Recommended Web Sites

Child Development

A to Z Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov

From the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Center for Development and Learning http://www.cdl.org

Website from the Center for Development and Learning whose “mission is to improve the life chances of all children, especially those at high risk, by increasing school success”. Reports are searchable by keyword.

Child & Family Web Guide http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/

From Tufts University. Links and information regarding infants, children, and teens.

Child Development (Medline Plus) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childdevelopment.html

Child development information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Child Development http://bubl.ac.uk/Link/c/childdevelopment.htm

Online child development resources. Sponsored by BUBL Information Service, Center for Digital Library Research.

Child Development http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/child/

Child development and parenting information and resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Child Development http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/

Resources and information about state-funded child development programs. Website maintained by the California Department of Education.

Helping Your Preschool Child http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/preschool/index.html

Downloadable brochure on preparing your preschool child for school. From the U.S. Dept. of Education. How to Talk With Your Child About Sex How to talk to your child about sex, from birth through age 18. From Planned Parenthood.

National Network for Child Care  

Addresses the emotional, social, intellectual, language, moral/spiritual, and physical aspects of child development; also covers theories of development. From the National Network for Child Care, Iowa State University.

Parenting Counts' Timeline of Birth-to-Five-Years Development 

This 'timeline' provides cognitive, language, sensory and motor skills benchmarks for children from birth to five years old.

Your Child: Development & Behavior Resources http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/yourchild/

A virtual encyclopedia of child development and behavior topics. From the University of Michigan Health System.

The Whole Child: Development From Birth through Age Five http://www.pbs.org/wholechild/

The Whole Child Web site covers the “ABC’s of child development” from birth through age 5. Co-funded by the Department of Education and PBS.