Resources for Early Childhood 

This is a website that teachers use to help with lesson planning.  Parents can use it to find activities to do with their children.

Solon Early Childhood PTA

This is a great organization that helps families connect with other families in the area.  They offer activities for children and parents.

GroundWork Ohio

GroundWork is a coalition of early care and education leaders, parents, service professionals, business leaders, and organizations across the state who have come together to promote state investments and policies that will address the needs of Ohio's youngest children, including voluntary access to high-quality early care and education programs, assessment, screening, and treatment for social and emotional problems, increased access to health services and supports, and voluntary access to full-day kindergarten. The campaign is working to ensure that every parent in our community has the tools they need to provide a safe, healthy, and enriching environment for their children during the first six years of life.

Help Me Grow (HMG) is Ohio’s birth to 3 system that provides state and federal funds to county Family and Children First Councils to be used in conjunction with state, local and other federal funds to implement and maintain a coordinated, community-based infrastructure that promotes trans-disciplinary, family-centered services for expectant parents, newborns, infants and toddlers and their families. The Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Early Intervention Services (BEIS) is the lead agency administering HMG program in Ohio.

Ohio Department of Jobs & Family Services (ODJFS)

ODJFS is the licensing agency whose rules preschools and child care centers must abide by to provide safe care for children.

Starting Point

Starting Point for child care and early education is Northeast Ohio's child care and early education resource and referral agency, serving families, early childhood professionals and the community.