Links
There’s plenty of information and research being done on the subject of Early Childhood Development. Here are links to just a few interesting sources:
- Harvard University’s Developing Child Research
- Also from Harvard, an interesting summary about Early Childhood Mental Health
- The “Brain Hero” video, depicts how actions by a range of people in the family and community impact child development, is the first product of this collaboration
- World Health Organization Fact Sheet
- Just one of many Early Childhood information links from UNICEF
- A story from the Centre for the Study of Social Policy on the idea of Parent Cafes, a meeting of parents discussing how to have healthy, happy kids
- A news article on parenting stress and how to deal with it
A couple of links to news stories on the importance of reading to young children:
More information can be found on the ECE website, including a list of licensed Dayhomes and Daycares throughout the NWT.