Mn Parents Know Website:  www.mnparentsknow.info

Visit this website for trusted parenting information, resources aand activities to help your children grow, develop and learn from birth through high school.

Early Learning Counts! MDE Parenting Webinars

Does your busy schedule make it challenging for you to attend Early Childhood Family Education classes? Are you interested in obtaining some practical, no-nonsense parenting tools and techniques to help you with your parenting journey? Join us for FREE monthly online parenting webinars dessigned specifically for parents of young children, ages 0-5 years old.  Register at www.workingfam.org  Participate in the "live" presentation or access the recorded version when it is convenient for you. While there, you can download a number of Timely Tips for Busy Parents.  These monthly webinars are brought to you through a partnership between the Minnesota Department of Education and the Working Family Resource Center.

Get FREE messages each week on your cell phone to help you through your pregnancy and your baby's first year.  Text BABY to 511411. Or visit www.text4baby.org/index.html

Help Me Grow Referral

If you have concerns about your child's growth or development, visit www.mnparentsknow.info and complete the Help Me Grow referral information. A professional will contact you to arrange a screening or evaluation to determine if your child is eligible for free Help Me Grow: Infant and Toddler Intervention services. You can also talk to a professsional and find out ways which you can get connected with various resources in Minnesota.

 Watch Me Grow Scrapbook

The Watch Me Grow Scrapbook is a fun way to keep track of how your child is growing and learning from birth to five years. Visit www.mnparentsknow.info under "Newborn" and click on Help Me Grow to download a printable copy of the scrapbook with significant adultss, such as aunts, uncles, and grandparents!

Child & Family WebGuide

Du to the expanding volume of information on the Web, parents can be overwhelmed with results form an Internet search on a topic. Experts from Tufts University have systematically evaluated sites to ensure that the child development and health research presented is of the highest quality and is parent friendly. You can quickly access information on thesse sites through the Google Custom Search at education.state.mn.us/ParentsKnow/acrossTheNet.jsf

Mom Enough (ME) Weekly Podcasts

Weekly half-hour podcasts on child development and parenting topics will be posted every Monday morning at www.momenough.com. Follow the podcasstss, parents are encouraged to engage in an online MEs discussion on the moderated Parent to Parent form at www.MNParentsKnow.info

Early Learning Digest (ELD) is a free bi-montly newsletter, offering aarticles of interest for parents of children ages birth - 5years.  Information is digested from evidence-bassed sources, including the MN Parents Know website.  Subscribe electronically to receive each issue at www.workingfam.org