Science Clubs for Girls: A Guide to Starting Your Own edited by Jennifer Davis-Kay; Helps adults who wish to start science clubs for girls in grades K 7. It discusses parental involvement, fund raising and well-planned recruitment strategies which can improve the quality of this after-school program model. Free online at: www.edc.org/GDI

Learning Seed
Learning Seed provides a catalog and web site listing educational videos and CD- ROMs. Subjects covered include: foods and nutrition; parenting and children; thinking skills; consumer education, marketing education, multi-cultural, house and interior design, careers and job skills, clothing and fabrics. Most videos are less than 30 minutes and cost about $89. Videos may be previewed.
Contact information: phone 1-800-634-4941 Fax 1-800-998-0854 www.learningseed.com

Michigan State University Extension Out-of-School Time
At this site you will find a list of resources for out-of-school time programming assembled by MSU 4-H and Family and Consumer Sciences specialists and agents. There are also useful links for out-of-school time programming..
http://www.msue.msu.edu/cyf/OST

Alexander, D. (2000). The learning that lies between play and academics in after-school programs. Wellesley, MA: National Institute on Out-of-School Time. Retrieved from http://www.wellesley.edu/WCS/CRW/SAC/

Hynes, K., O'Connor, S., & Chung , A. (1999). Literacy: Exploring strategies to enhance learning in after_school programs. Wellesley, MA: National Institute on Out-of-School Time. Retrieved from http://www.niost.org/

National Institute on Out-of-School Time. (2000). Spotlight on MOST: Exploring the concept of balanced programming in after-school. Wellesley, MA: Author. Retrieved from: http://www.wellesley.edu/WCW/CRW/SAC/

National Institute on Out-of-School Time. (2000). Tip sheets. Wellesley, MA: Author. Retrieved from http://www.wellesley.edu/WCW/CRW/SAC/tips-activities.html

The Character Education Task Force of the Programs Committee of NAE4HA has been working on compiling a list of character education materials developed by Extension professionals. The site is an alphabetical list of materials for a variety of ages and settings, by title. Each item on the list includes a brief description, target age, cost and directions for ordering. The list includes both juried materials and materials that have NOT completed that process. The list has been posted on the following web site: http://www.reeusda.gov/4h/curricul/character-edu.htm

The 4-H Cooperative Curriculum System is a resource for printed materials (over 150 curriculum products) to support youth development programs K-12. The web site is www.n4hccs.org

Publications from the Search Institute for Out of School Time:

Tag, You’re It! by Kathleen Kimball-Baker, offers 50 ways for older community members to connect with youth. It is a simplistic representation of the Search Institute’s asset-building concept to involve adults in the lives of youths, 137 pages. $7.95.
Contact information: www.search-institute.org

More Building Assets Together by Rebecca Grothe, details 130 activities the author has bound effective in helping youth realize and develop their own potential.
Contact information: www.search-institute.org

Web Sites for Out of School Programs: http://northeast.osu.edu/neurban/outofschool/websites.html
The sites at this link were reviewed and found suitable and also interesting to youth of various ages. These sites are useful for out-of-school time programs so that the available computers can be both fun and educational for the children. The appropriate age for each site is noted Not all aspects of every site have been reviewed. This is not an endorsement.

Sites were selected and annotated by:
Joseph H. Konen, District Specialist, Urban Programs, Ohio State University Extension, Northeast District
1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691-4096
Voice: 330-263-3831 Fax: 330-263-3667 email:konen.2@osu.edu

Web Sites for Out of School Time Programs -- Sites in Spanish: http://northeast.osu.edu/neurban/outofschool/spasites.html
(see description above) These are different sites that are in Spanish