Saturday, October 6, 2012

Early Childhood Resources


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·         Part 1: Position Statements and Influential Practices
 






o    Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller

o    FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap33.pdf 

o    Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al. (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42-53
Part 2: Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being


Websites: 

o    World Forum Foundation: http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us
This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the media segment on this webpage

o    World Organization for Early Childhood Education
http://www.omep-usnc.org/
Read about OMEP's mission.
 

o    Association for Childhood Education International
http://acei.org/
Click on "Mission/Vision" and "Guiding Principles and Beliefs" and read these statements.
 

Part 3: Selected Early Childhood Organizations
 
o    National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/

o    The Division for Early Childhood
http://www.dec-sped.org/
 

o    Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/


o    Harvard Education Letter
http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85

o    FPG Child Development Institute
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm

o    Administration for Children and Families Head Start's National Research Conference
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/

o    HighScope
http://www.highscope.org/
 

o    Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/

o    Center for Child Care Workforce
http://www.ccw.org/

o    Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
 

o    Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/

o    National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/

o    National Child Care Association
http://www.nccanet.org/

o    National Institute for Early Education Research
http://nieer.org/

o    Pre[K]Now
http://www.preknow.org/

o    Voices for America's Children
http://www.voices.org/

o    The Erikson Institute
http://www.erikson.edu/

Part 4: Selected Professional Journals

o    YC Young Children
o    Childhood
o    Journal of Child & Family Studies
o    Child Study Journal
o    Multicultural Education
o    Early Childhood Education Journal
o    Journal of Early Childhood Research
o    International Journal of Early Childhood
o    Early Childhood Research Quarterly
o    Developmental Psychology
o    Social Studies
o    Maternal & Child Health Journal
o    International Journal of Early Years Education

 Part 5:  Additional Resources

o   Multimedia resources & Professional Development for America's PreK-12 educators. Retrieved October 5, 2012 from: http://www.pbs.org/teachers/earlychildhood/

o   Classroom Assessment Scoring System http://www.teachstone.org/

o   Leticia Lara, LCSW, is Regional Manager for Outreach and Professional Development for ZERO TO THREE stated, “Resources are important both internal and external.” Retrieved October 5, 2012 from: Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2010b). The resources for early childhood [DVD]. Foundations of early childhood studies. Baltimore, MD: Author



8 comments:

  1. Isn't it great to know there are so many resources out there for early childhood educators! I haven't heard of some of these but in my spare time, if I get any, I'm going to try to look into all of these. I like the additional ones you posted. I'm going to view the PBS and Classroom Assessment Scoring System because I'm not familiar with them. Thanks for more good resources.

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    1. You're welcome Laurie. I too haven't heard of some of the resources, but the one's I listed, I knew about those. I'm definitely going to check out many of these journals and websites.

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  2. What a wealth of information we have available to us as early childhood educators. I am extremely thankful to have access to this list, I am sure it will come in handy at one time or another. I too am interested in the Classroom Assessment Scoring System site, I will definitely be exploring the site for resources. I love your background!

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    1. Thanks Tonya. I became CLASS reliable through Head Start and it really makes a difference when it comes to teacher student interaction in the classrooms.

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  3. I found the TeachStone.org website very informative. I got sucked into the Research & Evidence portion of the website, and found some great ideas I can use with the kids I work with. Thank you for sharing!

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  4. I too looked up the TeachStone.org website. Very interesting. Have you used this tool in your professional experiences? I'm curious to know what you thought of the approach.

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    1. Yes I have. We use it to monitor our classrooms. I and many of my colleagues are CLASS reliable. The information and the tool has help to improve the teacher/student interaction in the classroom and it makes everything run smoothly in the classroom. The teaching staff also seem to love it. Our Head Start centers are monitored using this tool also during our review process.

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