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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cómo el juego promueve el desarrollo cognitivo (How Play Promotes Cognitive Development) | El juego promueve el desarrollo de una multitud de habilidades cognitivas. Cuando los niños participan en el juego y tienen la oportunidad de involucrarse plenamente en lo que están haciendo, desarrollan formas de pensar más sofisticadas y complejas. Play promotes the development of a multitude of cognitive skills. When children participate in play and have opportunities to become fully involved in what they are doing, and they develop more sophisticated and complex ways of thinking. | Tipsheet |
| Cómo inscribir a su hijo o hija en Kindergarten (How to enroll your child in Kindergarten) | ¿Es el momento de elegir el colegio de tu hijo o hija y no sabes cuándo ni por dónde empezar? Únase a Karina Elze, miembro de la junta directiva en CICC y anteriormente especialista en RBPD, mientras habla con Nandi Solorzano, especialista en comunicaciones de las Escuelas Públicas de Minneapolis. Nandi compartirá el proceso sobre cómo y cuándo comenzar a inscribirse al colegio por primera vez con las Escuelas Públicas de Minneapolis. | Podcast |
| Compartiendo preocupaciones del desarrollo con las familias (Sharing Developmental Concerns with Families) | Cómo prepararse para los miembros de la familia y hablar con ellos cuando haya problemas de desarrollo o de comportamiento. How to prepare for and talk with family members when there are developmental or behavioral concerns. | Tipsheet |
| Competencies for Early Childhood in the Context of Inclusion: Guidance and Issues for States | The National Professional Center on Inclusion (NPDCI) has released a concept paper identifying issues and providing guidance to states as they develop early educator competencies in the context of inclusion. Key issues include ensuring competencies reflect emerging research on effective practices for working in inclusive settings for children with and without disabilities, as well as linking early educator competencies with quality professional development opportunities, accountability systems, and other components of a comprehensive early childhood system. | Document |
| Concerned About Development? How to Help Your Child | Information and practical tips to support parents who have concerns about their child's development. | Document |
| CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge | Web-based, instructional resources for faculty and other professional development providers to support the use of evidence-based practices in work with young children (0-5) and their families. | Website |
| Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body | From the Center of the Developing Child at Harvard University: "A growing understanding of how responsive relationships and language-rich experiences for young children help build a strong foundation for later success in school has driven increased investment and sparked innovation in early learning around the world." | Document |
| Considerations for outdoor play and safety | In this first episode of this two-part series on extending the Early Childhood classroom outdoors, Brenda Lowe and Dana Ellingson discuss the importance of outdoor play and some health and safety concerns to consider. They discuss using practical and creative ways to expand the classroom learning to the great outdoors and also how that in itself can present many rewards and challenges. In addition to health and safety concerns for children, topics of cultural responsiveness and respecting parental concerns are addressed when thinking about supporting outdoor play. | Podcast |
| Context beats quantity for teaching kids new words | Children learn words best when they hear them in a context that's understandable, a new study shows. This context is critical for understanding why some words may be easier for kids to learn than others. Findings of a recent study suggest that using words in fun, coherent activities is more important than simply talking more to children. | Website |
| Continuity of Care: Six Essential Program Practices | High-quality relationship-based care is central to optimal early brain development, emotional regulation, and learning (Center on the Developing Child, 2012). One of the Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC) essential program practices to promote this type of care is continuity of care (PITC, n.d.). Continuity of care practices support the development of secure attachments and strong positive relationships as well as a secure base for exploration and learning (Honig, 2002). Research shows that attachment security significantly contributes to children’s long-range social-emotional development and self-confidence (Sroufe, Egeland, Carlson & Collins, 2005) | Document |
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