Child development

News

• 'Kids in the Kitchen' combines food, friends and fun
  Thursday, November 15, 2012
  COLUMBIA, Mo.– Success breeds confidence and confidence breeds success. This philosophy is at the heart of University of Missouri Extension’s Kids in the Kitchen program.
  
  Media available: photos; video

Websites

Browse these University of Missouri websites:

• Building Strong Families
  Helps family members find their strengths, build on those strengths, and learn skills to improve relationships and increase communication.
• Child, Youth, and Families At-Risk
  Teaches how to reach low-income and at-risk youth and families more effectively.
• Garden 'n Grow
  Summer volunteer gardening program for children ages 9 to 13.
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
• Healthy Start
  A comprehensive preschool health education curriculum that helps children learn how to make important decisions about nutrition and other health-related issues.
• Human Development and Family Studies Extension
• Kids Count
  Measures more than 100 indicators of the well-being of children across Missouri, including economic status, health, safety and risk factors.
• Managing Anger: RETHINK
• MissouriFamilies: Family Meals
• MissouriFamilies: Parenting
• Operation: Military Kids
  State and county extension staff, community agencies, schools, and 4-H youth reaching out to military youth.
• Show Me Character
  A framework that teaches young people to make sound moral judgments.
• Step By Step
  Disseminates timely information on issues related to children's well-being with special emphasis on providing objective analysis and evaluation.

You may be interested in these external websites:

• eXtension Child Care Resources
• eXtension Parenting Resources

Publications

• GH6041, Creativity in Young Children
• GH6113, Understanding and Encouraging Your Young Child’s Large Motor Development
• GH6115, Nature, Nurture and Early Brain Development
• GH6116, Sleep Soundly: How to establish good sleep habits for your children
• GH6119, Positive Discipline and Child Guidance
• GH6121, Infant and Toddler Basics: Development During the First Three Years
• GH6122, Preschool Basics: How Children Develop During the Preschool Years
• GH6127, Nurturing Children’s Talents
• GH6128, Toilet Training
• GH6235, Development During the School-Age Years of 6 Through 11

You may be interested in these related publications:

• GH6002, Sexuality and Your Child: For Children Ages 3 to 7
• GH6010, Early Adolescence
• NCR118, Living With Your Teenager: Understanding Physical Changes
• NCR120, Living With Your Teenager: Understanding Emotional Changes