MNParentsKnow Website expands
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MNPARENTSKNOW WEBSITE EXPANDS
~Trusted parent Website now offers information for parents with children from birth through age five~
Roseville – The Minnesota Department of Education today announced that the MNParentsKnow.info Website has been expanded to include research-based information for parents of children from birth through age five.
“I’m pleased that the Minnesota ParentsKnow Website now offers parenting information to an increasing number of Minnesota parents,” said Education Commissioner Alice Seagren. “The expansion of Minnesota ParentsKnow supports Minnesota’s continued commitment to supporting parents as their child's first and most important teacher.”
In May 2007, the Minnesota Department of Education and its partners launched the Minnesota ParentsKnow Website, which offers Minnesota parents a convenient source for trusted knowledge on their child’s health, learning, development and safety. The information added today for ages one through five is in addition to the infant information already available on the Website. Ultimately, the Department plans to include information through grade 12.
MNParentsKnow.info is hosted by the Minnesota Department of Education and was developed as part of the Educate Parents Partnership, an early childhood initiative of Governor Tim Pawlenty funded by the 2006 Legislature. The Website was developed by the Department of Education in collaboration with the Department of Health, Department of Human Services and many other public and private organizations.
MNParentsKnow.info now offers:
A-Z Parenting Topics – includes consumer safety information, health, child development and learning information in various formats such as interactive tools, video, audio and printable materials.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Video Glossary – links to the first-of-its kind Web-based video glossary designed to help parents better understand the terms they may hear used in association with ASD. The ASD Video Glossary was developed by Autism Speaks, First Signs and Florida State University's FIRST WORDS Project.
The Baby Express - a free email newsletter for parents of newborns to 12 months of age that focuses on child development information based on research from the University of Minnesota.
Current topics - new information on a variety of subjects including lead and toy safety and cough and cold medicines.
Developmental Milestones – reflecting typical child development and tips parents can use to support their child’s development.
Everyday Parent to Parent – moderated discussion board in which parents can share their ideas about child development issues and strategies.
Find a Program - an interactive search tool for Minnesota’s publicly funded early childhood programs organized by county. This section includes a link to the child care search on the Minnesota Child Care Resource and Referral Network Website.
Media Library – includes nearly 100 short educational video and audio segments, many in languages other than English. Now including podcasts of research-based information on child development, learning and health and parenting topics from the Frank Porter Graham Center at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Smart Searching – Smart Searching - tips for successful Web searching developed in partnership with Tufts University, designed to help parents evaluate the trustworthiness of Web search results.
WebGuide – a customized Google search for parent and child health and development topics, which provides search results to sites rated as high quality by child development experts at Tufts University.
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