Child Development, Education, and Parenting
Child Care Professionals
Health and Safety

Child Development, Education, and Parenting

123 Child
www.123child.com
Activity ideas for Early Childhood Education professionals.

Art as a Way of Learning
www.northampton.edu/Prof_Com/Artlearn/default.htm
Professional development program that places the arts as central to teaching and learning.

Awesome Library
www.awesomelibrary.org
Carefully reviewed resources in education.

Early Childhood Educators and Family Web Corner
users.sgi.net/~cokids
Site for early childhood teachers and parents.

Families and Work Institute
www.familiesandwork.org
Nonprofit center for research that provides data to inform decision-making on the changing workforce, changing family, and changing community.

I am Your Child
www.iamyourchild.org
A national non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of early childhood development and school readiness

Parents.Com
www.parents.com
Information on many topics for parents.

Parents Place
www.parentsplace.com
Information on many topics for parents.

Parent Soup
www.parentsoup.com
Variety of topics for parents.

PBS Ready to Learn
www.pbs.org/learn/rtl/
Television programming for educators and parents.

U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov
Variety of research and information for parents and child care providers

Child Care Professionals

Awesome Library
www.awesomelibrary.org
Reviewed K-12 education resources.

Child Care Aware
www.childcareaware.org
Information on locating quality child care and child care resources in their community.

Keystone Stars
www.dpw.state.pa.us/ocyf/childcarewks/ccwKeyStars.asp
A quality improvement initiative for Pennsylvania

National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)
www.nafcc.org
Provides technical assistance to family child care.

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
www.naeyc.org
Resources, professional development, accreditation.

National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)
nccic.org
State and national information and resources.

National Coalition for Campus Children's Centers
www.campuschildren.org
Supports research and activities affecting college and university early childhood education.

National Network for Childcare
www.nncc.org
Information on a variety of topics including child development, nutrition, activities, etc.

U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov
Variety of research and information for parents and child care providers.

Health and Safety

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/
Information on the health and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.

American Association of Poison Control (AAPCC)
www.aapcc.org
Poison control information.

Consumer Product Safety Commission
www.cpsc.gov
Information about product safety.

Dr. Greene's House Calls
www.drgreene.com
Thorough answers to pediatric questions.

Kids Health/Nemours Foundation
www.kidshealth.org
Information about children's health.

Kids Source Online
www.ddc.com/napnotes
A source of links to health, education, and parent sites.

kidsDoctor
www.kidsdoctor.com
Health information.

Mayo Health Clinic
www.mayohealth.org
Health and medical information.

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
nccanch.acf.hhs.gov
A clearinghouse on child abuse and neglect information.

SIDS Network
sids-network.org
Information on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

The Secret Life of the Brain
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain
Explores how the human brain develops and changes from infancy.

Zero to Three
http://zerotothree.org/
Resources for the early years of life.

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