Fostering Normal Development Links
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Futures Family Tip Sheets
These easy-to-read tip sheets are designed to help families promote the health
and well-being of their children with information on topics such as social
development, child care, safety, eating and physical activity.
The Center on the Social
and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
This national center is focused on strengthening the capacity of child care
and Head Start programs to improve the social and emotional outcomes of young
children. The Center will develop and disseminate evidence-based, user-friendly
information to help early childhood educators meet the needs of the growing
number of children with challenging behaviors and mental health challenges
in child care and Head Start programs.
The
Facts About Baby's Brain
The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families sponsors The Facts About Baby's
Brain web page. This page contains information about early childhood brain
development.
First Signs
First Signs was created to promote the best developmental outcomes for every
child. Information is available about healthy development, as well as what
to look for and where to turn when you have concerns about a child's development.
Fit Source
Check out the FitSource website. This site links child care and after school providers to a wide variety of physical activity and nutrition resources. You will find links to activities, lesson plans, healthy recipes,information for parents and many other downloadable tools that can be used to incorporate physical activity and nutrition into childcare and afterschool programs. Just click on the title above.
National Association for the
Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
The National Association for the Education of Young Children is the nations
largest organization of early childhood educators. The organization is dedicated
to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through third
grade.
National Center for Education
in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH)
This site is a national resource that develops and disseminates culturally
competent child health and development materials for families and professionals.
This website includes a library of knowledge and information services for
everyone.
Talaris Research Institute
The Talaris Research Institute is dedicated to discovering how children think,
feel and learn. Their timeline for typical development provides an overview
of typical development but it is important to remember that all children develop
at their own pace. After exploring their timeline check out their recommended
book lists for adults and children.
Think Big Start
Small
The Think Big Start Small website offers parents, caregivers, and the community
information about the importance of early care and education for all children.
Information on a range of issues is available including choosing quality child
care, school readiness, and public policy information.
Tuft's Child and family WebGuide
The Tufts University Child & Family WebGuide describes trustworthy websites on topics of interest to parents and professionals. All the sites listed on the WebGuide have been systematically evaluated by graduate students and faculty in child development. These sites have been selected from thousands that are available on the Web, based primarily on the quality of the information they provide. The goal of the WebGuide is to give the public easy access to the best child development information on the Web.
There are five main categories of information: family/parenting, education/learning, typical child development, health/mental health, and resources/recreation. The first four categories contain sites with research-based information. The fifth category, resources/recreation, contains sites with information about specific programs and things to do. The resources/recreation sites, which were added at the request of parents, do not contain research-based information. The WebGuide also offers an option of searching for sites that are especially relevant to a particular age group (topics by age) and it offers several features requested by parents (e.g., ask an expert sites; research news sites).
New Web link: http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/
Zero to Three
The focus of this site is on healthy child development. Information is provided
for both parents and professionals.
new web link
http://www.zerotothree.org/schoolreadiness/
Children learn best through their everyday experiences with the people they love and trust, and when the learning is fun. This web link show ways to make that happen during the first three years of a child’s life.
