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Actividades recreativas para niños de hasta 9 anos de edad: Que todos los niños sin diferencia de edad necesitan de cuidado, apoyo, y de estimulo por medio de diversas actividades para un buen desarrollo y aprendizaje. Muchas de las actividades que puedes realizar son utiles para todas las edades. Los niños aprenden mediante la practica.

All in the Family: Making child care provided by relatives work for your family.

American Academy of Pediatrics: Media Use

American Academy of Pediatrics: Safety & First Aid

American Academy of Pediatrics: Sleep Issues, SIDS

Brain Development

Child Care Agreement Form

Children Learn Through Play

Contrato de cuidado de niños

Five Ways a Child Grows, a timeline for typical development

Getting Ready for School Begins at Birth: How to Help Your Child Learn in the Early Years

Getting School Ready

Helping Your Child Series, free books from the Department of Education in English and Spanish

Play is the Business of Kids

Playgroups help give toddlers a head start – article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer March 7, 2006

Play Activities for Children Birth to Nine Years: All children need care, support, and developmentally appropriate activities to help them grow and learn. Many activities are good for many ages. Children learn by doing.

Preparing a Child for School

Time for Play, Every Day

Understanding and Teaching about Emotions

Zero to Three Play Home Page; click More on Play, then Parent’s Tip of the Week Series

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Seattle/North King County
1225 South Weller - Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98144
(206) 329-1011 - FAX (206) 461-3726
Hours: M-F 8:30-5:00
Referral Line (206) 329-5544
Provider Line (206) 329-5333
TTY Line (206) 461-4571

East King County - Redmond
16315 NE 87th Street - Building B, Redmond, WA 98052
Hours: By Appointment
Referral Line (425) 865-9350
Provider Line (425) 865-9033

South King County - Kent
232 2nd Ave South - Suite 104, Kent, WA 98032
Hours: By Appointment
Referral Line (253) 852-3080
Provider Line (253) 852-2566

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Pierce County Resource and Referral
253 591-2025
Washington State Resource and Referral
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