Links to online resources
Play
www.aap.org - The American Academy of Pediatrics lists several good resources on selecting safe, appropriate toys; search for toys.
www.cpsc.gov - The Consumer Product Safety Commission advises about toy selection and provides safety alerts about products on the market.
www.csuchico.edu/phed/tasp - The Association for the Study of Play holds an annual conference and publishes the Annual Volume of Play and Culture Studies.
www.lekotek.org - The National Lekotek Center makes play accessible to children with disabilities. Play and learning centers for children and families are located throughout the country.
www.lionlamb.org - The Lion and Lamb Project works to stop the marketing of violence to children through guides, training, and advocacy.
www.ncsu.edu/ipa/index.html - The International Association for the Child's Right to Play (IPA) offers its Declaration of the Child's Right to Play and publishes the quarterly newsletter PlayRights.
www.pbs.org/parents/issuesadvice/war/ - Talking to Kids about War and Violence (PBS Parents Website) helps adults answer chil-dren's questions about violence and respond to their feelings of stress in age-appropriate ways.
www.playingforkeeps.org - Playing for Keeps promotes healthy, constructive, nonviolent play for all children. Board members come from the toy industry and early childhood education.
www.truceteachers.org - Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment (TRUCE) prepares an annual Toy Action Guide and Media Violence and Children Action Guide for parents and teachers of young children.
www.zerotothree.org/ztt_parentAZ.html - The Zero to Three Website provides tips on play; in Parenting A-Z, click on P and scroll.
Code of Ethical Conduct
www.naeyc.org/resources/position_statements/pseth98.htm - The current NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
www.naeyc.org/members/default.asp - For NAEYC members. From this site, select Ethics in early Childhood Interest Forum to take part in the dialogue about the proposed addendum to the code.
Supporting Teachers, Strengthening Families
www.naeyc.org/resources/position_statements/pschab98.htm - For the NAEYC Position Statement on the Prevention of Child Abuse in Early Childhood Programs and the Responsibilities of Early Childhood Professionals to Prevent Child Abuse.
