Parenting Help

Help Your Child Prepare for the Transition to Kindergarten

LearnAlberta.ca
Supports lifelong learning by providing quality online resources to the Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-12) community in Alberta.

Starting School
This new resource from People for Education has information for parents with children starting kindergarten and grade 1. It is available in 10 languages, including English.

Invest in Kids
The Invest in Kids site is geared towards promoting the healthy development of children aged zero to five. It has links to research done on this subject, public education and awareness and training. If you want to learn how to bring out the best in your children, log on to this site.

Parenting Stages
This site brings great parenting content, articles and tools that help parents grow with their children.

Child Development Institute
A wealth of information for Parents on Child Development, Parenting, Child Psychology, Teenagers, Health, etc.

Parent Soup
This site is packed with parental guidance from experts. It offers many opportunities to connect and learn from other parents via chat rooms and online communities. A search tool is also available to search for important articles related to raising children.

Family Village
This is an excellent resource for information on children with communications and learning disorders.

Parents' Toolbox
Even if you don't need help getting to Sesame Street, this incredibly useful collection of online "index cards" covers a lot of parenting territory, from a review of development milestones to behaviour and discipline tips and "Everything Parents Should Know About Kids and E-mail".

Tools for Coping with Life's Stressors
Aimed at parents, this "Tools for Coping Series" offers online manuals for coping for a variety of life stressors, as well as early identification and intervention tools. A wealth of educational content is also available on this site.

misUnderstood Minds
misUnderstood Minds is an informative site on learning differences and disabilities and is a great resource for both parents and teachers.