Get An Early Start! Video Series:
Typical Language and Literacy Development
Developmental Milestones Websites and Apps:● Learn the Signs. Act Early.
This website provides a way to find out what skills a child should have by a certain age, fromtwo months to five years of age. You can download a checklist, or go to the “Milestones inAction” tab to see photos and videos of each age and skill.
​https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html​ Milestone Tracker​- free app
available through Apple or Android. You can input your child’s information, including your child'sage, and it will provide you with a list of the expected skills your child should attain, and guideyou in talking with your pediatrician or other specialists, if you suspect your child has a delay inany area.

●Pathways Growth and Development

This website is another resource you can use to find out what skills your child should gain by acertain age, and it has a calendar you can use to track your babies milestones. It also provides
ideas for hundreds of activities that you can do with your child to help with their developmentalskills.
https://pathways.org/growth-development/

Websites with Activities to Encourage Reading and Language● Children’s Museum of Manhattan: All the Way to K and Beyond!
This website has great activities to help build language and literacy. There are free posters you
can download with activities and other resources you can use to help you strengthen yourchild's language and literacy skills.
https://cmom.org/allthewaytok/● First 5 California:
First 5 California funds programs that educate parents, grandparents, caregivers, and teachers
about the critical role they play during a child’s first five years. Their website has great activities
and videos you can use to learn, and play with your infant or child to help them as they developand grow.
​http://www.first5california.com

● Center for Early Literacy LearningThis organization has developed free, downloadable materials to assist parents inguiding their child’s early literacy development through the use of fun and exciting
literacy learning experiences.
http://earlyliteracylearning.org/parentresource1.php● Zero to Three Early Learning
Zero to Three plays a key role in ensuring that babies and toddlers get a strong start in life by
supporting parents with practical resources that help them connect more positively, deeply andcontinuously with their babies. This website provides information, videos and strategies on how
to support early communication, early literacy, and a host of other areas as well.

https://www.zerotothree.org/early-learning/● American Speech and Language Association
This organization has created a simple list by age of activities parents can do to help encourage
their child’s language development.
https://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/Parent-Stim-Activities.htm

Media Use Plan
This plan, created by the American Academy of Pediatrics, was created to help guide families
on planning for the use of media by their children, so that the children are using it in a healthy,
thoughtful way.
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Media/Pages/How-to-Make-a-Family-Media-U
se-Plan.aspx

Resources in California:● Early Start:
The Early Start program is California's early intervention program for infants and toddlers withdisabilities and their families. The Early Start Program is run by the Regional Centers ofCalifornia. They provide free evaluations for those who suspect their child has a delay. Thislink is to all the Regional Centers, as well as to all the Family Resource Centers in California.
https://www.dds.ca.gov/EarlyStart/ES_FRC.cfm● California Child Care Resource and Referral Network
Throughout California, there are organizations that families can contact for free to help findappropriate child care. They can help families find out if they qualify for subsidized child care,
as well as help them locate child care services that are trained to work with children who havedelays. This website allows you to locate the organization that helps in your part of California.
https://www.rrnetwork.org/parents