• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Association for Family Child Care
• National Child Care Association
• National Association of Child Care Professionals
• Council for Professional Recognition (the CDA people)
  A great site that tells you all about the Council, the CDA and the renewal process. They also have available for download; the application, a waiver form, observation instrument, parent questionnaire, renewal form, renewal procedures, the renewal waiver form, and they even have the home visitor information online. You can even apply online!

Child Care/Child Development Information on the Web

• Earlychildhood.com
  They have ideas for activities & curriculum, arts and crafts, a reading center and more.
• Child Development Institute
  They have excellent information on helping children deal with tragedy and violence and more.
• Zero to Three, National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
  Excellent source for the latest research on brain development. They have information formatted for both parents and professionals. Look for their Magic of Everyday Moments brochures!!
• The National Association for Child Development
  This is an international organization that has information on many aspects of child development, especially special needs.

State Resources

• Utah Child Care Licensing
  All the information you need including copies of the rules and regulations!
• Utah Cares - The web version of 211.
  If you or a family you service need any financial help, legal help or just about anything you can get from the many community agencies in Utah, check out this website. You can search by need or group. They even have a list of places where people can to go volunteer in the community!

Local Resources

• Club Heights Family Resource Center
  To send an email requesting information to the Club Heights Family Resource Center follow this link.
  They have many resources available to parents including a toy & book lending library, computer lab, free parent classes and many many brochures and booklets on children's issues.
• PIRC Parent Information & Resource Center
  Located in Davis County, their mission is to assist parents in taking a proactive approach to developing a whole, healthy family by making educational materials, training, support, information, and other resources readily accessible to all families in Davis County. They house a parent & family lending library, they have access to technology & information and offer workshops and forums for parents, educators & the community.
• Weber-Morgan Early Intervention
  Weber Early Intervention services are provided to families when a child is identified as having a delay in one or more of the following areas: Cognitive development, Motor development, Speech/Language development, Social development, Self-help Skills, Vision, and Hearing

National Resources

• National Child Care Information Center
  Great site for information on all topics.
• The National Network for Child Care
  They have a huge clearinghouse of information in their information station. A wonderful resource for information on children's issues. Much of it you can pass on to parents.
• CDC
  Center for Disease Control and Prevention. They no longer publish the ABC's of Safe & Healthy Child Care, but they still have great information on disease control on their web site.
• The National Resource Center for Health & Safety in Child Care
  They produce Caring for Our Children: National Health & Safety Performance Standards... The full text of this book is available online at their website and searchable by keywords. You can also download one page handouts on topics such as hand washing and daily health checks. They also have licensing regulations for all 50 states available as full text and searchable.
• The American Academy of Pediatrics
  Excellent source for information on children's health. They keep up-to-date on current world issues and how that impacts our children.

Local Fun Spots

• Antelope Island
  Kids enjoy riding in the car over the water and watching the buffalo. The beach is great in the summertime, but watch out for the brine flies! Antelope Island is one of the sites chosen for the Olympic torch relay.
• Ogden Eccles Dinosaur Park
  Kids love dinosaurs! They are open year round and feature more than 100 realistic sculptures, some even talk.
• Ogden Nature Center
  "They have classes, workshops and happenings for everyone!"
• The Treehouse Museum
  Come step into a story! 
• Eccles Community Art Center
  They have several workshops for children and adults to enjoy.
• Hill Aerospace Museum
  Currently the Museum exhibits over 80 military aircraft, missiles, and aerospace vehicles on the grounds and inside the Major General Rex A. Hadley Gallery and the Lindquist-Stewart Fighter Gallery. The museum collection also includes a wide variety of ordnance, an assortment of aerospace ground equipment, military vehicles, uniforms, and thousands of other historical artifacts.
• Davis County, Weber County & Morgan County - Find out what's happening in your county.