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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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| Resource Name | Description | Resource Type |
|---|---|---|
| Building Partnerships: Guide to Developing Relationships with Families | Discover the role that positive goal-oriented relationships play in effective parent, family, and community engagement and school readiness. Find definitions, tools, and guides for reflective practice and supervision. | Website |
| Building Resilience in Young Children | Building Resilience in Young Children is a resource to help you boost your child's ability to bounce back from life's challenges and thrive. It is filled with: up-to-date information, helpful tips, parent stories, and links to other resources. The ideas and resources are based on research and have been tested by parents, and the stories were provided by parents of young children. These parents hope that their experiences will help you and your family get through life's ups and downs. | Document |
| Building Social and Emotional Development Outdoors | From the Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC): Being outside fuels social and emotional development. Preschool children are often engaged in social activities when outdoors, and active bodies often lead to active emotions. These are the elements children need for constructive social and emotional learning. This Front Porch webinar begins a three-part series that explores learning outdoors during the preschool years. In this first episode, presenters discuss how outdoor environments create ideal conditions for children’s social and emotional development. They also explain how adults can use outdoor environments to help build social and emotional skills in children ages 3 to 5. | Website |
| Building Weight Inclusive and Weight Neutral Practices with Children | Listen as Priscilla Weigel interviews our guest, Alyssa Greene, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Eating Disorder Specialist, and currently at the Minnesota Department of Health in the Children and Youth with Special Health Needs and Disabilities Division. Alyssa shares some key practices that can help set children up for a healthy view of their own bodies, acceptance of all body sizes and shapes, and how we as parents and professionals can advocate for people of all body sizes in your space whether that is children or adults. | Podcast |
| Bullies in the Block Area: The Early Childhood Origins of "Mean" Behavior | This brief first provides a summary of the developmental trajectory to bullying behavior and theories about social and environmental contributors to bullying. The remainder summarizes promising strategies and evidence-based intervention models designed to prevent bullying by addressing factors that contribute to the development of "mean" behavior and aggression in early childhood. | Document |
| California Early Math Project 2020 | "Young children are naturally interested in mathematics. They frequently explore mathematical ideas when they compare things, sort and classify objects, recognize shapes and create patterns. Children should be encouraged and provided frequent opportunities to engage in mathematical learning and exploration." Learn more about the California Early Math Project. | |
| Car Seat Safety for Premature Infants | Car seat safety is extra important for premature infants, who can be so small that they barely fit in a car seat. They can also have respiratory problems that make it hard for them to breathe well while sitting in a car seat.1 You can help keep your preemie safe in the car by choosing the right car seat and positioning your baby in it correctly. | Website |
| Características del Juego (Characteristics of Play) | Si bien hay muchas definiciones para la palabra "jugar," el juego quizás se defina mejor al observar algunas características específicas del juego. Esta hoja de consejos explora las cinco características más acordadas del juego. While there are many definitions for the word "play," it is perhaps best defined by looking at some specific play features. This tip sheet explores the five most common characteristics of play. | Tipsheet |
| Caregiver Handouts: Games and Activities that Build Brains and Executive Function Skills | "Here you’ll find handouts with suggestions for games and activities to do with children of different ages. They can be shared at well child visits or when caregivers are looking for support with behavior. These activities can promote child-caregiver bonding, executive function skills, and build children’s brains through play." These handouts are from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. These resources are available in English and Spanish! | Document |
| Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety | This manual contains guidelines on the development and evaluation of the health and safety of children in all types of early care and education setting centers and family child care homes. | Website |
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