http://www.greatstartforkids.org/greatStartConnect.cfm – Welcome to Great Start Connect, your online connection to early learning resources in Michigan! As part of the Great Start Child Care Quality Project, the ECIC has launched Great Start Connect to help link parents and those caring for young children with the resources, supports and services needed to give Michigan children a Great Start. As part of our new initiative, Great Start CONNECT, ECIC created a new online statewide database of licensed, registered child care and early education programs in Michigan. Now, families can access this database 24 hours a day, seven days a week to quickly and conveniently search for and contact child care providers who match their needs.

Everything Preschool – Early Childhood Education Made Easy

Preschool Link Express – Early Childhood Education Resource Sites – Links to web sites packed with curriculum information and resources for preschool teachers. Plus, fun learning places to visit for parents and kids.

Sites for Teachers – Hundreds of Educational Websites Ranked by Popularity. … Resources for PreSchool, Christian education, Valentine’s Day, Math …

PRESCHOOL by Stormie – This site has received these awards. … Lots of goodies to help teachers prepare for preschool. POTPOURRI OF IDEAS …

A to Z Teacher Stuff For Teachers FREE online lesson plans, lesson – A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. Find lesson plans, thematic units, etc.

The Best on the Web for Teachers – Free preschool and Kindergarten resources (ages 2 – 6) for educators, home schooling …. Math Playground is a teacher created site featuring math games.

Preschool Education: Discover The Fun In Learning – This CD-ROM was created by Preschool Printables for teachers, parents, and the preschoolers.

Preschool websites for teachers

Center for the Child Care Work Force – Working since 1978 to bring fair wages to those who provide care to our nation’s millions of children.

Children’s Defense Fund – America’s strongest voice for children. The mission of this fund is to leave no child behind and to ensure every child a healthy start, a head start, a fair start, a safe start and a moral start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

Children Now – Utilizes research and mass communication to make the well being of children a top priority across the nation.

Growing Child – Lots of information about everyday kid’s situations. House calls via mail.

Michigan Association for Child Care Providers – Their mission is to help our members deal with the money issues of providing care such as regulation compliance and business management, so that they can do what they do best- care for the children.

www.michiganschildren.org – Michigan’s Children is a statewide, multi-issue, independent, broad-based advocacy group which acts as a voice for children. The organization works with policy-makers, communities, other organizations and the public to improve the quality of life for children and their families and to ensure that every child in Michigan has an opportunity to become a healthy, productive, and responsible adult.

National Association for Family Child Care – Offering accreditations, memberships, meetings, etc.

National Child Care Information Center – A project of the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a national resources that links information and people to complement, enhance, and promote the child care delivery system, working to ensure that all children and families have access to high-quality comprehensive services.

National School- Age Care Alliance – Information pertaining to NSACA accreditation, professional development, feed back, member login, pubic policy, etc.