Infant and Toddler Care: Useful Links

"The nation's leading voice for child care."

A guide for parents and caregivers of newborns & toddlers, children, and preteens, covering such topics as vaccines, bullying, and feeding.

"ERIC is an online library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education."

"HighScope Educational Research Foundation is an independent nonprofit research, development, training, and public outreach organization with headquarters in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Our focus is on early childhood education and the professional development of those that are in the field."

Information about children from before birth through adolescence. Topics include: emotional development, nutrition, parenting, first aid, and infections.

"The National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) is the only professional association dedicated specifically to promoting high-quality early childhood experiences in the unique environment of family child care programs."

"The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research."

"The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducts academic research to inform policy supporting high-quality, early education for all young children."

An educational resource from the North Carolina Museum of Art. Explore works of art that are teachable across disciplines and grade levels. Includes lesson plans, concept maps, and portfolios.

Selected statistical data from the NCDPI on students, personnel, and finances.

"The North American Reggio Emilia Alliance exists to connect early childhood educators and advocates together in discovering, interpreting, and promoting Reggio Emilia inspired education. NAREA believes in the inherent abilities and basic rights of children and adults, particularly with regard to their competence and right to actively construct relations, knowledge, feelings, and identity."

Specific DPI goals and objectives for classroom subjects and grade levels for North Carolina.

Contains addresses and phone numbers of every NC public, federal, or charter school, all employees of the DPI, contact information for education organizations, associations, and educational material suppliers.

Searchable, open access, full-text articles on pediatrics.

"The Program for Infant/Toddler Care seeks to ensure that America's infants get a safe, healthy, emotionally secure and intellectually rich start in life."

Links to the information needed to apply for a teaching job in North Carolina.

"ZERO TO THREE works to ensure that babies and toddlers benefit from the early connections that are critical to their well-being and development."