The Golden Ones

Creative Parent Resources

There are some great web sites available for Creative Parents. Some of these resources are specific to the Portland Oregon area and some are more general.

The American Music Therapy Association The mission of the American Music Therapy Association is to advance public awareness of the benefits of music therapy and increase access to quality music therapy services in a rapidly changing world.

The Center for Congregational Ministry CCM is a resource center. Resource centers are not about materials on shelves, but about tools in the hands of persons, being used in consultation, teaching, learning, planning. They represent good stewardship by pooling financial resources to purchase materials which can be shared among a number of churches.

The Location Learning Association Location Learning Association is a non profit organization formed to promote location learning techniques within the education system for the purpose of improving academic, social, and mobility skills of students.

Metro Parent Metro Parent offers in-depth features about issues of interest to local parents, service-oriented articles that give those same parents insightful information they can use in raising their kids, resources for local activities and outings as well as a comprehensive monthly listing of area family events. We promise that you won’t find better parenting content in any other local parenting publication.

North American Montessori Teachers' Association Montessori (pronounced MON-tuh-SORE-ee) is a comprehensive educational approach from birth to adulthood based on the observation of children's needs in a variety of cultures all around the world.

The Oregon Children's Museum Portland Children's Museum is a non-profit organization that provides a safe and stimulating environment where children and their families can come to innovate, to create and to play.

OMSI The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry is a Portland treasure for Creative Parents!

The Oregon Zoo The Washington Park Zoo, as it was once called, celebrated its 100th birthday in 1987. From its humble beginnings in the back of a pharmacy in downtown Portland to its prominence as the leading paid attraction in the state of Oregon, the zoo has seen a multitude of changes.