New Websites for Teachers & Providers

Fit Source!

The HHS Child Care Bureau is pleased to announce the launch of Fit Source--an interactive Web site for child care and after school providers looking for resources to help address the nation's childhood obesity epidemic. The site allows providers to easily search for a variety of physical activity and nutrition resources by age, topic, and keywords.

Providers will find: games and activities, lesson plans, healthy recipes, information for parents, fitness campaigns, funding strategies, informational resources, and Spanish language Web sites. The site links to existing federal resources, and was developed after receiving input from over 100 child care providers about their needs. Fit Source is found on the National Child Care Information Center's Web site at http://nccic.org/fitsource.

Bits of Understanding

Go to the Civitas web site to learn more about brain development

What are sensitive periods in brain development?
From the book Understanding Children by Richard Saul Wurman and Civitas
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Brain Facts
On brain development from the Society of Neuroscience
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