This book contains 365 activities (one for each day of the year) for three- to six-year-olds using things found around the home. This book is written with warmth and sprinkled with humor and insight. It should be required reading for anyone raising or teaching preschool-age children.

Source: amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0671316338

Source: kids.usa.gov

http://kids.usa.gov/teachers/activities-and-worksheets/money/index.shtml

Parenting Counts is a research-based resource developed to support parents and caregivers in raising socially and emotionally healthy children. Our approach is to provide parents, caregivers, and early learning professionals with information they can trust, understand, and use in their daily interactions with children.

Source: parentingcounts.org

http://www.parentingcounts.org/parent-handouts/

Healthy Relationships Utah offers free research-based relationship education courses throughout the state of Utah as part of Utah State University Extension.

Source: extension.usu.edu

http://extension.usu.edu/stepfamily/

A website that offers tips to parents about making reading an enjoyable learning experience for young children. This page also offers Spanish resources.

Source: readingrockets.org

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/reading-tips-parents-preschoolers

From kindergarten through third grade, children progress from reading simple picture books containing only a few words per page to reading chapter books that contain only a few pictures. Children learn new reading skills each year. Most children in kindergarten through grade three go through these stages of reading development:

Source: pbs.org

http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/reading-language/reading-milestones/reading-development/

A web article detailing the ten temperament traits and why they are important in understanding children and young adults.

Source: centerforparentingeducation.org

http://centerforparentingeducation.org/library-of-articles/child-development/unique-child-equation/temperament/temperament-overview/

An online article with Mary Muscari, which discusses how parents can connect and teach defiant teens.

Source: today.com

http://www.today.com/id/40074871/ns/today-parenting_and_family/t/raising-teens-through-their-defiant-years/#.VCwxGvldWSp

A website for parents to find social and emotional milestones. These are some signs of emotional and social develpment that can be harder to pinpoint.

Source: pbs.org

http://www.pbs.org/wholechild/abc/social.html

A brief online article all about sleep for young children. It inludes benefits of sleep, tips, and advice for parents.

Source: kidshealth.org

http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sleep/sleep_preschool.html