Resources

Links - For Parents

Child development, health and safety:

• CHILD Profile - Health and safety information, charts to track your child's development. Download or sign up to receive regular mailings.
• Child Care and Early Learning - BrainNet - Child development, tips for parents; extensive book list.
• Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies or 1.800.322.2588 - Child and family health, safety, nutrition, and information for expectant parents.
• Talaris Research Institute - Child development, especially social/emotional development, and what research tells us about how children think, feel and learn.
• “Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library” is a program of the American Library Association and Public Library Association. One example of a library’s use of this program is the King County Library System. Check your local library, too.
• "Understanding Your Child’s Feelings" and “Comó comprender lo que siente tu niňo” – from Born Learning

Choosing child care:

• CCEL for Parents - Child care subsidies; choosing high-quality child care.
• Washington State Child Care Resource and Referral Network - Parent Page - Tools to help you find child care, information on child development, caring for children with special needs.

Parenting information and classes:

• Children's Home Society of Washington - Family support and parenting resources across the state; Parent Information and Resource Center online.
• Parent Trust - Parenting tips, database of parenting classes, support groups and family fun activities across Washington state.
• Zero to Three - A national site focusing on the healthy development of babies and toddlers. See "Parenting A-to-Z" for information on topics from adoption to working parents.

School readiness:

• Foundation for Early Learning - Tips for parents and caregivers on how to encourage children's early learning.

More links for parents: Success By 6™ (United Way of Snohomish County)

Links - For Child Care Providers

• CCEL for Providers - Child care subsidies, licensing, facilty financing, professional development, STARS registry.
• Washington Association for the Education of Young Children - Professional development and conferences, STARS information, public policy updates.
• Washington State Child Care Resource and Referral Network - Information about licensing, health and safety, professional development, facility planning and financing, child care subsidies, and news from Olympia.

Links - For Communities

Early learning program development:

• Early Learning Toolkit, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction - tips for developing effective early learning programs
• Thrive by Five, The Washington Early Learning Fund - a public-private partnership to help ensure that all Washington children succeed in school and life.

Employers and policy makers:

• Child Care and Early Learning - Child Care Options - brochure for employers.
• Washington State Child Care Resource and Referral Network - Employer Page has information about on-site child care, family friendly practices, and workplace trends.

Links - Research:

• “Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Rate of Return,” Rob Grunewald and Art Rolnick, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, June 14, 2006 – presentation to Washington Learns Steering Committee.
• Human Services Policy Center, University of Washington offers research reports on financing access to high-quality early learning; family, friend and neighbor care; and the child care workforce.
• School District Kindergarten & Pre-kindergarten Programs in Washington State. Economic Opportunity Institute, 2002.- Survey of school districts regarding their pre-kindergarten and kindergarten programs.