By director Ali Spickler

Simcha Director's Reports keep you up-to-date with what's happening at school.

Parent Tips

Supporting Children Through Separation Transitions

What Do I Do About My Child's Crying/Whining?

NEW!! Recipes

Homemade Playdough

Simcha in the Press

Pre-K Is A Great Head-Start!

Encouraging Literacy in Young Children and The Reading Family

http://www.aap.org/parents.html

American Academy of Pediatrics; the Parent page

http://www.babycenter.com

Baby Center Immunization Scheduler; provides a personalized immunization schedule based on your child's date of birth

http://kidshealth.org/parent/

KidsHealth.org

http://www.childbirth.org/

Pregnancy and Childbirth Information

http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/

Keep Kids Healthy offers parenting and health advice for children and lots of links to other parenting websites.

http://expertpediatrician.com/

Child health and parenting advice

http://www.forparentsonly.com/

The Specialized search engine connecting parents and information

http://www.parentleaders.org/

Parents Leadership Institute - lots of useful article on parenting issues!

http://www.babycenter.com/

BabyCenter

http://www.parentcenter.com/

ParentCenter

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/

A great article in the Sentinel about Sign Language and young children

http://thekidslist.com/

Kids List - a variety of parenting articles

http://www.bjela.org/

Bureau of Jewish Education; we are accredited through this organization

http://www.jewfaq.org/

Judaism 101; great site for information on Jewish life, celebrations, tradition, Yiddish and Hebrew, etc.

http://www.tbeaptos.org/

Temple Beth El Web site

http://www.torahtots.com/home.htm

Torah Tots

http://www.santacruzkids.com/

Activities for Santa Cruz Kids

http://www.hknot.com/bab/

Bay Area Backroads - Nature trails in the Santa Cruz Mountains

http://www.growing-up.com/

Growing Up in Santa Cruz

http://www.guppygeartogo.com/

Local kid-gear rental

http://www.santacruzca.org/

Local events listings from the Santa Cruz Events Council

http://www.bayareakidfun.com/

Bay Area Kid Fun - things to do in the San Francisco Bay Area with kids

https://catalog.santacruzpl.org/

Santa Cruz Public Libraries [click here for a list of their branch events for kids]

http://www.makingbooks.com/

Making Books with Children

http://www.classicsforkids.com/

Classical music website for kids

http://www.scitoys.com/

Science toys you can make with your kids

http://familycrafts.about.com/

About.com Family Crafts page

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/

The yuckiest site on the internet!

http://www.nwf.org/kidzone/

Backyard Buddies page from the National Wildlife Federation - crafts and animal information

http://www.ifyoulovetoread.com/

How to do cat's cradle, written by a kid

http://www.kidscorner.org/

If you're sick of Raffi and Barney, learn about great kids' music from a well-known radio host. Some of her suggestions are truly inspired. Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda

http://www.rif.org/parents/goodbooks/

Reading is Fundamental Good Books List

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

The Children's Literature Web Guide

http://en.wikipedia.org/

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://ccld.ca.gov/

California Dept of Social Services, Community Care Licensing; through which we are licensed

http://www.first5scc.org/

Santa Cruz County First 5 Initiative; Child and family advocacy and referral site

http://www.naeyc.org/

National Association for the Education of Young Children; through which we are accredited

http://www.santacruz.k12.ca.us/

Santa Cruz County Office of Education

http://santacruzkids.com/

Santa Cruz area daycares, preschools and summer programs; a referral list

http://www.growing-up.com/

Growing Up in Santa Cruz summer program guide

http://www.communitymusicschool.org/

Community Music School - referrals for private musical instruction

http://www.musicalme.com/

Music Together - music program for preschoolers

http://escrip.com/

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http://www.cafepress.com/simchakids

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