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Brainwonders: Helping Babies Grow and Develop.
Provides parents, caregivers and pediatric and family clinicians with information about early brain development and the relationships between babies and their parents and caregivers that support intellectual and social-emotional development. The site is a collaborative project of ZERO TO THREE, Erikson Institute and Boston University School of Medicine.
http://www.zerotothree.org/brainwonders/index.html
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Council for Professional Recognition
Created to improve the status of early childhood care providers, they operate the CDA credentialing program, define CDA standards, and provide publications on the latest trends in accreditation.
http://www.cdacouncil.org/
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Head Start Classroom Activities from QuickSource
This link will take you directly to a page to give you detailed classroom lessons. Click on one of 8 Head Start Curriculum domain areas - Language Development, Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Creative Arts, Social Emotional Development, Approaches to Learning, and Physical Health and Development - for lots of great ideas!
http://www.teacherquicksource.com/headstart/default.aspx
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Healthy ChildCare
Website includes information from this bimonthly publication of the Am. School Health Association. Each issue includes info on health, safety, staff wellness, medicines, illnesses, health education and more including reproducible posters and newsletters.
http://www.healthychild.net/
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High/Scope
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation is an independent nonprofit research, development, training, and public advocacy organization with headquarters in Ypsilanti, Michigan. High/Scope's mission is to lift lives through education. High/Scope envisions a world in which all educational settings use active participatory learning so everyone has a chance to succeed in life and contribute to society; this website provides information about High/Scope curriculum and training opportunities.
http://www.highscope.org/
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Kids' Health
KidsHealth is the largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, the award-winning KidsHealth provides families with accurate, up-to-date, jargon-free health information they can use. KidsHealth has been on the Web since 1995 - and has been accessed by about 250,000,000 visitors.
http://kidshealth.org/
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National Association for the Education of Young Children
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8.
http://www.naeyc.org/
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National Center for Early Development and Learning
NCEDL focuses on enhancing the cognitive, social, and emotional development of children
from birth through age eight. In addition to news and research, this website also includes a great list of links (click on "sites") and some excellent free on-line publications (click on "products").
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/index.cfm
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National Child Care Information Center
The NCCIC website provides lots of information about child care, early care and education to parents, providers, policy-makers, researchers, and the public. Click on "popular topics" for an excellent list of topics that covers everything from Child Care Licensing to Head Start to School Readiness to State Intiatives. By scrolling down their "Announcements" sections you'll find more great links to the latest information on-line.
http://nccic.org/
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National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
The NICCYD provides information about: disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth, IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education, No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities), and research-based information on effective educational practices. Lots of information is available on this website. To begin your search, check out their "A-Z" topics or go directly to their website search engine.
http://www.nichcy.org/
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Quality in Linking Together Early Education Partnerships
QUILT’s mission is providing partnership expertise to build and support (1) full-day/year-round comprehensive services for children; (2) collaborative efforts among child care, Head Start/Early Head Start, and prekindergarten programs around activities such as early literacy, professional development, and health/mental health services; and (3) cross-system work at State, Regional, Tribal, and National levels to promote early learning for all children. The bulk of information on this website can be found by scrolling down the homepage - you'll find links to dozens of useful articles on all sorts of current topics related to early childhood care and education.
http://www.nccic.org/quilt/
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The Perpetual Preschool
Exceptional quality! This site provides ideas for your classroom's daily themes, activities, creating learning materials, art, nutrition fun, professional development, and lots of practical lessons and ideas for preschool educators! To get free information and lessons, click on the tabs at the top of the page: "Daily Themes" "Holiday Themes" and "Centers" - not on the bars at the side - or you will get lots of pop-ups and not free information.
http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/
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