Iowa State University Extension

When you join 4-H, you decide what you want to do and learn. You set your own goals. And caring, adult volunteers will help you reach those goals.

The popular resource previously known as the Iowa Family Child Care Handbook, has been updated and now has a new name – the Heartland Family Child Care Handbook. Now available in English and Spanish.

Family Storyteller is an early literacy program designed to increase the amount and quality of time parents and young children spend together in literacy activities.

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Parenting young teens is no easy task. Parents and children must adapt to the pre- and early teens' rapidly changing bodies and normal behavior changes - growing independence and challenges to authority. This series addresses developement, dating, parenting, teaching resposibility and more!

Looking for an effective way to train new staff in the child care setting? Iowa State University Extension presents the New Staff Orientation program.

Agencies and organizations that provide information and assistance to early care and education professionals

Finding reliable parenting information on the Internet just got easier! eXtension is pleased to announce the launch of its newest online resource, Just in Time Parenting (JITP).