Children's Magazines

Babybug
The Cricket Magazine Group,
P.O. Box 7437,
Red Oak, IA 51591-2437

(http://www.cricketmag.com/)

Board-book magazine with illustrated rhymes and stories for parents to read with children ages 6 months to 2 years.

Sesame Street Magazine,
Children's Television Workshop,
One Lincoln Plaza,
New York, NY 10023

(www.sesameworkshop.org or http://www.sesameworkshop.org/aboutus/newsletter/register_new.php)

Sesame Street characters are featured in stories, poems, puzzles, posters and more. (Ages 2 to 6 years)

Your Big Back Yard,
National Wildlife Federation,
8925 Leesburg Pike,
Vienna, VA 22184

(http://www.nwf.org/kidzone/kzPage.cfm?siteId=2)

Includes stories, poems, riddles, and games, with color pictures of animals. Simple text designed to encourage early reading. (Ages 3 to 6 years)

Computer Programs

Living Books: Interactive Animated Stories
(Ages 3­7)

These programs provide a place for children to hear a story, read along with the narrator, or read by themselves. They also can interact with characters and objects and play games that teach the alphabet, simple words, rhyming, and other reading skills. Each program also comes with the matching book. Some examples of titles:

• Just Grandma and Me
• The Cat and the Hat
• Arthur's Birthday
• Dr. Seuss's ABC

Many include versions in Spanish, French, and German along with the English text.

For more information, contact:

Broderbund Software, Inc.
500 Redwood Boulevard
P. O. Box 6121
Novato, CA 94948-6121

Toll Free: 1-800-567-2610
www.broderbund.com

Bailey's Book House (Ages 2­5)

Young Children and the Internet: Places To Learn and Play

Arthur:
http://pbskids.org/arthur/

Barney:
www.hitentertainment.com/barney/index.html

Disney:
http://www.disney.com

Dr. Seuss's Seussville:
http://www.seussville.com/university/

PBS Homepage:
http://pbskids.org/

Sesame Street Workshop:
www.sesameworkshop.org

Alex's Scribbles:
http://www.scribbles.com.au/max/

Smithsonian Institution-National Zoo:
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/

Story Hour: The Internet Public Library:
http://www.ipl.org/kidspace/storyhour/

Kids on the Web (for all ages):
http://www.zen.org/~brendan/kids.html