Family Child Care Services - Ventura, CA
Our Favorite Websites
We have listed our own favorite kids links as well as helpful links for parents. We have also included links to pages where we get activity ideas so that you can do them at home. If you know of any interesting sites that can be added to our list, please share them with us.
Sites for Kids
Educational, fun and entertaining websites that kids can play at home.
ABC Mouse
ABCmouse.com helps kids learn to read through phonics, and teaches lessons in math, social studies, art, music, and much more. For kids age 2 to 6.
Disney Junior
Play games with your pre-schoolers favorite characters like Mickey, Little Eonsten, Winnie the Pooh, Handy Manny, Lightning McQueen, Buzz Lightyear, your favorite Disney princesses and more! Have fun playing games, listen to music, print and color their pages, make your own Disney scene, get great crafts ideas and more!
Starfall
Starfall teaches children to read with phonics. Their systematic approach, in conjunction with audiovisual interactivity, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL). Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children.
Kids National Geographic
This site has a variety of games, creative activities, true stories of adventure and discovery, and videos of wildlife and cool places from around the world.
Planet Pals Friends for Earth
Join the Planetpals to learn all about our planet, weather, and ways you can recycle and conserve the earth's resources. You'll also find sections with crafts you can make, games, coloring pages, and lots of other fun stuff. Like the Planetpals say, "a friend for earth is a friend for life!"
Prongo
In the mood for a fun collection of games that might just teach you something at the same time? Practice your math skills in games like Lemonade Larry and Batter's Up Baseball, or relax with a game of checkers, connect the dots, or a word or maze game.
Sesame Workshop
Meet your favorite Sesame Street friends, create your own stories, play online games plus a whole lot more at this official Sesame Street web site.
Squigly's Playhouse
You'll find an outstanding collection of craft ideas and fun activities, recipes, educational activities and more at this great site.
Sites For Parents
Resourceful sites, advice, as well as sites to give parent's activity ideas.
Babycenter
An absolutely wonderful website whether you are have just started trying to conceive, are a new parent, or are a veteran when it comes to kids. Lot's of great information about pre-conception, birthing plans, baby milestone tracking, toddler years, pre-schoolers etc. all the way up to age nine.
Posted January 21, 2010 at 4:28 PM
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Learn about Bill Nye the Science Guy and his show, choose from 40 'Home Demos' you can try, watch video clips, and more.
Posted January 22, 2010 at 7:02 AM
Pampers Village
The official Pampers site. Provides articles, expert advice, tips, activity ideas, news and you can sign up (my favorite feature) for coupons and special promotions.
Posted January 22, 2010 at 5:48 AM
PBS Parents
We like this site because it has something for everyone. You'll find great activity ideas here like Grocery Store Bingo! It also has information about the PBS shows (we sometimes watch these) and insight on important issues.
Posted January 21, 2010 at 7:13 PM
Community Resources
Helpful agencies when families are in need. Whether it's your own family or a family you know, we want to share these valuable help-lines with eveyone.
Child Development Resources
https://www.childdevelopmentresources.org/
Child Development Resources (CDR) is a private, non-profit corporation. They help administer the Child Care Resource & Referral Program, Subsidized Child Care Services, and Head Start and Early Head Start and State Preschool Programs in Ventura County
Posted January 21, 2010 at 7:03 AM
Department of Social Services - Child Care Licensing
Information about child care licensing, regulations, filing a complaint, reviewing a facility file and more.
Posted February 22, 2013 at 4:20 PM
First 5 of Ventura County
"Early brain research tells us that ages 0-5 are critical years for developing lifelong social, emotional and learning skills. By working with parents, school districts, community leaders, social service and healthcare agencies, First 5 Ventura County helps to design and fund a network of essential services for young children and their families."
Posted January 21, 2010 at 6:49 AM
Human Services Agency - Ventura County
www.ventura.org/human-services-agency/human-services-agency
The central resource for public services for individuals and families who need assistance with basic necessities, such as food stamps, Medi-cal, CalWorks and cash aid.
Posted January 21, 2010 at 6:58 AM
The Provider's Favorite Sites
A list of websites often used by the daycare.
Early Childhood Investigations Webinars
www.earlychildhoodwebinars.com... (more)
An ongoing series of free webinars for early childhood educators presented by many of the leaders and experts in the field of early care and education. The webinars explore critical topics that offer new ideas and insights to early childhood professionals, especially administrators.
Posted January 22, 2010 at 5:57 AM
Local Planning Council of Ventura County
The mission of the Local Planning Council (LPC) is to actively plan for quality child care based upon the needs of children, families and early care and education professionals.
Posted January 11, 2017 at 6:15 PM
California Early Childhood Online
https://www.caearlychildhoodonline.org/login.aspx
To support early childhood teachers, the California Early Learning and Development System provides an integrated set of resources based on state- of-the-art information for early learning and development and best practices in early education.
Posted January 22, 2010 at 6:01 AM
ProviderWatch
A consumer-reporting agency exclusively for childcare providers.
Posted January 30, 2010 at 8:14 AM
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
csefel.vanderbilt.edu/index.html
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. CSEFEL is a national resource center funded by the Office of Head Start and Child Care Bureau for disseminating research and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs across the country.
Posted January 11, 2017 at 6:25 PM
Websites Used for Curriculum
Many of the activities and lesson plan ideas used in the daycare's curriculum come from these websites. Many are modified and simplified to suit the younger children and to keep them safe for all ages.
abcteach
Find over 5,000 pages and worksheets you can print for your child. Subject matter ranges from grammar, handwriting and flashcards, to crossword and number puzzles. (plus a whole lot more!)
Posted January 22, 2010 at 5:41 AM
Awesome Library Lessons
www.awesomelibrary.org/teacher.html
Subjects include astronomy, math, history, science, social studies, language arts, and more.
Posted January 22, 2010 at 6:04 AM
idzone - Itsy Bitsy Books
www.kidzone.ws/kindergarten/learning-letters/books.htm
Learning Beginning Letter Sounds with Itsy Bitsy Books. These printable books provide letter recognition, phonics, reading and printing practice.
Posted January 21, 2010 at 4:23 PM
Childfun
Lot's of ideas for fun kids activities and crafts. I especially like all of the seasonal activities they have. We get a lot of ideas from here.
Posted January 21, 2010 at 5:58 PM
Crafts for Kids
www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/
These interesting step-by-step projects are for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school children and use materials found around the house.
Posted January 22, 2010 at 5:14 AM
Everything Preschool
At Everything Preschool they have a philosophy that revolves around the concept that children learn through doing. This site has more than 30,000 preschool educational activities.
Posted January 21, 2010 at 6:01 PM
First-School Preschool Activities and Crafts
Fun educational early childhood activities, printable crafts, worksheets, and other resources for children ages 2 to 6.
Posted January 22, 2010 at 7:32 AM
Math.com
Math.com offers a lot for everyone. Students can find homework help, puzzles, online calculators, and more. Teachers can take advantage of lesson plans, classroom resources, and career resources... there's even a section for parents with lots of helpful information.
Posted January 22, 2010 at 6:06 AM
Teacher.Net
Lesson bank offers over 1000 free lesson plan and teacher projects. Includes teaching tools, teacher job listings, and chatrooms.
Posted January 22, 2010 at 6:06 AM
Education.com
Math and reading guided lessons, learning resources, worksheets, games, workbooks activities, lesson plans, exercises, songs and stories.
Posted January 12, 2017 at 2:54 PM
Pre-K Pages
Inspiration for dramatic play, learning centers, lesson plans and teaching tips.
Posted January 12, 2017 at 3:05 PM
Preschool Plan It
Lesson plans, themes, transitions, circle time planning, bad weather lesson plans, bible themes.
Posted January 12, 2017 at 3:20 PM
ABC Jesus Loves Me
https://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/
Religious based toddler and preschool curriculum through play.
Posted January 12, 2017 at 3:24 PM