Early Development Network; Norfolk, NE

10/22/2025

Something to think about.

In Prairie du Sac and across the state, educators say young children have been struggling with language development.

03/28/2025

Our Head Start and Early Head Start programs have opened up their applications for the 2025-2026 school year. If you are interested in having your child in either program, please scan the QR code or visit our website at www.nencap.org and complete your application today.

02/22/2025

As a parent, we know that you have lots of questions about the growth and development of your child. And because children grow up so fast, you want to know what you can do to help them when it’s most needed.

Those at Parenting Counts created the Developmental Timeline to help parents know what’s going on in their child’s world from birth to age 5. We do this across four categories: Physical, Social, Learning, and Communication. This way you can track your child’s development and know how you can better prepare them for a successful future.

As a parent, we know that you have lots of questions about the growth and development of your child. And because children grow up so fast, you want to know what you can do to help them when it’s most needed.

02/11/2025

The EarWorm podcast features conversations with a wide array of professionals, parents and other family members whose experiences, ideas, curiosities and activities are committed to ensuring that all children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can thrive.

Episode 8: It’s Time to Educate Women about the Risks of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) During Pregnancy Featuring Megan Nix, author of Remedies for Sorrow: An Extraordinary Child, a Secret Kept from Pregnant Women, and a Mother’s Pursuit of the Truth, published by Doubleday, 2023 Megan Nix is the author...

02/01/2025

It is important to provide a variety of experiences to support infants' and toddlers' communication and language skills. This
multimedia lesson describes and shows how you can create language- and communication-rich environments, including
engaging interactions and experiences.

It is important to provide a variety of experiences to support infants' and toddlers' communication and language skills. This lesson describes how you can create language- and communication-rich environments, including engaging interactions and experiences.

01/29/2025

The way your baby’s brain makes meaning is through experience, which is made up mostly of interaction with the important people in his life.
This means that learning is social, and for babies, involves imitating the people around them. Imitation provides children with the opportunity to practice and master new skills. Imitation also serves as a basis for the development of empathy, or the ability to experience what another person is feeling.

01/25/2025

This tip sheet can help you recognize the leadership skills and abilities you use every day, as parents, while you manage your household and guide your children.

12/31/2024

12/23/2024

Wishing everyone happy holidays!
Referrals to Early Development Network can still be made at https://edn.ne.gov/

12/17/2024

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