{"id":1390895,"date":"2025-08-14T15:39:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=1390895"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:39:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:39:39","slug":"early-childhood-resources","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/ar\/resource\/early-childhood-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Childhood Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Early Childhood Resources for Massachusetts Families<\/h1>\n<p>Parents are their child\u2019s first teacher, and the first years of life are critical in a child\u2019s brain development. There are many, every day, activities you can do with your baby to promote positive growth like<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Talk with your baby, put words to the things they look at or hear;<\/li>\n<li>Read to your baby, whether it\u2019s the ingredients to their breakfast food, or a bedtime story;<\/li>\n<li>Sing to your baby, songs with repeating lyrics are fun and predictable; and<\/li>\n<li>Play with your baby \u2013 play is children\u2019s work!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Childcare Resources<\/h2>\n<p>Finding Licensed Child Care: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/early-childhood-services-and-resources-for-families\">https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/early-childhood-services-and-resources-for-families<\/a><\/p>\n<p>National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Program Standards\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.naeyc.org\/our-work\/families\/10-naeyc-program-standards\">https:\/\/www.naeyc.org\/our-work\/families\/10-naeyc-program-standards<\/a><\/p>\n<p>School Inclusion in Early Childhood <a href=\"https:\/\/inclusiveschools.org\/category\/resources\/early-childhood\/\">https:\/\/inclusiveschools.org\/category\/resources\/early-childhood\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Child Development Resources<\/h2>\n<p>Center for Early Relationship Support:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jfcsboston.org\/our-services\/center-for-early-relationship-support\"> https:\/\/www.jfcsboston.org\/our-services\/center-for-early-relationship-support\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Small Talks, a newsletter\/blog by Isabelle Hau\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/isabellehau.substack.com\/\">https:\/\/isabellehau.substack.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zero to Three\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotothree.org\/\">https:\/\/www.zerotothree.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>aRPy resources\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ectacenter.org\/decrp\/type-pgfamily.asp\">https:\/\/ectacenter.org\/decrp\/type-pgfamily.asp<\/a>\u00a0available in English and Spanish<\/p>\n<h2>Early Intervention<\/h2>\n<p>Every child develops at his or her own pace, even your own two children may not reach developmental milestones at the same time. As you track your child\u2019s development, you can discuss any concerns with your pediatrician. They can help refer you to Early Intervention. You can also self-refer. Find out more by search for your town&#8217;s Early Intervention programs in MA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/orgs\/early-intervention-division\">https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/orgs\/early-intervention-division<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why Act Early if You\u2019re Concerned about Development\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/actearly\/whyActEarly.html\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncbddd\/actearly\/whyActEarly.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":1387355,"template":"","resources-categories":[306],"topics-filter":[264,272],"age_filters":[247],"language_filters":[308],"class_list":["post-1390895","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resources-categories-early-childhood","topics-filter-early-intervention","topics-filter-parenting","age_filters-age-0-3","language_filters-english"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.3","language":"ar","enabled_languages":["en","es","pt","ar","zh","vi"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"pt":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ar":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"zh":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"vi":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Early Childhood Resources - Federation for Children with Special Needs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/resource\/early-childhood-resources\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ar_AR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Early Childhood Resources - Federation for Children with Special Needs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/resource\/early-childhood-resources\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Federation for Children with Special Needs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Fotolia_63211972_S-Copy.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"601\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"798\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/resource\\\/early-childhood-resources\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/resource\\\/early-childhood-resources\\\/\",\"name\":\"Early Childhood Resources - Federation for Children with Special Needs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/resource\\\/early-childhood-resources\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/resource\\\/early-childhood-resources\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/fcsn.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Fotolia_63211972_S-Copy.jpg?fit=601%2C798&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-14T19:39:39+00:00\",\"description\":\"An overview of Massachusetts parent resources for children ages 0-3.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/resource\\\/early-childhood-resources\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/resource\\\/early-childhood-resources\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/resource\\\/early-childhood-resources\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/fcsn.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Fotolia_63211972_S-Copy.jpg?fit=601%2C798&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/fcsn.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Fotolia_63211972_S-Copy.jpg?fit=601%2C798&ssl=1\",\"width\":601,\"height\":798,\"caption\":\"mother and baby child are looking to play and read tablet computer on the couch at home\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/resource\\\/early-childhood-resources\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Early Childhood Resources\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Federation for Children with Special Needs\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ar\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Federation for Children with Special Needs\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Federation for Children with Special Needs\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fcsn.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Early Childhood Resources - Federation for Children with Special Needs","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/resource\/early-childhood-resources\/","og_locale":"ar_AR","og_type":"article","og_title":"Early Childhood Resources - Federation for Children with Special Needs","og_url":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/resource\/early-childhood-resources\/","og_site_name":"Federation for Children with Special Needs","og_image":[{"width":601,"height":798,"url":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Fotolia_63211972_S-Copy.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/resource\/early-childhood-resources\/","url":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/resource\/early-childhood-resources\/","name":"Early Childhood Resources - Federation for Children with Special Needs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/resource\/early-childhood-resources\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/resource\/early-childhood-resources\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fcsn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Fotolia_63211972_S-Copy.jpg?fit=601%2C798&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-08-14T19:39:39+00:00","description":"An overview of Massachusetts parent resources for children ages 0-3.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/resource\/early-childhood-resources\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ar","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fcsn.org\/resource\/early-childhood-resources\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ar","@id":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/resource\/early-childhood-resources\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fcsn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Fotolia_63211972_S-Copy.jpg?fit=601%2C798&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fcsn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Fotolia_63211972_S-Copy.jpg?fit=601%2C798&ssl=1","width":601,"height":798,"caption":"mother and baby child are looking to play and read tablet computer on the couch at home"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/resource\/early-childhood-resources\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Early Childhood Resources"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/","name":"Federation for Children with Special Needs","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ar"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/#organization","name":"Federation for Children with Special Needs","url":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ar","@id":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Federation for Children with Special Needs"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/1390895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1387355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1390895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"resources-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources-categories?post=1390895"},{"taxonomy":"topics-filter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics-filter?post=1390895"},{"taxonomy":"age_filters","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/age_filters?post=1390895"},{"taxonomy":"language_filters","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcsn.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language_filters?post=1390895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}