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As one of the nation's largest organization for studying young children and their families, the FPG Child Development Institute of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conducts research and provides outreach services. Find online evaluations of public programs.
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/
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National Network for Child Care (NNCC) unites the expertise of many of the nation's leading universities through the outreach system of Cooperative Extension. The goal is to share knowledge about children and childcare from the vast resources of the landgrant universities with parents, professionals, practitioners, and the general public. They network with committed individuals around the country to bring you practical information and resources that will be useful to you in your everyday work with children. The website contains over 1000 public...
http://www.nncc.org/
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A section for education is located on The World Bank's website, which contains information on early childhood development. You will find concise, thorough descriptions of each developmental stage among young children on this page.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTEDUCATION/EXTECD/0,,contentMDK:20207779~menuPK:524377~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:344939,00.html
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Earlychildhood.com is an online resource for parents and teachers. This website has a variety of resources including an online discussiong group, arts & crafts, the EarlyChildhood News magazine, online curriculum and much more.
http://www.earlychildhood.com/
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This online article by David Farmer provides some ideas on identifying and parenting gifted preschoolers. Farmer suggests parents should take notice of milestones other than the common ones of walking, talking etc., such as advanced thinking, reasoning, particular creativity, humour and joke telling, spontaneity and being competitive.
http://www.austega.com/gifted/preschoolers.htm
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This is a great site that gives parents of young children a great source of information about the developemental milestones while contrasting normal children with gifted children.
http://members.tripod.com/~gleigh/gftskills.htm
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This article hosted on the Hyper-Parenting.com, is authored by Jan Dehner and covers the topic of children's hectic schedules. She reveals that according to a recent to a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics, over-scheduling can lead to increased stress, anxiety and physical ailments.
http://www.hyper-parenting.com/sioux.htm
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Zero to Three's mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families. As a national nonprofit multidisciplinary organization, Zero to Three informs, educates and supports adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers.
http://www.zerotothree.org
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This book provides an account of the development of 15 children with IQs exceeding 160. Gross examines indepth the children's developmental and educational history, and common characteristics. As well, it identifies educational strategies and adaptations for exceptionally gifted students. This book is must read for anyone raising, teaching, counseling, or assessing highly and profoundly gifted children.
http://www.ebookmall.com/ebook/76379-ebook.htm
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This book presents research on the early developmental history of children who come to perform at the gifted IQ level during middle childhood, representing an integration of the four authors' interests in the fields of intelligence, psychometrics, and developmental psychology. The research presented is based on the Fullerton Longitudinal Study, which entails the systematic investigation of a single cohort studied from infancy onward.
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A comprehensive research-based publication offering practical assistance for:
- Parents of young gifted children
- University students in undergraduate early childhood or gifted education courses
- Academics studying and researching giftedness in early childhood
- Early childhood educators
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Aletha Solter presents a new approach to parenting which respects the child's needs and feelings. Without using punishment nor rewards, children are allowed to reach their highest potential.
http://www.awareparenting.com/books.htm
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Play is the child's way of learning about, adapting to and integrating with his or her environment. In addition to adequate sports and recreation facilities children need a wide variety of opportunities, choices and raw materials that they can use as they see fit for free constructive creative play. These essays, drawn from papers given at the International Playgrounds Association's Seventh World Congress, focus on the social significance of play.
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The author of 10 books that concentrate on early child development and education, Holt is widely considered the father of the modern-day homeschooling movement because he grew to believe that schools stifle the learning process. In this, his final book--compiled by colleagues from drafts, letters, and magazine essays written by Holt before he died in 1985--he strings together his own observations and philosophies to show how young children can be encouraged to learn everything from reading and math to music and science.
http://www.holtgws.com/learningalltheti.html
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While this digest includes articles, research reports and advice from Gifted Children Monthly, it also contains original work by James Alvino on emotional needs, perfectionism and the superbaby scourge and gender-specific issues.
http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?qwork=4987184&matches=15&qsort=r
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This book from Bob Murray and Alicia Fortinberry, offers a safe, drug-free approach o protect your child from depression. Parents can learn how to spot the early signs fo depression and even prevent your own depression from influencing your child.
http://www.raisinganoptimisticchild.com/
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In this book, author and therapist Steve Biddulph explains to parents how to embrace the differences between boys and girls and work with them. Citing such gender specific risks facing boys as a higher percentage of learning disabilities to greater threats of violence and suicide, Biddulph maps out parenting strategies for three distinct stages of growth
http://www.bestwebbuys.com/Raising_Boys-ISBN_0890878536.html?isrc=b-search
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Authors Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein present a set of 10 essential parenting behaviors ("guideposts") - a prescription of sorts, for nurturing resilience in kids. Each chapter describes a different guidepost and illustrates what can be done to foster psychological strength, hope and optimism.
http://www.raisingresilientkids.com/
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This article, hosted by the North South Wales Association for Gifted and Talented Children website, provides general advice and suggestions for parents of school-aged children whose children exhibit some/all of the characteristics of academically gifted children. Author, Jane Beattie, outlines nine informative steps parents can follow to better understand the process of raising a gifted child.
http://www.nswagtc.org.au/info/articles/BeattieHELP%20I%20think%20my%20child%20may%20be%20giftedV2.pdf
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Po Bronson discusses how parents unknowingly add pressure to their children. Too much encouragement can create fear in trying new things due to the possibility of failure. A new study from the New York public-school system strongly suggests giving kids the label of “smart” does not prevent them from underperforming. It might actually be causing it.
http://talentdevelop.com/articles/HNTTTYK.html
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