Family    &    Consumer    Sciences    Web    Links

Compiled by Mrs. Toni Farides, MSLS, MSSpEd
Bloomsburg Area School District FCS Teacher

Family and Consumer Sciences Links

Aging Awareness for Kids: Walk in My Shoes -Learn about Senior Citizens.

Ask.com: Search Engine for Kids. Do research in the form of a question like the Jeopardy game.

Aunt Annie: has craft demonstrations and homemade games.

Baby Care: has information on child development, health and child safety, and infant skin care.

Babysitter's Manual: how to get a babysitting job, what to find out before parents leave, baby and toddler care.

Bernina: has information on sergers, embroidery machines, and sewing notions.

Business of Babysitting: Start your own babysitting business. What you need to know about children. Make your own babysitting flyer online.

Child and Family Web Guide:Tufts University-Family Issues.

Consumer Information Center: Government pamphlets on children, health, food and housing. Alerts on scams, frauds and recalls.

Consumer Product Safety Commission: Games Section: Kidd-Safety Adventures. Find out which products are unsafe and report products to CPSC. Recall list indexed by product, manufacturuer or year.

Family and Consumer Science Resources Online:Web sites for FCS Professionals.

Family Go Page: Family Topics.

Family World: has more than 40 parenting publications contribute to this online magazine. Family World includes activities for children, parenting tips, play group ideas and travel tips.

FCSnet: Networking web site for FCS teachers.

Fiberworld Classroom: Textile encyclopedia.

Fighting Lessons: Out on A Limb - A Guide to Getting Along.

Fire Prevention: Sparky's home checklist.

Fire Safety: how to prevent home fires.

4-H: what's new with 4-H clubs in Pa

4-H Info for Leaders: curriculum, audio-visuals, events, evaluations.

Free Sew: is a listing of free sample sewing supplies, pattern instructions and catalogs.

Hall of Home Economics: Professional Resources.

History of Home Economics: Home Economics has been the bridge between the sciences and the home. Meet pioneers of this field.

Integrating the Internet Into the Home and Skills Classroom: Middle school level FCS resources Albert Leonard Middle School and PACE University, NY.

James V. Brown Library: has search engines, periodicals, children's literature and homework help.

Jumpstart: Financial Smarts for Kids. Can you live on your future income? Find out here.

Kids Com: Just for Fun section has games. Visit Burgertown and stop by the Health Club, Drive-Thu Diner and Nutrition Station. Parenting issues. Section for Educators.

KidsHealth: Games, easy recipes for young chefs, KidsOnly Closet, get answers to questions that you're too embarrassed to talk about: food, sex, sports, school.

Kidsource: has education links, sections on newborns, toddlers, children, health, recreation, and advice to parents.

Laundry Basics: Guide to getting your clothes clean and stain-free.

Main Quilting Page: has quilt techniques, supplies, teachers, and upcoming quilt shows.

Money Games: Kids, play with money on the net! Activity Book for teachers.

Needlework: project ideas, patterns for embroidery and quilts, photographs of current projects, and resources.

Positive Parenting: has advice in handling difficult situations with children, newsletter, chat forums, and related links.

Practical Money Skills for Life: Kids: go to the student's section to increase the money in your pocket. Parents: Here's how to share your money savvy with your children.

Quilt Designs: American Patchwork Quilt Designs.

Risk Watch Web Site: Safety Topics.

Sew Young, Sew Fun: Sewing Information for Teens: free quick and easy sewing projects, SYSF TV program.

ShareFair:See photos of 2001 student projects.

Simplicity Patterns:see what's new for the spring.

Test Answers: Level One- Food Preparation Study Guide.

Yahooligans:games, nutrition info, food science experiments.

FOODS & NUTRITION


American Dietetic Association: Daily Health tips, Rate your Plate Nutrition Quiz.

American Heart Association: Family Health, Nutrition information, section for children, exercise, kid's cookbook features a gingersnap recipe.

Baking With Kids: Easy to make treats for the whole family to make and enjoy. FCS Extra Credit

Best Foods: Send a cybersnack @Skippy Peanut Butter, visit Hellamn's, Karo, Mazola, Rit, and Mueller's .

Breadworld: Bread recipes, baking terms, bread machines.

Cheese:Cheez info from the Am. Dairy Association, recipes, featured chef, cheese bytes.

Chicken Recipes-The Tyson Page: recipes, chicken menus.

Chocolate:Kidztown games, chocolate recipes, plant tour and consumer information.

Copykat recipes: Restaurant Favorites to make at home.

Epicurious Recipes: Kid-Friendly Recipes, featured slideshows and cooking videos.

Family Food Zone: How to grow a healthy child. Features healthy idea of the day, meals in a hurry, kid's cooking and family fun section.

Family-Go Page-Kids & Food: Easy kid's recipes and after school snacks.

Fast Food: Compare calories, fats, sodium and cholesterol of your favorite eating spot.

Fast Food Nutrition: Compare the fat, calories, sodium and cholesterol of your favorite fast food.

Food Allergies: Managing Food Allergy in Schools, featured recipes and special allergy alerts.

Food Postcards: E-mail a treat to your friends.

Food Safety: US Dept. of Agriculture Food Safety Tips.

Food Television: Recipes of the media chefs.

Food Timeline: The history of food. Great ideas for school reports and speeches.

Good Housekeeping Recipe Finder: Find recipes fast with the indexed recipes and throw away those boxes of GH Magazines.

Gourmet Spot: Featured Recipes, Tips for preparing food, Food Trivia and Contests.

Healthy Fridge: Heart disease, recipes, grocery shopping hints, nutrition, take the Fat IQ quiz.

HealthFinder: hot topics, eating disorders, ideas for school reports.

Kid's Food Cyber Club: Games, recipes.

King Arthur Flour web site: baking tips, recipes.

Kitchen Link: Menus, recipes, cooking links.

Kraft Foods: Food and Family Featured Recipes, movie night party ideas, health and wellness section and nutrition information.

Learn to Set a Table: help with meals-set the table!.

Nutrition Cafe: Games: nutrition sleuth, grab-a-grape and have-a-bite cafe.

Nutrition Profile: Cyberdiet- How are your eating habits?.

Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes: spud info, recipes.

Pie Page: Make a perfect pie crust, bake your favorite pie tonight.

Popcorn: Games (need shockwave), recipes, nutrition.

Sports & Nutrition: The Winning Connection: What should an athlete eat?

Sunkist Growers page: Learning is Fun: Gameland, Teacher's Corner, The Lab and What?-How?.

Taste of Home: Recipes, menu ideas.

Team Nutrition:Recipes and menus, Food Safety, Feature of the Month and Chef's Connection.

Tufts Nutrition Navigator: Family nutrition, hot topics, section for teachers and special dietary needs.

Twinkies: Games, junk food recipes.

VegWeb page: On-line Vegetarian Resource Guide, Recipe of the Week, Veggie Poetry, Recipe Exchange.

Yum Yum Cookbook: 20,000 recipes.

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Started: December 27, 1997
Revised: March 14, 2007
Please let me know of any "dead" links from the above list.
WebMaster: tfarides@bloomsd.k12.pa.us