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Our Resource Library contains materials and assistance for early childhood educators and those they serve. Explore our selection of podcasts, tip sheets, websites, documents, and self-study courses.
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Public Perceptions of Baby Brain Development: A National Survey of Voters | The rapid brain development in the critical first three years of life lays the foundation for future health, learning and behavior. This research revealed what voters know about early brain development and the emotional development of young children ages zero to three. | Document |
Put Away the Screens and Play Together! | Busy schedules leave little time for play. In addition, screen-based entertainment is a constant distraction. Children need to learn how to become engaged in simple games and outdoor play after the rapid-fire zap, zap, zap they get from screen activities. TRUCE (Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children?s Entertainment), created a set of Family Play Plans to provide some simple ideas for seasonal family activities. All the suggested activities use inexpensive or free materials that are readily available such as sand, water, cardboard, bubbles, or string. Unlike specialized toys, open-ended materials like these offer endless opportunities for rich, creative, and on-going play. | Document |
Put Down Your Smartphones When Caring For Babies! | That's the message from University of California, Irvine researchers, who have found that fragmented and chaotic maternal care can disrupt proper brain development, which can lead to emotional disorders later in life. The findings imply that when mothers are nurturing their infants, numerous everyday interruptions -- even those as seemingly harmless as phone calls and text messages -- can have a long-lasting impact. | Website |
Put On Your Oxygen Mask First | Children who are exhibiting challenging behavior need interactions with calm, clear-headed adults. In order to effectively support children, teachers and other adults in their lives must learn how to monitor their own reactions and responses to project calm. That means adults must practice self-care as well as have “in the moment” strategies for getting calm themselves. Here are some tools and ideas. | Website |
Put the cellphone away! Fragmented baby care can affect brain development | Put Down Your Smartphones When Caring For Babies! That's the message from University of California, Irvine researchers, who have found that fragmented and chaotic maternal care can disrupt proper brain development, which can lead to emotional disorders later in life. The findings imply that when mothers are nurturing their infants, numerous everyday interruptions -- even those as seemingly harmless as phone calls and text messages -- can have a long-lasting impact. | Document |
Pyramid Model Video Resources | Two amazing new training videos have been created to highlight pyramid model practices in action in high fidelity toddler and preschool classrooms. These videos were collaboratively produced by the Montana Head Start Collaborative Office, the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Early Childhood Services Bureau, the Pyramid Model Consortium, and the Bal Swan Children?s Center. Titles and labels have been added throughout to call attention to the environment, specific routines of the day, and discrete teaching practices that support young children?s social emotional development. In addition, a table of contents is provided at the beginning so professional development specialists and teachers can easily navigate to specific segments of the video to consider how they may alter their classroom environment or teaching practices to better support the social emotional competence of children in their care. | Website |
Qeexitaanka Qaybaha Wax Barashada (Defining Activity Areas) | Talo wax ku ool ah oo ku saabsan qorsheynta naqshadeynta jawiga gudaha iyo dibadda ee fasallada dhallaanka iyo dhallaanka si loogu daro meelaha waxqabadyada la qeexay.Practical advice on planning the design of the indoor and outdoor environment of classrooms for infants and babies to include defined activity areas. | Tipsheet |
Qodobo Muhiim ah ee laxiriira bey’adda dhallaanka dhashay ama kuwa socod baradkaa #3: Carri Mushaaxa uu Cunugu horseedey iyo Qadarinta Cunuga (Essential Elements of Infant & Toddler Environments: #3 Child-Initiated Exploration and Respect) | Qaybta saddexaad ee taxane ah lix cunsur oo muhiim u ah qaabeynta jawi loogu talagalay dhallaanka iyo socod baradka. The third in a series of six essential elements in designing environments for infants and toddlers. | Tipsheet |
Qodobo Muhiim ah ee laxiriira bey’adda dhallaanka dhashay ama kuwa socod baradkaa #5: Ku Doorsashada (Essential Elements of Infant & Toddler Environments #5: Choice) | Qaybta shanaad ee taxane ah lix cunsur oo muhiim u ah naqshadeynta bey'ada dhallaanka iyo socod baradka. The fifth element in a series of six essential elements in designing environments for infants and toddlers. | Tipsheet |
Quality 101: Identifying the Core Components of a High-Quality Early Childhood Program | Quality 101: Identifying the Core Components of a High-Quality Early Childhood Program Try an experiment. Ask families this question: what are three indicators of a high quality early childhood program? Then ask teachers and administrators the same question and compile your answers. See if, or the extent to which, they match the three core indicators mentioned in this February 2017 article from the Center for American Progress. Read on to learn about six structural supports that are necessary to achieve and maintain high quality. What you learn in the experiment may determine with whom you share this brief or how you act on the information it contains. | Document |
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