Observation and Assessment by Gina Peterson and Emily Elam (2020): College of the Canyons.
Covers topics including observation styles and skills, documentation, recognizing biases, qualitative assessment of preschool practices and curricula, tools and techniques for effective observation, special needs children, and family conferencing.
This text is a presentation of how and why children grow, develop, and learn.
Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective by Martha Lally and Suzanne Valentine-French (2017)
Discusses human development over a full human lifetime, from birth to death. Includes sections about heredity, birth, early childhood, adolescence, early, middle and late adulthood, and a chapter on death and dying.
Educational Learning Theories by Molly Zhou and David Brown (2015): Education Open Textbooks.
Topics covered include behaviorism, cognitive development, social cognitive theory, experiential learning theory, human motivation theory and information processing theory.
Developmental Psychology by Neil Walker & Fredrick Bobola (2017): College of the Canyons.
Describes, from a psychological standpoint, human growth and development, with a portion of the text dealing with childhood development.
The Early Years Child Well-Being and the Role of Public Policy
Open textbook. Child Well-Being and the Role of Public Policy
Children's Development:Infancy through Middle Childhood
This is a textbook compiled by Ana R Leon of West Hills Community College Lemoore. It covers infancy though middle childhood, so additional content would be required to address adolescence.
Open textbook
Human Development: Different Perspectives
open textbook
Introduction- Development During Early Childhood
This topic center covers parenting and child development of preschool children (early childhood aged 3 to 7.
Aussie Childcare Network
Raising Children Network
Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Development
The most up-to-date scientific knowledge on early childhood development, from conception to age five.
Child Development : Adaptive Behavior and Biological Embedding by 
Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers by 
Nurturing Personal, Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood by Developmental Milestone in Middle Childhood (6-8 years of age)
Developmental Milestone in Middle Childhood (9-11 years of age)
Developmental Milestones from The Center for Parent Information and Resources (CPIR)
