Preschooler's Busy Book
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
Temperament
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
Stepfamilies
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
Reading Tips for Parents of Preschoolers
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
Reading Development
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/
Temperament Overview
A web article detailing the ten temperament traits and why they are important in understanding children and young adults.
Source: centerforparentingeducation.org
Raising Teens Through Their Defiant Years
An online article with Mary Muscari, which discusses how parents can connect and teach defiant teens.
Source: today.com
Social and Emotional Development
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
Sleep and Your Preschooler
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