First I am going to give you the articles as resources to use for references.
Articles:
These articles give positions and developmentally best practices for early childhood educators.
- NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8.Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap
- NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf
- NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf
- NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf
- NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf
- NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf
- 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
- 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
Next, These are websites that help promote the importance of early childhood education:
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/ - The Division for Early Childhood
http://www.dec-sped.org/ - Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/ - WESTED
http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm - Harvard Education Letter
http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85 - FPG Child Development Institute
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm - Administration for Children and Families Headstart's National Research Conference
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/ - HighScope
http://www.highscope.org/ - Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/ - Center for Child Care Workforce
http://www.ccw.org/ - Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home - Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/ - National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/ - National Child Care Association
http://www.nccanet.org/ - National Institute for Early Education Research
http://nieer.org/ - Pre[K]Now
http://www.preknow.org/ - Voices for America's Children
http://www.voices.org/ - The Erikson Institute
http://www.erikson.edu/
Finally, I am about to give each and everyone of you three sites that I cannot live without as a teacher.
This is Edhelper, and let me tell you it is an helper in my classroom!! The drawback is you do have to pay a subscription to it, but it is TOTALLY worth it.
This is Edhelper, and let me tell you it is an helper in my classroom!! The drawback is you do have to pay a subscription to it, but it is TOTALLY worth it.
http://www.edhelper.com/?gclid=CKSOzYKEsqoCFcO77Qod7RKO-A
Next, is Starfall. It is wonderful to help enhance and promote your teaching in early literacy. It is FREE!
http://www.starfall.com
The last site I have for you is Gamquarium. It has awesome educational, interactive games for children from Pre-K to Middle School. The best part it is FREE!
http://www.gamequarium.com
I try to place these sites as resources for my parents on my newsletter each week.
Next, is Starfall. It is wonderful to help enhance and promote your teaching in early literacy. It is FREE!
http://www.starfall.com
The last site I have for you is Gamquarium. It has awesome educational, interactive games for children from Pre-K to Middle School. The best part it is FREE!
http://www.gamequarium.com
I try to place these sites as resources for my parents on my newsletter each week.
OMG.....I LOVE STARFALL! I use this website for all of my former students who struggled with reading. I even enjoyed the site myself. It has wonderful ideas!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links to the free educational sites. I have explored starfall the games and links are wonderful. On monday I plan on introducing a few of these to my class to help with enforcing learning. This will also be a great tool to make the end of the school year learning fun.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you plan on using those sites in your classroom. I thought those sites would be fun as resource to use.
DeleteHey Kelly,
ReplyDeleteI absolutely LOVE Starfall! When I was a teacher assistant in a Special Education classroom, the children loved it. I recommended Starfall to my preschool teachers to help enhance the reading activities for the week. Your resources are very neat! Thanks for sharing.
Tabitha
I am excited to share more with all at another point and time! Glad you enjoyed the sites!
DeleteI just explored the Starfall site, I had heard of it before but never really got into it until now. I have three year olds but I think that the alphabet portion will be good to use in my classroom. Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteThe alphabet portion will be wonderful to use for the students, and the part of the site that deals with all about me is good too. It helps them learn basic skills like writing their name, age, and birthday.
DeleteThank you for allowing me with the opportunity to better myself, by collaborating with you, and receiving guidance,wisdom, and wonderful resources; that will assist in bettering the learning experience for my students and families. I pray that you continue to experience greatness, and much success. I wish you the best in all you do, and thank you again for allowing me to blog with you, but most of all, thank you for providing the care for our future leaders.
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