Early Childhood Web Resources

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• ABC Educational Center
  ABC Educational Center is aimed to prepare your child for his or her journey through life and educational process.
• About Our Kids
  Includes articles related to affective behavior and development (e.g., anger, stress, self-esteem, violence, anxiety, social and emotional learning, medication, etc.)
• Abraham Maslow
  A biography of Maslow’s life and theories by Dr. C. George Boeree.
• Abraham Maslow on Motivation
  A biography of Maslow and his theories of motivation.
• Albert Bandura
  A biography of Dr. C. George Boeree.
• Alliance for Childhood
  A partnership of individuals and organizations committed to fostering and respecting each child’s inherent right to a healthy, developmentally appropriate childhood. Includes information on the organization’s advocacy projects.
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent
  Publications and information sheets on childhood mental health.
• American Academy of Pediatrics
  A wealth of child health information.
• American Academy of Pediatrics Medical Library
  A wealth of children’s health information about asthma, behavior, illnesses, dental health, fitness and sports, nutrition, and much more.
• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
  An organization that promotes healthy lifestyles through high-quality programs in health, physical education, recreation, dance, and sport. A rich source of information in all the focus areas.
• American Association for Gifted Children
  America’s oldest advocacy organization for gifted children. Publishes a newsletter three times yearly and is involved in the Presidential Scholars Program.
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  Provides current information on pregnancy, birth, health, and care issues.
• American Psychological Association (APA)
  This site provides extensive information on current issues in psychology, conferences, publications, meetings, careers, and other topics.
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  Provides information on typical language and literacy development and communication disorders. Links are provided for information on parental concerns about children’s development.
• Annie E. Casey Foundation
  The objective of the foundation is to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the United States.
• Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
  The mission of ACEI is to promote and support in the global community the optimal education and development of children from birth through early adolescence and influence professional growth of educators.
• BrainWonders
  Developed by Zero to Three. Designed to provide parents, caregivers, and pediatric and family clinicians with meaningful information about early brain development.
• Cable News Network
  The CNN site includes a health section that provides current health news for children and adults. There is a link to Dr. Gupta’s CNN Your Health report and his answers to health questions received through e-mail.
• Care Guide
  Free childcare search in all 50 states.
• Center for Applied Linguistics
  CAL comprises a group of scholars and educators who use the findings of linguistics and related sciences to identify and address language-related problems.
• Center for Early Education and Development
  CEED provides information regarding young children (birth to age eight), including children with special needs, in the areas of education, child care, child development, and family education.
• Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
  CEPC focuses on improving services for children and youth with emotional and behavioral problems; helping communities create schools that promote emotional well-being, effective instruction, and safe learning.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  An abundance of health-related information: diseases, growth charts, data and statistics, current news, publications, software, etc.
• Child and Family Webguide
  Excellent source of information on education/learning, child care, health and mental health, and typical development.
• Child Care Bureau
  Child Care Bureau is dedicated to enhancing the quality, affordability, and supply of child care available for all families. This site also offers great tips on how to select a child care provider.
• Child Care Links
  Child Care Links provides licensing requirements, fee information, and regulations.
• Child Care Parent Provider Information Network
  This site is designed for Family Child Care Providers and Parents seeking Family Child Care Providers and information about family child care.
• Child Trends Data Bank
  Provides links to the latest national trends and research on more than 70 key indicators of child and youth well-being.
• Child Welfare League of America
  CWLA is the oldest and largest national, nonprofit organization developing and promoting policies and programs to protect America’s children and strengthen America’s families.
• Children’s Defense Fund
  The mission of CDF is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child a healthy start, a head start, a fair start, a safe start, and a moral start. Provides information in all these areas and links to child advocacy campaigns.
• Children’s World Learning Centers
  This web site provides information on learning programs for infants, toddlers, preschool, pre-kindergarten, private kindergarten, and school-age children. This web site also provides "Parenting Tips."
• Computers in Our Future
  Provides information on community computer centers as they have been set up in California.
• Conception
  Information on a variety of topics, such as fertility tests, hormones, health, and nutrition.
• Dealing With Toddlers
  Provides information on toddler behavior and problems such as toileting, the need to explore, and negativism.
• DiscoverySchool.com
  Provides innovative teaching materials for teachers, useful and enjoyable resources for students, and smart advice for parents about how to help their kids enjoy learning and excel in school.
• Early Education/Child Development Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Assoc.
  The purpose of the EE/CD SIG is to promote research that has implications for practice in early education and care, policy, child development, and the education of adults who work with young children.
• Early Education/Child Development Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Assoc.
  Information on the annual meeting can be found here.
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
  Houses information on all areas of early childhood and elementary education. Provides current news and links to other sites.
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education
  Resource for information on multicultural and diversity issues. Focuses on urban minority families and has an adjunct clearinghouse on homeless education.
• Erik Erikson
  A biography of Erikson by Dr. C. George Boeree.
• Erik Erikson—Eight Stages of Psychosocial Development.
  A description of Erikson’s eight psychosocial stages of development.
• Exceptional Parent Magazine
  Current news, articles, and subscription information. A magazine designed to support parents of children with exceptionalities.
• FairTest, The National Center for Fair & Open Testing
  FairTest is an organization that watches over and identifies testing abuses at both the K-12 and the university levels.
• Fatherhood Initiative
  Research on the importance of fathering in children’s lives.
• Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
  Provides information on key indicators of child well-being.
• Genetics
  A periodical record of investigations bearing on heredity and variation. Published by the Genetics Society of America.
• Global Children
  The primary purpose of the organization is to help create a better quality of life for children and families through implementation and support of culturally appropriate projects.
• Human Genome Program
  Provides links and information in areas such as education; research; publications; medicine; ethical, legal, and social issues; and general information.
• I Am Your Child Foundation
  Provides written and video material for parents and educators at a nominal charge.
• International Reading Association
  ). A professional membership organization dedicated to promoting high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, disseminating research and information about reading, and encouraging the lifetime reading habit.
• iVillage (Parents Place
  Provides information on pregnancy, birth and related topics, and infant and toddler development.
• Kids 1st Child Care
  This website offers information home-based child care.
• Kids Health
  Many articles on a variety of emotional behaviors and problems (e.g., stress, anxiety, fears and phobias, death, separation anxiety, toilet training, etc.)
• Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
  Information on childhood illness.
• MEDLINEplus
  Provides links to research on prenatal and postnatal development and care.
• Misunderstood Minds
  A site that supplements the PBS series on learning disabilities. An excellent resource for definitions of a variety of learning disabilities along with case studies presented in the video series.
• Montessori Online
  Provides information on the Montessori method of education.
• National Association for Bilingual Education
  An association exclusively concerned with the education of language-minority students in American schools. Information on products, publications, conferences, and resources.
• National Association for Gifted Children
  An organization of parents, teachers, educators, other professionals, and community leaders who unite to address the unique needs of children and youth with demonstrated gifts and talents.
• National Association of Child Advocates
  The National Association of Child Advocates (NACA) is the only national organization devoted to building the capacity of state and local child advocacy organizations.
• National Black Child Development Institute
  Includes information on conferences, affiliate groups, publications, and resources relevant to improving the lives of young black children.
• National Center for Children in Poverty
  Information on children’s emotional development and mental health.
• National Center for Early Development and Learning
  A national early childhood research project operated by the FPG Child Development Center at the UNC-Chapel Hill in collaboration with the University of Virginia and UCLA.
• National Center for Education Statistics
  Provides statistics on all areas of education.
• National Center for Health Statistics
  Provides statistics on all areas of health, including prenatal care.
• National Center for Learning Disabilities
  Provides a wide range of information on learning disabilities and how to work with children with learning disabilities.
• National Center for PTSD
  Provides extensive information regarding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
• National Child Care Association
  The National Child Care Association is a professional trade association focusing on the needs of licensed, private childhood care and education programs.
• National Child Care Information Center
  The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC) has been established to complement, enhance and promote child care linkages and to serve as a mechanism for supporting quality, comprehensive services for children and families.
• National Council of Teachers of English
  An association devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. Information regarding journals and other publications, membership, and meetings.
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  Includes descriptions of mathematics concepts to be learned in grades prek–2.
• National Education Association
  NEA is America's oldest and largest organization committed to advancing the cause of public education. NEA has affiliates in every state as well as in over 13,000 local communities across the United States.
• National Head Start Association
  The National Head Start Association(NHSA) is a private not-for profit membership organization representing the 900,000 children, 190,000 staff and 2,500 Head Start programs in America.
• National Head Start Association
  The National Head Start Association (NHSA) is a private not-for-profit membership organization representing the 900,000 children, 190,000 staff and 2500 Head Start programs in America.
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  NICHD is the arm of the National Institute of Health (NIH) that specializes in research on development, including prenatal care.
• National Institute of Mental Health
  Information on how to deal with the aftermath of violence and disaster.
• National Network for Child Care
  NNCC unites the expertise of many of the nation's leading universities through the outreach system of Cooperative Extension.
• National Parent Information Network
  ERIC system project. The mission of NPIN is to provide access to research-based information about the process of parenting and about family involvement in education.
• Nature Genetics
  An international, monthly journal publishing the highest-quality research on genetics. Available on-line and in a paper version.
• No Child Left Behind
  Provides information on national school reform legislation, with links to reports and related sites.
• Parent Academy
  Parent Academy helps parents increase parental involvement in their children's education.
• Parent Soup
  Parents can share tips and success stories that cover discipline, parental communication, fun & games, and more.
• Parenting Babies and Toddlers
  Answers to many questions about infants and toddlers.
• PBS
  Public television site. Includes section with many ideas for activities that relate to PBS children’s programming.
• PBS Kids
  Activities that support the concepts taught on PBS children’s programs.
• PBS TeacherSource
  Provides many activities related to children’s public television programs that are designed to encourage children’s writing.
• PE Central
  An excellent resource for health and physical education. Links to lesson plans, adapted PE, preschool PE, dance, sports, and much more.
• Pediatrics
  Information on a wide variety of pediatric topics, such as answers to frequently asked questions; finding a doctor; ages and stages; children's hospitals; safety, growth, and development; and more.
• Pediatrics
  Information on a wide variety of pediatric topics, such as answers to frequently asked questions; finding a doctor; ages and stages; children's hospitals; safety, growth, and development; and more.
• Planned Parenthood
  Provides information on prepregnancy and prenatal care.
• Scholastic
  Provides professional articles previously appearing in Scholastic publications.
• Search Institute
  A compilation of 40 developmental assets for toddlers (thirteen to thirty-five months). Community and family assets are identified.
• Society for Research in Child Development
  Professional organization for those in the child development field. This site contains a list of publications, Washington Policy Update, and conference and membership information.
• Stand for Children
  America’s only nationwide grassroots voice for children. Members take action at the national, state, community, and neighborhood levels. They take on issues relevant to early childhood education, schools, after-school programs, and health services.
• Teaching Tolerance
  Award-winning site that provides information and links to current issues and events related to fighting hate and promoting tolerance.
• The Administration for Children and Families
  The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs which promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities.
• The Center for Mental Health Services
  This site provides free information about mental health, including publications, references, and referrals to local and national resources and organizations. Daily news updates and a Spanish-language publications section are available.
• The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
  A center created to help child care and Head Start programs develop practices to improve the social and emotional outcomes of young children. The center will develop training and technical assistance materials for the early childhood community.
• The Children’s Partnership
  Provides technical resources for parents and policy makers. Site aggregates information about the best on-line noncommercial sites and on-line resources about children and for children.
• The Division for Early Childhood (DEC)
  is an organization that advocates for individuals who work with or on behalf of children with special needs, birth through age eight, and their families. This is the best place to start for information on early childhood special needs.
• The Future of Children
  Provides information on Future of Children publications, which focus in depth on children's issues and research, including an e-mail newsletter. Includes current news features and other available resources.
• The Gesell Institute of Human Development
  A site that includes information on Arnold Gesell, his studies of child development, and current institute activities.
• The Jean Piaget Society
  Provides links to a student page, a brief biography of Piaget, and a links page to further information on Piaget.
• The National Association for the Education of Young Children
  The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the nation's largest organization of early childhood professionals and others dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education programs.
• The Parent Institute
  The Parent Institute is to encourage parent involvement in the education of their children. The Parent Institute publishes a variety of materials including newsletters, booklets, brochures, and videos.
• The Virtual Faculty’s Vygotsky Centennial Project
  Provides information on Vygotsky, his history, theory, and contributions.
• Toddlers Today
  Answers to parent questions regarding toddlers.
• TV Turnoff Network
  Encourages children and adults to watch much less television in order to promote healthier lives and communities. Provides information on the TV-Turnoff campaign and TV facts and figures.
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
  Establishes and enforces product safety standards. Has a hotline for obtaining information on safety issues and consumer products.
• U.S. Department of Education Helping Your Child Become a Reader
  Provides ideas on how to develop literacy in infants through ten-year-olds.
• U.S. Department of Education Helping Your Child Become a Reader
  Provides ideas on how to develop literacy in infants through ten-year-olds.
• U.S. Department of Education Helping Your Child Learn to Read
  Provides ideas on how to develop literacy in infants through ten-year-olds.
• Virtual Library on Genetics
  Links to a wealth of material on genetics, including the Human Genome Project.
• Woman, Infants, and Children
  Information regarding WIC programs for pregnant women, breast-feeding women, nonbreast-feeding women, infants, and young children.
• Zero to three
  Outstanding resource for adults who work with infants and toddlers.