Baby Go To SleepBabyGoToSleep.com produces music therapy to soothe baby to sleep. Military parents may receive discounts on certain products. The audiobook "Getting Your Baby to Sleep -- Made Easy" is available free for download.
Books for BratsMichelle Ferguson-Cohen wrote “Mommy, You’re My Hero” and “Daddy, You’re My Hero” to help 2 to 8 year-olds through separation from a military parent. The website features special e-cards for children to send to deployed parents.
eCareConnect
A research-based health information service that helps military hospitals communicate more effectively with expectant parents and new families.
Family Literacy GroupsFamily Literacy Groups is a registered a 501 C3. The Family Literacy Groups is an Educational Community whose goal is to bring together families with young children learning to read.
The Parent Information CenterThe Parent Information Center is a non-profit organization that provides information and support to parents of children with disabilities.
Reach Out and ReadReach Out and Read (ROR) is a national non-profit organization that promotes early literacy by giving new books to children and encourages pediatric medical staff to advise to parents about the importance of reading aloud to children. The organization provides books to military medical facilities.
Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments, Homecomings, ChangesTalk, Listen, Connect is a DVD produced by the Sesame Workshop to help families of preschool children during military deployment and through reunion. The latest version also helps children whose parent or loved one has been injured. The DVD, available in Englsih adn Spanish, can be viewed through the Sesame Workshop's website or requested from
MilitaryOneSource.
Troops in Touch
Troops in Touch provides Servicemembers preprinted card to send to their children (like a little gift) to color, connect the dots or maze. Then the child completes the "art", puts it in an envelope and sends it back to the parent, furthering communication by sharing the accomplishment --one card at a time.
ZERO TO THREEZERO TO THREE's mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families.