Additional Resources
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Kid Central TN
Find Tennessee's state services for families of young children here! Also, there's lots of great info about raising kids!
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Reading Bear
Reading Bear teaches children to read by introducing phonics principles painlessly and systematically, while teaching new vocabulary.
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Baby Center
Sign up for weekly tips on your baby or toddler's development!
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The Bump
The inside scoop on pregnancy!
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Shelby County Books from Birth
FREE Monthly Children’s Books delivered to your home.
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Early Learning Guides
Early Learning Developmental Standards
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Earned Benefits Memphis
This program helps families apply for available benefits and services in the Memphis area.
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What to Expect
An online resource for pre-conception, pregnancy, and parenting questions, where you’ll meet other moms and moms-to-be like you.
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HealthyChildren.org
American Academy of Pediatrics' site about child health.
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Postpartum Progress
Katherine Stone's popular blog about surviving postpartum depression.
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Healthy Child
National nonprofit igniting a movement that inspires parents to protect children from harmful chemicals.
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Potty Training Guide for Parents
Free information for parents on how to teach their toddlers about toilet learning.
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Raising Children Network
The complete Australian resource for parenting newborns to teens.
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Mayo Clinic's Symptom Checker
The Mayo Clinic provides an online tool that can offer some insight into your child's health.
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Shelby County Schools Immunization Requirements
A complete list of the vaccinations your child needs before they reach pre-kindergarten and kindergarten.
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Smart Start & The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc.
Smart Start is an award-winning early childhood initiative designed to ensure that young children enter school healthy and ready to succeed.
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Tennessee Department of Education
Helping Your Child Grow
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Tennessee Food Stamp Program/EBT Card
This program provides nutritional assistance to low-income and/or unemployed families.
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Text4Baby
FREE Daily Parenting Tips Texted to Your Phone!
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Touch, Talk, Read, Play.
Touch, Talk, Read, Play is an initiative sponsored by the Urban Child Institute. This initiative stresses the importance of human interaction with your baby.
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Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
WIC provides supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income mothers, infants and children up to age five who are at nutritional risk.
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ZerotoThree.org
Parenting Tips and Tools
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Tinkerlab
Tinkerlab is full of creativity-building art and science projects and crafts for kids of all ages. The projects and ideas shared on this site value the processes of experimentation, exploration, and problem-solving.
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Nurture Store
NurtureStore is a great place to find ideas for kids' crafts and fun activities.
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Kids Activities Blog
Website dedicated to silly activities, learning adventures, and parenting tips for remaining calm.
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Watch Know Learn
33,000+ educational videos, placed into a directory of over 3,000 categories!
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Bright Horizons
A provider of employer-sponsored child care, back-up care, education and work/life solutions.
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Reading Rockets
Teaching kids to read & helping those who struggle.