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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 | 5 Tips for Baby Conversations |
| Description | Why should you talk to a baby? Because young children need to hear language in order to learn it. This... +article highlights evidence-based practices for supporting speech, language, and vocabulary development in very young children. |
| Resource Type | Website |
| Resource Name | 5 Tips for Baby’s First Halloween: Fun not Frightful |
| Description | Halloween can easily be an overwhelming holiday for the littlest trick-or-treaters. This article contains helpful ideas to help infants and... +toddlers have fun. |
| Resource Type | Document |
| Resource Name | 5 ways screen time can benefit children and families |
| Description | The AAP recommends five ways for parents and young children to use media positively. |
| Resource Type | Document |
| Resource Name | 50 Calm-Down Ideas to Try with Kids of All Ages |
| Description | Navigating childhood challenges can be stressful, and sometimes deep breathing isn't the solution that works for your child. When your... +child is in need of tension relief, try one of these 50 calm-down techniques. |
| Resource Type | Document |
| Resource Name | 50 Mums - 50 Kids - 1 Extra Chromosome |
| Description | Wouldn’t Change A Thing is an organization that focuses on “Creating a world where negative perceptions of down syndrome are a thing of... +the past. The mums in this video and the dad who created it met online and got together to show the world just how ordinary and fun life with the condition is and how they 'Wouldn't Change a Thing'. It features a carpool karaoke lip sync in support of World Down Syndrome Day 2018 and features 50 mums and their children singing along to Christina Perri's multi-platinum selling track, 'A Thousand Years'. This video inspired the start of Charity 'Wouldn't Change A Thing' which was set up in June 2018." |
| Resource Type | Website |
| Resource Name | 50 Ways Forest and Outdoor Learning Experiences Benefit Child Development |
| Description | "Everyone loves the great outdoors. Children love playing in nature’s playground. They love gloriously muddy outdoor adventures. They love to... +explore further than the eye can see. They love to discover wildlife as they go. Connecting with nature is key to creativity and curiosity. Key findings agree." Check out this amazing resource created by Forest Holidays UK. |
| Resource Type | Website |
| Resource Name | 50+ Picture Books about Mixed Race Families |
| Description | UPDATED FEBRUARY 2017! Over twenty books recently added to this hugely popular list, now featuring 70+ picture books about mixed... +race families! With ever-increasing numbers of multiracial families (growing three times as fast as the U.S. population as a whole!), picture books about mixed race families are becoming more and more important. |
| Resource Type | Website |
| Resource Name | 6 Fine Motor Skills Activities for Kids |
| Description | Kids develop motor skills at different rates. But when young kids struggle with fine motor skills, they can have trouble with key... +tasks like grasping utensils (like pencils), moving objects with their fingertips, and using tools like scissors.Try these fun activities from Understood.org. |
| Resource Type | Website |
| Resource Name | 6 Reasons to Sing & Sign with Young Children |
| Description | From Brookes Publishing Blog: "Studies have shown that teaching sign language to all young children has a wide range of social... +and early academic benefits. In her book Sing & Sign for Young Children, music therapist and early childhood specialist Dr. Anne Meeker Watson introduces a highly effective way to teach and practice ASL sign vocabulary—by pairing it with music and play during everyday classroom routines. Excerpted and adapted from Dr. Meeker Watson’s warm and lively book, today’s post outlines 6 important things that singing and signing with young children can do." |
| Resource Type | Website |
| Resource Name | 60 Early Childhood Activities |
| Description | Learning activities and resources |
| Resource Type | Document |
| Resource Name | Description | Resource Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Tips for Baby Conversations | Why should you talk to a baby? Because young children need to hear language in order to learn it. This... +article highlights evidence-based practices for supporting speech, language, and vocabulary development in very young children. | Website |
| 5 Tips for Baby’s First Halloween: Fun not Frightful | Halloween can easily be an overwhelming holiday for the littlest trick-or-treaters. This article contains helpful ideas to help infants and... +toddlers have fun. | Document |
| 5 ways screen time can benefit children and families | The AAP recommends five ways for parents and young children to use media positively. | Document |
| 50 Calm-Down Ideas to Try with Kids of All Ages | Navigating childhood challenges can be stressful, and sometimes deep breathing isn't the solution that works for your child. When your... +child is in need of tension relief, try one of these 50 calm-down techniques. | Document |
| 50 Mums - 50 Kids - 1 Extra Chromosome | Wouldn’t Change A Thing is an organization that focuses on “Creating a world where negative perceptions of down syndrome are a thing of... +the past. The mums in this video and the dad who created it met online and got together to show the world just how ordinary and fun life with the condition is and how they 'Wouldn't Change a Thing'. It features a carpool karaoke lip sync in support of World Down Syndrome Day 2018 and features 50 mums and their children singing along to Christina Perri's multi-platinum selling track, 'A Thousand Years'. This video inspired the start of Charity 'Wouldn't Change A Thing' which was set up in June 2018." | Website |
| 50 Ways Forest and Outdoor Learning Experiences Benefit Child Development | "Everyone loves the great outdoors. Children love playing in nature’s playground. They love gloriously muddy outdoor adventures. They love to... +explore further than the eye can see. They love to discover wildlife as they go. Connecting with nature is key to creativity and curiosity. Key findings agree." Check out this amazing resource created by Forest Holidays UK. | Website |
| 50+ Picture Books about Mixed Race Families | UPDATED FEBRUARY 2017! Over twenty books recently added to this hugely popular list, now featuring 70+ picture books about mixed... +race families! With ever-increasing numbers of multiracial families (growing three times as fast as the U.S. population as a whole!), picture books about mixed race families are becoming more and more important. | Website |
| 6 Fine Motor Skills Activities for Kids | Kids develop motor skills at different rates. But when young kids struggle with fine motor skills, they can have trouble with key... +tasks like grasping utensils (like pencils), moving objects with their fingertips, and using tools like scissors.Try these fun activities from Understood.org. | Website |
| 6 Reasons to Sing & Sign with Young Children | From Brookes Publishing Blog: "Studies have shown that teaching sign language to all young children has a wide range of social... +and early academic benefits. In her book Sing & Sign for Young Children, music therapist and early childhood specialist Dr. Anne Meeker Watson introduces a highly effective way to teach and practice ASL sign vocabulary—by pairing it with music and play during everyday classroom routines. Excerpted and adapted from Dr. Meeker Watson’s warm and lively book, today’s post outlines 6 important things that singing and signing with young children can do." | Website |
| 60 Early Childhood Activities | Learning activities and resources | Document |
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