The first five years of life are a period of incredible growth in all areas of a child's development. Below, you will find information from national organizations on topics such as early brain development, how young children build social and emotional skills.
MILESTONES
- Developmental Milestones by Age from cdc.gov
- Learn the Signs of Autism: Screen Your Child Here. (autismspeaks.org)
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
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- Amazing Me - It's Busy Being 3! from cdc.gov
- Family Tools - Center on the Social and Emotional Foundation for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
- Premature Baby Developmental Milestones (Opens a pdf.)
- Teaching Pyramid (Cainclusion.org)
- Zero to Three (Sign up for newsletter here)
- Healthy Minds: Nurturing Your Child’s Healthy Development from zerotothree.org
- Tips on Nurturing Your Child's Social-Emotional Development from zerotothree.org
- Babies and Their Senses from Zerotothree.org
- 12 Way to Support Language Development in Infants and Toddlers From the National Assoc. for the Education of Young Children (naeyc.org)
- Activities to Encourage Speech and Language Development from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc. (ASHA.org)
- Language: Encouraging Development from Kid'sHealth,org
- Executive Function Skills: from Pathways.org
SOCIAL SKILLS
- Activities to Help Your Child with Social Skills from firendshipcircle.org
- Essentials for Parenting Toddlers and Preschoolers from cdc.gov
- How to Help Kids Make Friends from parentingscience.com/
- Social Communication from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc. (ASHA.org)
PARENTING
- ADD/ADHD Parenting Tips
- Disability Etiquette: Engaging People with Disabilities
- Essentials for Parenting Toddlers and Preschoolers (CDC)
- How to Improve Emotional Self-Regulation Among Children with Autism and Attention Disorders
- How to Teach Chores to Your Special Needs Child
- Inclusion Resolution
- Social Emotional Tips for Providing Caring for Toddlers
- Special Needs and Special Occasions
- Teaching appropriate behavior/Model behaviors
ACTIVITIES
- Teaching Your Child Feelings (Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning)
- Brain Building Basics (Vroom)