Resources

For Teachers & Providers

• Recipes for Healthy Kids – a Cookbook for Childcare Centers

• Science Activities

• Teaching and Learning Reading Through Play

• Teaching Social Emotional Skills

• Helping Children with Cerebral Palsy

• Cerebral Palsy Therapy Options
  

Parent Tool Kit

Finding A Child Care Provider

• 5 Steps to Choosing Care

• Choosing Quality Child Care for your Infant or Toddler

• Evaluating Providers

• Early Learning Program and Provider Search

• Assistance for military families for child care issues

Other Resources

• Child Care Works: Provides financial assistance to eligible families for child care

• Food programs for families

• Food assistance from local food banks

• Children’s Health Insurance Program-CHIP

• General information on children’s health topics

• Heating Assistance

• Assistance for weatherizing your home to reduce energy costs

Infant & Toddler Development

• Creating Healthy Connections: Nurturing Brain Development From Birth to Three

• Our Families, Ourselves: How Our History Influences How We Raise Our Children

• Night-Night…or Not: Talking About Babies, Toddlers, and Sleep

• Early Experiences Count: How Emotional Development Unfolds Starting at Birth

• Beyond “Use Your Words!”: How Babies Begin to Develop Self-Control in the First Three Years

• Feeding the Body and the Mind: Nurturing Healthy Eating Habits from the Start

• Shh, Shh, It’s Okay: Coping With Crying in Babies and Toddlers

General Child Development

• Get help to your questions about your child’s development with the Early Learning GPS available on the PA’s Promise website

• Sharing the Care: How Partnering with Your Child’s Caregiver Supports Healthy Development

• How Home Computer Use Affects Development

• Turning On or Tuning Out: The Influence of Media on Young Children’s Development

• Why It’s Important to Involve Parents in Their Children’s Literacy Development

• Social Emotional Development in Young Children

• Literature to Help Children Cope with Family Stressors

• Support for military families and their children

Activities

• Family Activities with Nature

• Science for Kids Energy and Fusion

• School Age Math Games with a Deck of Cards

• Math Games to Play with Your Young Child

• Activities for Promoting Literacy for ages 3-5

• Literacy Kit of Family Outdoor Activities

• Kids Get Cookin’ Fun and Fast Healthy Recipes

• Activities to help your child grow and be ready for school

• For a current listing of early learning activities and events in your local area visit the PA’s Promise website