Parents & Teachers

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GOING PLACES, DOING THINGS

         Visit Bath

• 4-H Maine
• Boothbay Railway Village
• Boothbay Sea & Science Center
• Chewonki Foundation
• Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine
• Coastal Children’s Museum
  Dedicated to providing children aged 2 to 9 and their families the opportunity to explore, discover and learn, through play about the natural world, the arts and sciences and the diversity of Maine’s Coast.
• Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
  Take the children to the new The Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden!
• Damariscotta River Association
• Darling Marine Center U Maine, Walpole
• Desert of Maine
• Farnsworth Museum
• FinestKindCruises.com Let’s go lobstering with the kids, an educational experience on real lobster boats!
• Forest Play Group
• Friends of Merrymeeting Bay
  A conservation organization whose mission is to preserve, protect, and improve the unique ecosystems of Merrymeeting Bay.
• Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
  Dedicated to conservation of the natural, historic, scenic, cultural, and agricultural resources of the Kennebec Estuary.
• Macaroni Kids
• Maine Audubon
• Maine Children’s Alliance Committed to improving the lives of Maine children, youth and families.
• Maine Discovery Museum
• Maine Forest and Logging Museum
• Maine Maritime Museum
  Learn about Bath’s shipbuilding history and more!
• Maine Secretary of State Kids’ Page
• Maine State Aquarium
  There are always new reasons to visit the Maine State Aquarium. They have new animals, displays, and educational programs happening all the time so each time you visit you’ll discover something different.
• Maine Things to Do
• Maine Wildlife Park of Gray
• McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, Concord, NH ~ An amazing collection of innovative, interactive exhibits to explore. Delve into the worlds of astronomy, aviation, Earth and space sciences and become immersed in this entertaining learning environment.space
• Mom to Mom of Maine
• Museum of Fine Arts ~ Boston
• Museum of Science ~ Boston
• New England Aquarium
• PalacePlayland.com Beachfront amusement park, Old Orchard Beach
• Patten Lumbermen’s Museum
• Pejepscot Historical Society ~ Joshua Chamberlain Museum
• Smudge Art
• WinterKids
• Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum

PARENT ~ TEACHER RESOURCES

• Accredited Schools Online~ Reading Fluency and Literacy in School
• Adoptions in Maine
• Building a Home Library for Kids
• Bully-Free
• Center For Disease Control and Prevention
• Center for Parenting Education
• Foster Parenting in Maine
• Home Learning Environment
• Homeschoolers of Maine
• Kids Count Data Center (Maine) Tremendous amount of helpful statistics.
• Kids Info Bits
• Kiwi Educational & fun subscriptions for your kids.
• Library of Congress ~ Teachers
• Midcoast Homeschool Cooperative
• Maine Children’s Growth Council Here you’ll find links to the Maine people and organizations that make our systems change possible and sustainable.
• Maine Montessori
• Mom to Mom of Maine
• Parenting & Family Caregiving ~ University of Maine
• Parenting Support in Maine
• Parents Choice Children’s media and toy reviews
• Parents Support Network
• PJ Library of Southern Maine Jewish Bedtime Stories and Songs
• Read Kiddo Read We can get our kids reading!
• Read Aloud Revival Podcast
• Read Together ~ Free, year round one-on-one tutoring for kids 6-14.
• Smithsonian Educators Prepare, plan, teach!
• STEM Libraries
• Teacher Corner
• Teacher Resources ~ Maine
• Vroom Every parent has what it takes to be a brain builder
• Zero to Three

SCHOOLS & DAYCARES

• Children’s Schoolhouse
• C.H.O.I.C.E.S. (Children Having Opportunities In Collaborative Early Settings), free Pre-K program, if you reside in Bath’s RSU1 district
• Chop Point School
• Compass Point Academy
• Family Focus
• Georgetown Central School
• Juniper Hill School
• Midcoast Maine Community Action
• New Meadows Childcare & Learning Center
• Providence’s Merrymeeting Center
• R.S.U. #1Schools                                                                                                   ~ Adult Education; Bath Middle School; Bath Regional Career & Technical Center; Dike-Newell School; Fisher- Mitchell School; Morse High School; Phippsburg Elementary School; Woolwich Central School
  
• West Bath School
• YMCA Childcare