Child Development & Child Care

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  A web resource that promotes optimal physical, mental and emotional health for infants, children, adolescents and young adults. Excellent parenting education resources.
• The Center for Children and Families

Working with child care agencies, Head Start programs, schools, state agencies and national organizations, The Center for children and Families at the education Development Center, Inc. works to improve the well-being of families and to promote the learning of children.

• Futura Language Professionals

A community-based organization dedicated to teaching language and promoting enthusiasm for the cultures it represents

• I Am Your Child
  A national non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of early childhood development and school readiness
• Mealtime Memo for Childcare
  An electronic newsletter for childcare providers that contains important information on nutrition and meal preparation. It contains current newsletters and archives.
• Parenting the First Year
  In this set of 12 newsletters, find out from child development experts how your baby changes during each month of the first year. Get the latest information on child development, child guidance, language development, nutrition, health, safety, child care, changes in family life, and much more.
• Parenting the 2nd & 3rd Years  
  In this set of 12 newsletters, find out from child development experts how your toddler changes during each two months of the second and third years. Guiding and caring for your child these next two years will take a lot of your attention, encouragement, patience, humor - and a sense of wonder. Get the latest information on child development, child guidance, language development, children and television, nutrition, health, safety, child care, taking care of yourself, and much more.
• Parenting the Preschooler
  Parenting the Preschooler is a newsletter designed for parents of preschool age children.

  The goals are to:

  • enhance the parent-child relationship
  • increase parent confidence
  • reduce parent stress

• The Packard Foundation's Future of Children Journal
  A research journal with topics on child and youth development, public policy and education.
• Provider-Parent Relationships: Childcare providers joining with parents to support childrens well-being.
  This site is dedicated to helping providers and parents give better support to children as they grow. It is written for child care providers-those who take care of infants and toddlers, preschoolers, or school-age children. It explains how providers can work with parents and talk with them about many different issues. To support parents, the site includes materials that providers can print out and share with them.
• Success for All

A nonprofit organization dedicated to the development, evaluation and dissemination of proven reform models for preschool, elementary and middle schools, especially those serving many children place at risk. SFAF has continued work begun in 1987 at Johns Hopkins university and still retains strong links to Johns Hopkins.

• UW-Extension Early Care and Parenting Education Resources
  Research-based information for childcare providers and parents

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