Resources

Affiliations

California Council of Parent Participation Nursery Schools

San Mateo County Council of Parent Participation Nursery Schools 

Sequoia Adult School


Blogs, websites, & podcasts

Janet Lansbury babies and toddlers

Parenting By Connection hand in hand parenting

Aha! Parenting Dr. Laura's answers to parenting questions

Heather Shumaker supports play-based learning

Amy Lang’s Birds+Bees+Kids “take the sting out of talking to kids about the birds and the bees”

Teacher Tom play-based learning

Parenting Portal Joanna Portal interviews experts on sleep, nutrition, self-reliance, safety, social media, preschool info

Mona Delahooke, PhD., a clinical psychologist empowering joyful, resilient parent-child relationships by translating neuroscience research into practical and compassionate tools and strategies

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Promoting high-quality learning by connecting practice, policy, and research

Community Playthings articles on learning environments, child development, and learning through play

Play Makes Us Human Peter Gray PhD., research professor at Boston College, author of Free to Learn and Psychology

Parent night special speakers

Christine Carter, SPICE, January 2012

Kidpower, October 2013

Dr. Laura Markham, SPICE, January 2014

Susan Stone Belton, October 2014

Alfie Kohn, SPICE, January 2015

Anghelika Maddalena, October 2015

Dr. Erica Reischer, SPICE, January 2016

Autumn Vandiver, October 2016

Dr. Kathy Masarie, SPICE, January 2017

Kelley Abrams, October 2017

Suzanne Fanger, February 2018

Susan Stone, October 2018

Hand in Hand Parenting, October 2019

Heather Shumaker, January 2021

Rachel Sklar, November 2021

Ellen Hohbach Scheetz, November 2021

Justine Saffir, January 2022

Parenting with Lalaine, 2023

Early Childhood Solutions, 2024