Links to many areas of preschool growth and development, including a child health guide, early childhood growth chart, assessing preschool children's development, childhood obesity, and bed-wetting. (
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/preschoolers.growth.html
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Explores developmental milestones in infancy and childhood. Provides checklists for gross motor development, fine motor development, and other areas of development. (
http://www.growingchild.com/milestones.html
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Displays a fascinating article about the early development of the brain titled "Fertile Minds." (
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985854,00.html
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The website of The MacArthur Foundation research project on early experience and brain development. Describes the different disciplines involved (developmental psychology, developmental neurobiology, and developmental/behavioral pediatrics), and the major areas of study in this project. (
http://www.macbrain.org/
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Current information about research projects. Also provides current and back issues of the Center's newsletter, Research to Reality, online. Links to related websites. (
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/
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Causes that lead children to be overweight, strategies for helping children lose weight, and resources. (
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/win.htm
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Information about immunizations, physical growth, high blood pressure, vision and hearing, safety, and other child health topics. (
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/hg/index.html
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Tells what to expect in the infant's physical development at 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, 12-18 months, and 18-24 months. (
http://www.nncc.org/Child.Dev/infant.dev.html
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