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For Parents: 3 to 5 years old

1. Early Childhood Training Center (http://ectc.nde.ne.gov/)
The ECTC provides support and training to staff working with young Nebraska children and families and serves as a resource to parents and families about parenting. Excellent early childhood links.
2. Family Village (familyvillage.wisc.edu/)
Website for children and adults with disabilities, families and friends. Thousands of online resources in an organized, easy to use directory.

3. Nebraska Resource and Referral System (http://nrrs.ne.gov/)
Comprehensive internet resource that is user friendly to identify services for individuals and families across Nebraska.
4. The Perpetual Pre-school (http://perpetualpreschool.com)
Over 12,000 free ideas for parents and educators of young children
5. Born Learning (bornlearning.org)
Born Learning is an innovative public engagement campaign that helps parents, caregivers and communities create quality early learning opportunities for young children. Born Learning is designed as a tool for long-lasting community change that supports young children. Nebraska promotes Born Learning as part of its statewide Learning from Day One initiative.
6. U.S. Department of Education (ed.gov/parents/landing.jhtml)
The U.S. Department of Education offers useful information to parents, including tips on supporting your child’s learning.
7. Parents As Teachers  (parentsasteachers.org)
Offers parents cutting edge research base information of best practices and resources about child development and parenting support.
8. Answers4Families (answers4families.org/_development_stages_child/)
The Answers4Families project (Nebraska Network for Children and Families) provides information, dialogue, education, and support to Nebraskans with special needs by providing Internet resources. The site offers information to parents on developmental milestones for infants and young children.

9.  Pre-K Now - Latino Children Lagging Behind in Pre-K Enrollment Nationally  (preknow.org)
This press release, available in both English and Spanish, outlines the difficulty latino families are having enrolling their children into pre-k education and how non-profit organizations such as Pre-K Now are helping these families.