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Always kiss your children goodnight - even if they're already asleep.
-- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Tips for Parents
- Utah Parents as Teachers (UPAT)
Audio clip of parenting tip such as feed, attachment, importance of play and more. - Learn to be a Successful Parent
Stories that demonstrate good Parenting Skills. - Babies & Toddlers: Learn Some Positive Parenting Tips
Tips to help the development of your baby or toddler. (en Español) - Preschoolers: Learn Some Positive Parenting Tips
Discover (or rediscover) positive ways that you can help your preschooler learn and develop. (en Español) - Child Behavior: What Parents Can Do to Change Their Child's Behavior
(en Español) - More Than 100 Encouraging Words
Series of encouraging words to say to your child. - Praise Is Important to Raising a Child
Self-esteem is the way your daughter feels about what she believes are her positive qualities, values, abilities, and worth as a human being. - Parent's Guide to Helping your Child Learn
Take an active role in your child's learning. Tips on how to help them using language, listen, write, read, develop social skills, think, and math concepts. - A Place of Our Own
These two companion resources offer online resources for early childhood educators and parents. The Web sites provide activities appropriate for toddlers to preschoolers and range in topic from Health & Safety to Language & Literacy to Science & Environment and more. (en Español) - DadCanDo.com
Advice and best tips on how dads can make the most of the time they spend with their kids.
Preparing for School
- Kindergarten Readiness Checklist
A checklist that will give you an idea on what areas your child is doing well in, and where they may need some extra attention. - Kindergarten….Here We Come! (pdf)
The items listed in this pamphlet can help identify and reinforce specific areas of kindergarten readiness. - Preschool Pioneer
An online collection of high quality educational resources for preschoolers. - PBS Bookfinder
Search for a book by age level or theme. - Ready! Set! School!
Ready!Set!School! provides activities and resources to help parents prepare their pre-schooler for kindergarten. (en Español) - Reading Tips for Parents of Preschoolers
Read early and read often. The early years are critical to developing a lifelong love of reading. Here are some tips to help your child become a happy and confident reader. (en Español) - Reading Readiness Screening Tool
The Get Ready to Read! screening tool for four-year-olds will assess your child's pre-reading skills and provide suggestions for improvements. (en Español) - Reading Rockets
Here is a lot of great information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. - PBS Early Math
A site that helps nurture development of your child's early math skills. (en Español) - PBS Fun and Games
Search for excellent activities and games from PBS. - Get Ready to Read!
Resources to help your preschooler get ready to learn to read. As your child’s first teacher, you can set him or her in the right direction for a lifetime of reading and learning. (en Español) - Building Literacy Skills Every Day
Quick tips and simple games that can make everyday chores more fun and at the same time support your child's language and literacy skills. (en Español) - Sesame Street: Parents
Learn how to use the Sesame Street website with your child and reading articles about a wide variety of parenting topics. - Utah Kids Ready to Read!
Utah State Library's resources for parents and caregivers to help them nurture their children's early literacy skills. (en Español) - Child Development Tracker: Literacy from Age 4-5
Learn what to expect of how children this age learning to read. - Is my Child Ready to enter Kindergarten?
The expectations of children who enter kindergarten can vary from school to school. However, here are some general social and educational guidelines about the skills children should develop by the time they start a kindergarten program. - Early Learning Resources
Ideas for literacy adventures, pre-reading skills, book recommendations and more. - Recursos en Español
Oprima aquí para recursos de aprender temprano para los niños en español.
Play It Safe
- What Do I Do in an Emergency?
Instructions to help you with common childhood emergencies such as broken bones, cuts, insect stings, sunburns and more. (en Español) - Knocked out Tooth
What to do when your child knocks out a tooth. - Bike Safety
Bike riding is a great way to get exercise and share time as a family, remember basic bike safety tips. (en Español) - Preventing Dog Bites
Teaching kids a few basic dog manners will let them — and dogs — enjoy safer encounters. (en Español) - Play It Safe in the Sun: A Guide for Parents
Learn how to protect your child from getting a sunburn and preventing skin cancer. (en Español)
Nutrition
- Little Bites, Big Steps Program
The Little Bites, Big Steps program provides Utah parents and caregivers with nutrition information to teach young children healthy eating habits from the beginning. - MyPyramid for Preschoolers
Use the MyPyramid as a guide to help you feed your preschool child as well as resources to help you preschooler grow up healthy, develop good eating habits and try new foods.
(en Español) - Tips to Help Your Preschooler Overcome Picky Eating
Here are some effective ways you can help make healthy foods like fruits and vegetables all-time favorite choices in your home. - Strategies for Feeding a Preschooler
Preschoolers want to do things themselves, but they are willing to learn from caregivers. This give-and-take creates opportunities to teach kids about healthy food choices in new and exciting ways. (en Español) - Healthy Eating
5 strategies to improve nutrition and encourage smart eating habits. (en Español) - Cooking With Preschoolers
Cooking can help young children learn and practice some basic math concepts and build language skills. - After-School Snacks
Learn how you can make sure your child gets nourished but still has room for a healthy dinner. (en Español)
Health and Fitness
- Sleep and Preschoolers
Help your child develop good habits for getting to sleep. (en Español) - Raising a Fit Preschooler
Instead of just running around in the backyard, a preschooler has the physical skills and coordination to ride a tricycle or chase a butterfly. - Is Your Preschooler Too Active?
It is normal for preschoolers to be active and have shorter attention spans, but here are some tips to help you determine if over activity might be a problem for your child, - Elmo Flu Prevention Tips
Find out more about the immunizations your baby needs with this chart from the CDC, National Immunization Program. - Immunizations and Checkups
Find out more about the immunizations your baby needs with this chart from the CDC, National Immunization Program. - Immunizations: Parent Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Answers from the American Academy of Pediatrics Childhood Immunization Support Program to common immunization questions.
Just for Kids
- Preschool Pioneer
An online collection of high quality educational resources for preschoolers. - PBS Kids Go!
Learn with your favorite PBS characters. - PBS KIDS Island
Play reading games on Carnival Island. - Learn to Read at Starfall
The Starfall website helps make learning to read fun for kids.
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