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Parenting & Child Development
Family Mealtime: Much more than just a meal!
Making time for family meals is well worth the effort. Turn off the TV, phones, etc., and start a conversation. Scheduling can be tricky, but think ahead—and get the kids involved in meal planning and preparatio...
Helping Children Overcome Fears
Everyone experiences fear at some points in their lives. Children, though, are particularly likely to have fears. Adults might see children's fears as silly, but they are very real to the children. The goal of this seven...
Hero's Story Time: How Do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad?
Hero's Story time is a set of eight publications for childcare providers, parents and guardians about preschool-age children's storybooks related to social-emotional development strengths that empower children. Each publ...
Hero's Story Time: I Am Enough
Hero's Story time is a set of eight publications for childcare providers, parents and guardians about preschool-age children's storybooks related to social-emotional development strengths that empower children. Each publ...
Hero's Story Time: Lacey Walker Nonstop Talker
Hero's Story time is a set of eight publications for childcare providers, parents and guardians about preschool-age children's storybooks related to social-emotional development strengths that empower children. Each publ...
Hero's Story Time: Llama Llama and the Bully Goat
Hero's Story time is a set of eight publications for childcare providers, parents and guardians about preschool-age children's storybooks related to social-emotional development strengths that empower children. Each publ...
Hero's Story Time: Llama Llama Misses Mama
Hero's Story time is a set of eight publications for childcare providers, parents and guardians about preschool-age children's storybooks related to social-emotional development strengths that empower children. Each publ...
Hero's Story Time: Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
Hero's Story time is a set of eight publications for childcare providers, parents and guardians about preschool-age children's storybooks related to social-emotional development strengths that empower children. Each publ...
Hero's Story Time: Talk And Work It Out
Hero's Story time is a set of eight publications for childcare providers, parents and guardians about preschool-age children's storybooks related to social-emotional development strengths that empower children. Each publ...
Hero's Story Time: The Kissing Hand
Hero's Story time is a set of eight publications for childcare providers, parents and guardians about preschool-age children's storybooks related to social-emotional development strengths that empower children. Each publ...
Kinship Care: A New Kind of Family
In the United States, a growing number of adult relatives and non-relatives are parenting children. They are providing what is known as kinship care. This publication discusses various types of kinship care, including in...
Making a Safe Sleep Environment for an Infant
This updated brochure, by two Purdue University School of Nursing professors, discusses ways to create safe sleeping environments for infants. It also covers Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and bed-sharing. It lists do's ...
This is a curriculum outline for a series of eight to 10 parenting education sessions for parents who have been mandated to attend training because they are physically or emotionally abusive and/or neglectful parents. Ea...
The Enhanced Block Party: Fostering Engineering Play Behaviors in Young Children
Research has shown that through block play children can learn a variety of skills such as math, science, social, physical, new words, pre-reading, creative and problem-solving skills. This 12-part series trains adults...
Why are Early Literacy Skills Important?
Reading skills are vital for a child's development. In this publication, Purdue researchers discuss the value of reading with children, the role of dialogic reading and the importance of being curious about what children...
Why are Early Math Skills Important?
School readiness and academic achievement are keys to school readiness. In this publication, Purdue researchers describe early math (counting, patterns, sorting, etc.) and provide examples of how to talk about early math...
