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Babble
Your destination for parenting, beauty, home, food, travel and entertainment, courtesy of Disney.
Baby Center
This site offers advice and support on pregnancy and parenting.
Baby First
A safe and fun world made just for babies & toddlers with videos, games, plush, apps, and more.
Baby Sign Language
This website is for parents to assist in teaching Baby Sign Language for babies, as young as six months old, communicate their needs so they don’t need to cry.
Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive!
This campaign is a coordinated federal effort to encourage healthy child development, universal developmental and behavioral screening for children, and support for the families and providers who care for them.
Boowa and Kawala
More than 500 games for preschoolers and beyond — sorting games, musical games, guessing games, decision games, hide and seek, mazes, puzzles, and many more — more than 50 songs, and a variety of stories for special occasions.
Bump
This site offers pregnancy, parenting, and baby information.
Care.com
You can search for care in your area for child care, pet care, home care, and adult and senior care.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
This page of the CDC website provide links to resources and information on child development.
Center for Early Literacy Learning
This site offers resources for early childhood intervention practitioners, parents, and caregivers of children birth to 5 years of age including those with disabilities, developmental delays, and who are at risk.
Colorin Colorado
Colorin Colorado is a bilingual website for families and educators of English language learners to help children read and succeed.
Cribsie Awards
Cribsie Awards are measures of the public’s opinion on the top parenting brands that recognize the best products, services, and websites for babies and toddlers.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
NICHD is part of the National Institutes of Health and provides research-based information and resources related to the health of children, adults, families, and communities.
Help Me Grow National Center
The Center assists states in identifying at-risk children, then helps families find community-based programs and services.
Family Education
Information on educational issues affecting your child in every grade from preschool through high school.
Growing Child
This is a monthly newsletter that helps you understand your child — why he does certain things at certain times, what he’s learning by doing them, and what you can do to help him develop.
Kids CBC
A Canadian television channel and website just for preschoolers, similar to America’s PBS Kids.
My Kids Really Eat This
Tips on getting kids to eat well in the real world.
Nancy Stewart
Nancy Stewart is a children’s singer-songwriter based in Seattle, Washington. This website is dedicated to providing FREE songs, resources, and information for teachers, parents, librarians, and home-schooling families.
NAEYC for Families
This website has information and resources for families developed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, a professional organization that promotes high-quality early learning for all children birth through age 8 by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research.
National Black Child Development Institute
The mission of the National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) to improve and advance the quality of life for Black children and their families through education and advocacy.
National Black Church Initiative
The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI) is a coalition of 34,000 African-American and Latino churches working to eradicate racial disparities in healthcare, technology, education, housing, and the environment.
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
This agency works toward building and sustaining high-quality early intervention and preschool special education systems.
National Institute of Mental Health
The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.
Parenting
The home of Parenting and BabyTalk Magazines with information on many topics on being a parent.
Parenting Center
Here you’ll find parenting tips and informative information including expert parenting advice for each age and stage in your child’s development from WebMD.
Parents
The latest from Parents Magazine about pregnancy, infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
Puckett Institute
The Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute is a not-for-profit organization engaging in activities that enhance and promote healthy child, parent, and family functioning.
Sprout
Enjoy fun games and videos featuring your favorite Sprout friends.
Starfall
A great educational site for young children learning their ABC’s or starting to read.
Talaris Institute
Talaris provides research-based products and information that supports parents and caregivers in raising socially and emotionally healthy children.
Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention
This Center provides free products and resources to help decision-makers, caregivers, and service providers apply best practices in their work with young children who are at risk for developmental delay.
Today’s Parent
Pregnancy, baby, toddler advice for Canadian parents.
Urban Child Institute
The Urban Child Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to the health and wellbeing of children from conception to age three in Memphis, Tennessee. The website has information and resources on how what happens during the first years of a child’s life has a huge impact on his future.
US Department of Education
ED’s mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
Weelicious
Find the yummiest toddler recipes.
