Family Resources
Find organizations and other resources to help your child’s be on track to enter kindergarten ready to learn. We continue to add to this page, so please check back often. this is just placeholder copy here and below.
Other Organizations
ACEs Connection is an ever-growing social network connecting those who are implementing trauma-informed and resilience-building practices based on ACEs.
Family Child Care Association of Maine
Maine’s state affiliate for the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC).
Maine Association for the Education of Young Children
MaineAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. They advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children and families.
Maine Dept. of Health and Human Services
Maine Resilience Building Network
The Maine Resilience Building Network’s mission is to promote resilience in all people by increasing the understanding of the impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the importance
of building resilience through protective factors such as positive relationships.
Maine Roads to Quality Professional Development Network (MRTQ PDN)
Maine Roads to Quality Professional Development Network (MRTQ PDN) works to promote and support professionalism in the field of early childhood education and to improve quality through the provision of a statewide system of professional development.
Resources focused on the first three years of life, fostering emotionally nourishing relationships to lay the foundation for lifelong health and well-being.
Other Resources
Everyday life is a learning experience for children. Born Learning is a public engagement campaign that helps parents, grandparents, and caregivers explore ways to turn everyday moments into fun learning opportunities. For more information about a child’s age and stage, download the series that documents birth to age 5.
Tipsheets and Resources for Guiding Early Childhood Practices
Child Development Services (CDS) Referrals
This website is for parents who are concerned about their child’s development/readiness for kindergarten and to make a referral to CDS.