Brain Research and Early Child Development

Brain Development
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/dev.html
Contains information and graphics that show how the brain develops. Provides links to other good sites and information on how to subscribe to a monthly brain information e-mail newsletter.

Carnegie Corporation Starting Points
http://carnegie.org/startingpoints
Contains information about the national Starting Points Project and other states' and cities' initiates.

I Am Your Child Foundation
http://www.iamyourchild.org
I Am Your Child is a national public awareness and engagement campaign to make early child development a top priority for our nation. The website provides research, parenting information, advice from the top experts in the field of child development such as T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., and many resources.

Making Connections: How Children Learn
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ReadWithMe/makconn.html
A summary of recent brain research written as part of the America Reads Challenge.

National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/resources/default.asp
Early Years Are Learning Years. NAEYC produces a series of one-page, focused articles on topics that help parents and early childhood professionals make the critical early years the best that they can be for all children.

Zero To Three
http://zerotothree.org
Zero to Three is the nations leading resource on the first three years of life. They are a national non-profit charitable organization whose aim is to strengthen and support families, practitioners and communities to promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers.