Professional Resources

CDC Websites and Fact Sheets:

Adolescent Health - CDC website of resources and statistics.

Adverse Childhood Experiences Study

Child Development

Child Health CDC Fast Stats

Children and diseases, disease information

Developmental Disabilities, NCBDDD, CDC

Disability and Health

Injury Maps & Statistics - NCIPC

National Survey of Children's Health

Child care and Early Education Research Connections - Offers research and data resources for researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and others.

Child Care Federal Information and Resources

Childstats.gov

Child Trends Databank - Contains over 100 key indicators of child and youth wellbeing. Includes the What Works / LINKS database of programs that work and don't work to enhance children's development.

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study

ERIC - Access to citations and some full-text from the journal literature on education.

Guide to Child Development - Developmental Psychology

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Center for Early Development and Learning - Addresses issues and research related to the cognitive, social and emotional development of children from birth through age eight.

National Children's Study - Examines the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of more than 100,000 children across the United States.

National Network for Child Care

Oklahoma Child Care Resource & Referral

Oklahoma Licensing Requirements for Childcare Centers

OU's Center for Early Childhood Professional Development

Zero To Three - Child development & early brain resources. The Zero to Three journal is available on the first floor.

DayCare Center Operations

ChildCareExchange.com - Free Articles

Child Care Articles and Activities from the Iowa State University Extension.

Curriculum Ideas

Let's Talk... Child Care - Blog from the Iowa State University Extension.

National Program for Playground Safety

Product Recalls

Small Business Administration Management and Planning Publications
18. How to Start a Quality Child Care Business and 19. Child Day-Care Services

Today's UV Index

Software Reviews

Association for Library Service to Children - Click on Awards & Scholarships, then click on Children’s Notable Lists.

Children's Software Review - Children’s Software & New Media Revue $20/year.

Evaluating Children's Software

Parent's Choice Awards

SuperKids Educational Software Review - Parents, teachers, children evaluate these resources. Free.

Music Resources for Child Care

9 Easy to Make Musical Instruments for Kids

Child-care center uses music to develop brains

Children's Music Education Links from IPL Kidspace

New York Philharmonic Kids Zone - Learn about instruments, hear them play, write music, and some good instructions for making your own instruments!

San Francisco Symphony Kids site - Learn about music and make your own music!

Drama Resources for Child Care

Creative Drama
Creative Play
Drama for Young Children Tip Sheets Click on Tips Sheets and Search for Fine Arts.
Using Puppets

Activity Resources

Better Kid Care activity pages from Penn State University.

Crayola

Creative Studio section from HP has creative projects using your computer and color printer. Click on Explore and Create and then HP Creative Studio.

Disney Arts & Crafts

Early Childhood News - Professional resources and activities for teachers and parents of children from infant to age 8.

Get Ready to Read - National early childhood literacy program with resources for parents, childcare providers, and teachers. Includes some free resources: Transitioning to Kindergarten: A Toolkit for Early Childhood Educators, early literacy webinars, printable early literacy resources, and activity cards.

Kaboose (Formerly Kids Domain) - Lots of crafts, clipart, and printables.

Play and Learn activities From Fisher-Price, ages birth to 6.

Sesame Street - Choose activity by type, theme and learning area.

Watchknowlearn has free educational videos for activities Preschool-12th grade. Great activity songs for preschoolers.

Webbing Into Literacy - This site, from the Curry School for Education at the University of Virginia, includes a A Book a Week -- a year-long series for teaching one book a week from the 101 Best Books for Children and a Rhyme a Week.