Cognitive Development: Sites to Visit
Children's Decision Making: Interactive Storybook Reading
Theodore Tugboat is a popular television series for young children.
There are also Theodore Tugboat books, tapes, collectables and more.
Visit this site to read an interactive Theodore Tugboat story. As you read
each page, you make a choice as to how to continue the story. What choices
did you make while reading the story? Why? Read the story with a child.
Ask the child about his or her choices as you read. How do the child's
choices differ from yours? 1 2 3
TIPS - An Artificial Intelligence Program That Talks to You
TIPS is an artificial intelligence program that "speaks" English.
TIPS is maintained by Communications Canada. Try having a conversation
with TIPS. Is TIPS a good communicator? What is it about our speech that
makes is "conversation?" 1 2 3
Some other interesting sites you may want to check out...
Canadian Parents On-Line
This is a large site with lots of interesting information for parents,
discussion groups, chat rooms, on-line shopping and more. It has Canadian
content as well!
Interactive Pregnancy Calendar
This site provides information about conception and pregnancy. You
can enter a date of conception and see how the embryo/fetus develops day-by-day.
Not for the faint of heart!
Internet Sleuthing Game
This is an interactive detective game for children developed by the
Association for the Promotion and Advancement of Science Education (APASE),
Vancouver, B.C. It is also fun for adults.
Phonetics
This WWW Exploratorium site shows how vowel sounds are produced by
the physical system.
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