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• Patient Education Program Series of articles help children and their families understand basic medical conditions, test, and procedures. Also includes a guide to home care and a wellness guide. From the Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati.
  
• InteliHealth: Visiting a Pediatrician Printable coloring book, available in .gif and .pdf formats, helps prepare children for a visit to the doctor.
  
• Flossie's Smile and Tooth Fairy Clip Art Dental-related graphics and animations for use in school reports and non-commercial web pages.
  
• I Did It- You Can Too Stories written by kids about different illnesses they have, different procedures they have gone to, and a section where you can submit your own stories.
  
• Youthealth Games, interactive activities, and facts about body parts, systems, diseases, first aid, and resources.
  
• The Bug Stops Here Explores home hygiene, bacteria, viruses, and germs. Includes an interactive area with games.
  
• Health in the 17th Century National Maritime Museum fact file answers common questions about hygiene and medicine in the 1600s.
  
• Kid's Aid Site for and by kids for grief support and peer support. Stories, poems, artwork, and an online support group.
  
• Archives of sickkids@maelstrom.stjohns.edu An e-mail list where young people with serious illnesses can exchange messages. Requires subscription to access.
  
• BBC - Kid's Health Teaches kids wanting to know how their body works and why, plus tips on improving their well-being.
  
• The Heart An online exploration of the heart for kids.
  
• Taking a Pulse Step by step instruction for taking a pulse. For kids ages 8-10.
  
• ADHA - Kid's Stuff Gives children valuable oral health information, answers to common questions about their teeth, and some fun online games by The American Dental Hygienists' Association.
  
• BrainPOP - Health All about the human body and how it works. Includes sections on all ten body systems.
  
• International Dyslexia Association Kids Only Learn the basic facts about dyslexia and get homework tips, advice on issues you have to deal with, games, frequently asked questions, and share your poems and ideas.
  
• PediHeart Kid Zone Learn about the heart, explore a few of the common congenital heart conditions and ask us your heart related questions.
  
• Dental Health Month 2001 Crest explains how brushing, flossing, healthy eating, and regular dental visits help protect teeth.
  
• Crest Toothpaste's Sparkle-City Crest characters encourage kids to brush their teeth through sing-alongs, games, and adventure stories.
  
• AboutHealth.com An interactive web site for young people. Read true stories, from peers about handling the challenges of growing up.
  
• TheAppleADay A website for children who want to learn about a healthy lifestyle. Deals with aspects of physical and emotional health, sports, exercise, nutrition and relaxation.
  
• Health Windows Jr. Information on health, wellness, science and the environment. Includes a homework help section.
  
• KidsHealth.org Discover how the body works and what can make the body sick by reading through these expert articles written just for kids.
  
• National Smile Week--2nd Week of August It takes 43 muscles to frown, but only 17 muscles to smile. That makes it 2.5 times easier to smile. California dental group remind patients to floss, brush at least twice a day, and smile.