Useful web links for students studying Child Development:
Part One: The family & Pregnancy
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Surebaby.com - Excellent facts regarding week by week development of a baby during pregnancy
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b4 baby.com - Pre-conceptual care info, pregnancy, and the new baby stage
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Mother & Baby - Info on pregnancy, birth, health issues and development of children up to 3 yrs old.
Part Two: Care of the Child
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Child Safety - Full of info on safety within the home/car/garden etc. Also includes loads of factsheets and stats.
Part Three: Development of the Child
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How do Children Learn? - CBeebies website: Articles written by child psychologists and educational specialists, looking at how children learn and grow across the different areas of child development.
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Baby Centre - Loads of info on stages of development and milestones reached. This website also provides some excellent ideas for suitable games/activities/toys for you to organise on observational visits.
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Child Development - Child Development, Parenting, safety, disabilities. Excellent charts on physical,intellectual, social and emotional development.
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Family Fun - Loads of ideas for activities you could do during observation visits. Also you will find some useful articles if you click on the parenting tab about learning through play, A-Z Child health and baby growth/development checklists
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Category: Child Development
Author: Mrs Hewer