Child Care Resource Websites

To help make your web time as productive as possible, here are some of our favorite sites offering a wealth of information and insights about how to make the most of nutrition and physical activity for all of the kids in your care — from the babies to the preschool “big kids.”

• Administration for Children & Families (ACF)
  (from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Born Learning
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
• Child and Adult Care Food Program
  (from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, USDA)
• Child Care Aware^® of America (formerly NACCRRA)
• ChooseMyPlate.gov
  (from the USDA)
• Grow It, Try It, Like It! Preschool Fun With Fruits and Vegetables
  (a garden-themed nutrition education kit from the USDA's Team Nutrition)
• KidsHealth.org
  (from Nemours, with sections for parents, kids, teens, teachers, and content available in English and Spanish)
• Let's Move!
• Little Voices for Healthy Choices
• I Am Moving, I Am Learning
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau
  (from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services) 
• National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) 
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) 
• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education 
• Partnership for a Healthier America 
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity 
• Sesame Workshop’s Healthy Habits
  (Check out the video of Michelle Obama with Elmo and “The Get Healthy Now Show,” by Nemours, KidsHealth, and Sesame Workshop.)
• United Way
• We Can!
  ("Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity & Nutrition," from the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute)
• YMCA: Healthy Family Home