparing nutritious meals for child care providers who participate in USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program.

National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, HRSA, NRC's primary mission is to promote health and safety in out-of-home child care settings throughout the nation.

Healthy Child Care
Health and safety ideas for the young child.

The ABC's of Safe and Healthy Child Care
The Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) has written this handbook to help the child care provider reduce sickness and other health problems in your child care facility.

Minnesota Department of Health
Resources for health and safety in child care.

National Safe Kids Campaign
Promoting child safety to prevent unintentional injury.

Center for the Child Care Workforce
The Center for the Child Care Workforce's mission is to improve the quality of child care services by upgrading the wages, benefits, training opportunities and working conditions for child care teachers.

Minnesota Licensed Family Child Care Association
The MLFCCA's mission is to support the highest standard of care for children in licensed family child care homes thorough education, resources, recognition, and advocacy; while acknowledging the diversity of licensed family child care providers.

National Association for the Education of Young Children
The NAEYC is the nation's largest and most influential organizations of early childhood educators.

National Association for Family Child Care
The National Association for Family Child Care is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality child care by strengthening the profession of family child care.

National Child Care Association
The mission of the National Child Care Association is to promote the growth and and safeguard the interest of quality childhood care and education focusing on licensed, private providers of these services.

CARE Courses
Home study courses for childcare, training to help daycare providers get CDA, CCP, or annual clock hours.

Child Care Aware
Use the Child Care Connector to find your local Child Care Resource and Referral agency.

Council for Professional Recognition
The Council's mission is to increase the status and recognition of professionals who care for children.

Minnesota Child Care Resource and Referral Network
The MCCRRN provides statewide leadership in shaping collaborations that build a diverse, high quality child care system.

Minnesota Child Care Training Registry
Search for training opportunities for early childhood and school age providers.

Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning
Find out more about Minnesota child care assistance, development programs, grants and more.

Minnesota State University - Moorhead
Information about the Elementary and Early Childhood Education programs in undergraduate and graduate studies.

North Dakota State University
Information about Child Development and Family Science department's undergraduate and graduate programs and career options.

Red Leaf National Institute
The national center for the business of family child care.

American Library Association
A book list with easy-to-do tips developed by members of the Association for Library Service to Children.

Children's Literacy Initiative
Helping teachers deliver effective literacy instruction.

Minnesota Storytime
MINNESOTA STORYTIME is a collection of reading guides of Minnesota children's picture books. This program is a collaboration of the Minnesota Humanities Commission and the Minnesota Library Association.

National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
Reading research resources and contact information.

Reading Rockets
Learn how to launch young readers.

Ready Web
Ready Web is an electronic collection of resources for parents and educators on school readiness.

CYFC - Children Youth & Family Consortium
A wide range of information and resources about children and families.

National Child Care Information Center
The National Child Care Information Center is a national resource, working to ensure that all children and families have access to comprehensive services.

National Network for Child Care
Learn from articles, resources & newsletter, share your ideas on the KidCare e-mail forum, and explore child care resources by state.

Zero to Three
The nation's leading resource on the first years of life.

Assignment Alert
Teachers, help the Library help your students by telling us about your assignments.

Children's Materials
Visit your local branch library to see a wonderfull collection of children's materials, including books, magazines, DVDs, books on tape, VHS movies, and more.

Discover Your Library Children's Story Time Kits
Children's Story Time Kits are filled with videos, books, puppets, cassettes and designed to meet a variety of reading levels.

Back to School Resources
Take a look at the "Back to School" resources, which include handouts and a PowerPoint presentation for teachers and media specialists.

Online Databases
Take a look at our long list of informative online databases.

Storytime Sessions
View the location and times for Storytime around the region.

Tours - Branch Contacts
Introduce your class to your local library's resources. Call your local branch librarian to make arrangements.