Parenting Resources
Early Learning Opportunities
What your library offers for babies, children, teens, parents and those who care for and about children
Scholastic Reading Counts Quizzes
Quizzes, Lexile points, and reading levels are given by typing in a title and
then clicking on one of the titles displayed.
Whitman County Library Program Schedule
Schedules for rural branch locations, calendar of events for Colfax or contact children's librarian Sheri Miller directly.
Pre-Reading Basics
Prepare your child for a lifetime of reading with these six basic skills. Children's librarian Sheri Miller can assist with all your child's early learning, educational programming and reading needs in partnership with The Foundation for Early Learning's Public Library Partnership.
Early Learning Public Library Partnership
Public libraries are recognized by early learning professionals, decision makers and the public for their work in early learning. The Early Learning Public Library Partnership in cooperation with The Foundation For Early Learning plays a key role in developing community-based initiatives that support parents as their children’s first teachers and programs to ensure that all children have access to high-quality child care.
Getting School Ready
A free guide helping ensure that your child is ready to enter school
Palouse Resource Network
Formally called the Parent Resource Network, the Palouse Resource Network
calendar of events is available at
http://accessonthepalouse.org/calendar.html.
Child Care Resource and Referral
WSU Child Care Resource and Referral is a community service organization dedicated to the provision and development of licensed, quality, affordable early learning environments for all families in Whitman and Asotin Counties.
Child Care Aware
Child Care Aware offers help finding and selecting a child care provider.
Offering you information to become a more informed consumer of child care
Homeschooling
Information and support among homeschooling families throughout Washington State.
American Academy of Pediatrics
Reliable health information for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
ZERO TO THREE
ZERO TO THREE is a national, nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and
supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts to improve
the lives of infants and toddlers.
A Place of Our
Own
A Place of Our Own (and Los Niños en Su Casa in Spanish) is a daily television
series, a website, and an extensive outreach program devoted to the unique needs
of people who care for children.
Washington Department of Early
Learning
We at the Department of Early Learning (DEL) strive to help create safe,
healthy, nurturing learning experiences for all Washington children. Our work
focuses on the earliest years in children’s homes, child care, school programs
and communities. We offer information and resources for children's first and
most important teachers—parents—as well as others who care for and teach young
children.
The Early
Learning Community
The Early Learning Community is a free resource for families, educators and
professionals to connect and discuss the learning of children birth through age
five.
Thrive by Five
Washington
Thrive by Five Washington is a public-private partnership created in 2006 and
led by education, government and business leaders. We’re committed to making
sure all children have the opportunity to thrive by the time they are 5.
WolframAlpha
Free online access to the Wolfram|Alpha computational knowledge engine: answer
questions; do math; instantly get facts, calculators, unit conversions, and
real-time quantitative data and statistics; create plots and visualizations; and
access vast scientific, technical, chemical, medical, health, business,
financial, weather, geographic, dictionary, calendar, reference, and general
knowledge—and much more.
Federal Student Aid Publications
