
Early Childhood Web Resources
Related Links:
- 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.)
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Abraham Maslow
A biography of Maslow’s life and theories by Dr. C. George Boeree.
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Abraham Maslow on Motivation
A biography of Maslow and his theories of motivation.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Scholastic
Provides professional articles previously appearing in Scholastic
publications.
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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.
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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.
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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.