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Child Development: Normal Stages of Human Development: Birth to Five Years
This resource provides a table with information on human physical, emotional, and social development from birth to age five.
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Lego Foundation: The Role of Play in Children's Development
This article reviews research that has been conducted in relation to the five types of play, namely physical play, play with objects, symbolic/semiotic play, pretend play, and games with rules.
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Teenage Growth and Development: 11 14
During the ages of 11 to 14, children begin a sequence of changes that produces significant emotional and physical changes. This article outlines some of those changes and how parents can support these developments.
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Children of Recent Immigrants: Nat'l & Regional Trends
An analysis, published in December 2004, of recent national and regional trends regarding children of new immigrants. Explains the barriers that these children face regarding their academic, social, and physical development. Essential...
Public Health Agency of Canada
Public Health Agency of Canada: Family Guide to Physical Activity for Youth (10 14 Years of Age)
The Public Healthy Agency of Canada provides parents, caregivers and guardians of youth ages ten through fourteen with a resource guide to help them instill the importance of being active, having fun and how this will lead to health...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Nutrition Tips for Grown Ups
Learn tips to foster healthy behavior in children, in this guide from Arthur: "D.W. the Picky Eater."
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Pbs Learning Media: Nutrition Background Information
Teach children about nutrition with this guide from Arthur: "D.W. the Picky Eater."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids: Fetch Fone: Just a Minute Digital Game
Children will learn measurement and the measureable attributes for time in this interactive game from FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman. Ruff sometimes needs his assistant to do silly things. They have one minute to do things like spin around in...
NASA
Nasa: Aerial Photography: The Adventures of Amelia the Pigeon
An animated adventure story, developed by NASA, that helps children understand earth science concepts by using satellite photography and other types of aerial photographs to identify physical features on the surface of the earth. Teaches...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Runaway Teaching Guide [Pdf]
In Runaway, a novel by Becky Citra, a boy must make some difficult decisions about whether to help another boy that he has seen steal but who is also being physically abused. The story is set in the 1830s in Upper Canada. This teacher's...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Wake Up World
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore the lives of children from different countries around the world through the exciting photo stories. Particularly good is Wake up World.
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Playground Games
This site hosts a series of descriptions for playground activities from around the world. The author wants to contribute to the social and emotional well-being of pupils through its resources on teaching children how to play.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Changing States
[Free Registration/Login Required] Through this unit children consolidate their ideas about changes of state which can be reversed. They use their understanding to explain a range of familiar phenomena.
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: Something Girl Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This is a teacher's guide for the book Something Girl by Beth Goobie, The character Sophie is physically abused by her father. When she ends up in the hospital, the truth emerges and Sophie is sent to a group home. There, she can feel...