All young children deserve the best that we can provide.
But how do you know what ‘the best’ is?
This site is intended to provide a bridge between the people who care for children each day and those who study children…
both groups wanting to create the best possible outcomes for all children by providing access to research and evidence based resources.
With careful consideration of what we know from experience, guided by the most current and objective information available, we can continue …
“to close the gap between what we know and what we do to promote successful learning,
adaptive behavior, and sound physical and mental health for all young children.”
National Science Council on the Developing Child
Resource Sites
| Topic Index (select a number to go to that resource) | |
|---|---|
| Curriculum Ideas | 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17, 18 |
| Early Literacy | 2, 3, 7, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18 |
| English Language Learners | 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16 |
| Inclusion and Special Needs | 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19 |
| Infants and Toddlers | 1, 3, 10, 15, 16 |
| Policy and Advocacy | 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18 |
| Research | 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 |
1) The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. CSEFEL is a national resource center funded by the Office of Head Start and Child Care Bureau for disseminating research and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs across the country for promoting social and emotional development and preventing challenging behaviors. (En Espanol y English) http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/
2) California Preschool Instruction Network (CPIN)
The purpose of the CPIN is to provide professional development and technical assistance to preschool teachers and administrators to ensure preschool children are ready for school; www.cpin.us. Information includes extensive resources on the Preschool English Learner http://www.cpin.us/p/pel/; language, literacy and mathematics http://www.cpin.us/language.htm and local area training opportunities http://kcsos.kern.org/cpin/.
is a national nonprofit organization that informs, trains and supports professionals, policymakers and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers. www.zerotothree.org.
4) Inclusive Child Care Action Team (ICCAT)
Provides families and child care providers with information about existing resources that support children with disabilities and other special needs in inclusive child care environments http://www.sbceo.org/~ccpc/iccat.shtml
Doing What Works is a website dedicated to assisting teachers in the implementation of effective educational practices. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/wwb.html
The mission of the California Childcare Health Program is to improve the quality of child care by initiating and strengthening linkages between the health, safety and child care communities and the families they serve. CCHP has developed hundreds of user-friendly educational resources such as illness fact sheets, many that can be downloaded for free, to help early care and education programs and the families they serve stay abreast of best practices. http://www.ucsfchildcarehealth.org/
7) Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
Online resources to help you further your research on literacy topics and gain new ideas to enhance children’s motivation to read. Resources for families are also available in English and Spanish. www.rif.org
Links to selected publications that have information for early care and education professionals who help English language learners develop language and literacy skills. http://www.nccic.org/poptopics/englang-learners.html.
ASD Video Glossary, an innovative web-based tool designed to help parents and professionals learn more about the early red flags and diagnostic features of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This glossary contains over a hundred video clips and is available to you free of charge and highlights subtle differences between typical and delayed development in young children and spot the early red flags for ASD. http://www.autismspeaks.org/video/glossary.php?WT.svl=Text_Links
10) National Scientific Council on the Developing Child (NSCDC)
Provides information based on current research to “close the gap between what we know and what we do to promote successful learning, adaptive behavior, and sound physical and mental health for all young children.” www.developingchild.net
11) National Institute of Early Education Research (NIEER)
The goal of NIEER is to produce and communicate the knowledge base required to ensure that every American child can receive a good education at ages three and four. NIEER provides objective, nonpartisan information based on research. www.nieer.org
12) California Preschool Learning Foundations -Volume 1
The foundations can provide early childhood educators, parents, and the public with a clear understanding of the wide range of knowledge and skills that preschool children typically attain when given the benefits of a high-quality preschool program. www.cde.ca.gov\sp\cd\re\documents\preschoollf.pdf
13) Eager To Learn: Educating our Preschoolers
Eager to Learn synthesizes the newest research findings on how children between the ages of two and five begin the learning process. Conclusions and recommendations are presented in the areas of the teacher-child relationship, the organization and content of curriculum, meeting the needs of those children most at risk of school failure, teacher preparation, assessment of teaching and learning, and more. This can be downloaded or read on-line. http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=9745#toc
14) National Association for the Education of Young Children
Provides information on evaluating research and determining if the research is useful for specific users and provides links to research resources. http://www.naeyc.org/resources/research.
15) Child Care and Early Childhood Research Connections
Research Connections offers a comprehensive, up-to-date, and easy-to-use collection of more than 14,000 resources from the many disciplines related to child care and early education. http://www.childcareresearch.org/discover/index.jsp
16) Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Bibliographic records of education literature, plus a growing collection of full text. www.eric.ed.gov
17) Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research
In 2002, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) began the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research (PCER) initiative to conduct rigorous efficacy evaluations of available preschool curricula. The PCER initiative focused on the impact of the intervention curricula on students reading and pre-reading, phonological awareness, early language, early mathematics knowledge, and behavior (including social skills and problem behaviors) at the end of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. This study focused on 14 preschool curricula. http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/pubs/20082009/pdf/20082009_1.pdf
Recognition and Response.org provides educators with information and resources to help early educators address the needs of young children (3 to 5 year-olds) who show signs that they may not be learning in an expected manner http://www.recognitionandresponse.org/, even before they begin kindergarten and provides helpful resources to learn more about evidence-based practices in early childhood http://www.recognitionandresponse.org/content/view/101/113/
19) The California Inclusion and Behavior Consultation (CIBC) Network
is a resource and technical assistance project of the California Department of Education (CDE) Child Development Division (CDD) and the WestEd Center for Prevention and Early Intervention. Utilizing a community-based, statewide network of experienced consultants, CIBC will respond to Early Care and Education provider requests for technical assistance and consultation to promote inclusion of those children with disabilities and other special needs, including challenging behaviors. http://www.cibc-ca.org/index.html
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