Kid Basics

21 December 2010

Tips, tricks and answers to help you care for your young child. This 20-page booklet contains information on:

• Well Child Visits
• Your Child
• How to... 
• Child Care
• Child Care Checklist
• Sleep
• Using a Soothing Routine
• Play
• Choosing Quality Toys
• Dads
• Make the most of Fathertime
• Behavior
• Feeding
• Meal Ideas
• Early Literacy

Click here to download your 20 page electronic copy of Kid Basics.

Born Learning Tools

21 December 2010

Born Learning™ parent education materials help parents and family/friend caregivers provide quality early learning opportunities for young children. Research-based and user-friendly materials make it easy.

Tools, tips and checklists make it fun, too. And Born Learning materials offer local United Ways a chance for increased visibility. You can customize materials locally to promote your United Way and your partners/sponsors.

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Child Care Checklist

When searching for a compatible caregiver for your child, leave no stone unturned. Refer to this checklist when visiting child care centers and interviewing other child care providers to help you ask all the right questions about all the critical issues.

Click here for the printable check list.

Sleep Stages

21 December 2010

What are the stages of sleep?

While sleeping, both adults and children pass through 4 stages and REM (Rapid Eye Movement)—in repeating cycles throughout the night.

The ABC's of catching zzzz's

What’s the best way to help your child develop good sleep habits? There are many expert views about what role parents should play when it comes to helping their children develop good sleep habits. Ultimately, the choice is yours. If you like an approach that:

• is lenient about responding to your baby when he cries during the night and emphasizes consistent bedtime routines and positive sleep associations, check out Dr. Jodi Mindell’s book, Sleeping  Through the Night: How Infants, Toddlers and Their Parents Can Get a Good Night’s Sleep.
• advocates sticking firmly to routine and letting your child cry at bedtime for extended intervals of time before you provide her with comfort, read Dr. Richard Ferber’s book, Solve Your Child’s Sleep.

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