Useful Links

1. AMS - (American Montessori Society)

2. CAMT - (Canadian Association of Montessori Teachers)

3. Little Red Robin

4. Michael Olaf Montessori Company - Essential montessori for birth to three years+

5. Montessori Connections - A website of the Montessori Community

6. Montessori Parenting - Birth to Three - Sponsored by the "Assistants to Infancy Program" of The Montessori Institute (Denver, CO)

7. The Toddler Tutor - Website of Jan Katzen-Luchenta author / host of Montessori message boards.

1. AMS - (American Montessori Society)

2. CAMT - (Canadian Association of Montessori Teachers)

National EC Links

1. AAP - (American Academy of Pediatrics) "Children's Health" division of the Medical Library

2. ACEI - (Association for Childhood Education International)

3. aha! Process, Inc. - Learn how to work with children of poverty: K-12 teacher education training. We highly recommend Dr. Ruby Payne, founder, who has achieved significant results in mutual understanding communication systems.

4. APPPAH - (Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health)

5. CAYC - (Canadian Association for Young Children) - Concerned with children ages birth to nine years, the CAYC is the counterpart of NAEYC in the U.S.

6. Child Care Aware - Child Care Aware is a non-profit initiative committed to helping parents find the best information on locating quality child care and child care resources in their community.

7. CYFC (Children, Youth, and Family Consortium) - University of Minnesota

8. The Difficult Child - The Nurtured Heart Approach was developed by Howard Glasser, the founder of The Children's Success Foundation. It facilitates parenting and classroom success by offering an amazing set of strategies developed for children with challenging behaviors.

9. I AM YOUR CHILD - The Rob Reiner Foundation

10. Jacob Wetterling Foundation - Working nationally to end child sexual molestation, abuse, and non-family abduction. Education for every age level and valuable resource links.

11. Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association - Developer of Safety Certification program for more than 400 companies' juvenile products. JPMA helps parents select juvenile products that are built with safety in mind. Parents can look for the seal on product packaging.

12. MOTHERISK - Treating the Mother - Protecting the Unborn - Affiliated with the Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto. Motherisk's is your source for evidence-based information about the safety or risk of drugs, chemicals and disease during pregnancy and lactation.

13. NAEYC - (National Association for the Education of Young Children)

14. National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Childcare (1-800-598-KIDS)

15. NPIN - (National Parent Information Network)

16. The Pikler Institute and Foundation - The Pikler Institute, located in Budapest, Hungary (nicknamed Lóczy from the street where it is located), was established in 1946 by pediatrician Dr. Emmi Pikler. This internationally recognized agency is dedicated to empowering children and families through outreach programs that serve the child, parent, and caregiver. Dr. Pikler recognized the need to offer an environment where children are respected and nurtured to become emotionally and socially mature individuals, able to adjust to the needs of others and of society. Dr. Pikler's concepts and practices included ideas on respecting the child as a person - where s/he is an active individual and is allowed to move freely in a safe environment.

17. RED NOSE DAY - In September 1988 the first Australian Red Nose Day, now a national event in Australia, was conducted for the SIDS cause and was an outstanding success, significantly increasing public awareness of SIDS. Read the history of this event.

18. RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) - Magda Gerber's website

19. SIDS Alliance (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Call (800) 221-SIDS (7437) to speak to a counselor.

20. SNAP ( Society of Special Needs Adoptive Parents ) - A British Columbia non-profit offering services to pre- and post-adoptive families. Many resources on fetal alcohol syndrome/effect.

21. Stand For Children - founded June 1, 1996 - a non-partisan voice for children

22. Touchpoints - Dr. T. Berry Brazelton's website

24. Zero To Three Foundation

Other Quality EC Links

1. About Parenting: Parenting Babies & Toddlers - Your About.com Guide, Lynn M. Johnson, has done a thorough job of scouring the Internet for any and all topics pertaining to infants and toddlers. See her own recent article on Potty Training.

2. Early Childhood CDA Help - Employment as a "Teacher" in Early Childhood mandates (in 47 U.S. states) having earned the "minimum" of a CDA credential. The staff of this website are registered CDA Advisors and offer assistance in pursuit of the CDA credential.

3. Early Childhood Resource Center - ECRC sees its role in the community as being one of support and facilitation, especially with communities of color, enabling them to develop and succeed in ways that are empowering and culturally sensitive.

4. Infants To Adolescents: Research Update

5. M.E.C.S.A.T.A. - MN Early Childhood School Age Trainers Association - A all-inclusive, high quality, professional organization devoted to early childhood and school age Trainers. Investigate the benefits of membership!

6. Minnesota STREAMS to Quality - Offering timely, accessible, quality training and professional development opportunities to child care providers.

7. Overindulgence.Info - "Avoid overindulging children. It hurts! Teach about enough......Enforce rules..... Love without spoiling." This is the overindulgence researchers new website.

8 Peapods - Natural toys and baby care - "Peapods" is a mother owned family store / website that has a lot in common with our Educarer philosophy. Their "brick & mortar" retail store is managed by three generations of the same family.

9. Project EXCEPTIONAL - "Formerly known as (Project EXCEPTIONAL Minnesota), The Center For Inclusive Child Care is a statewide network for promoting and supporting inclusive early childhood and school-age programs and providers in Minnesota. Their goal is to increase the number and quality of inclusive early care and education and school-age care programs for young children with special needs in Minnesota.

10. The Thinking Parent - A Research Newsletter - "Provides recently published research in following content areas: Education, Parenting and Development, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Physical Health, and Mental Health.