Foundations of Early Childhood Education--EDU3330-01: Internet Resources

(PBS teacher hub--streaming video and other educational materials divided by grade and subject area)
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"[ReadWriteThink's] mission is to provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials."

current events in news magazine-style for children/adolescents

Math Manipulatives

learning environment for children, populated with games and literacy-inspired activities; some parent activities included; sponsored by PBS

"The goal for early learning is to improve the health, social-emotional, and cognitive outcomes for all children from birth through 3rd grade, so that all children, particularly those with high needs, are on track for graduating from high school college- and career-ready."

"The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015, and represents good news for our nation’s schools. This bipartisan measure reauthorizes the 50-year-old Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the nation’s national education law and longstanding commitment to equal opportunity for all students."

"Awards in Race to the Top go to States that are leading the way with ambitious yet achievable plans for implementing coherent, compelling, and comprehensive education reform."

"The NEA-supported, bipartisan Strong Start for America’s Children Act (S. 2452/H.R. 3461), introduced in the House and Senate on November 13, 2013, would promote high-quality learning opportunities for children from birth to age 5."

Crafts, games, recipes - suggestions and instructions; lots of ads

standardized tests for K-12 from ETS

"ct 1132 of 1997, established the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education within the Arkansas Department of Human Services. The purpose of the Division is to enhance the coordination of child care and early childhood education programs within the state. This coordination ensures a seamless delivery of service to low-income families and those who are moving from welfare to work."

Arkansas Department of Education (ADE)

appointed advisory board

"EarlyChildhood.org is a one-stop information source for exploring careers in early childhood and school-age child care programs, as well as information on career advancement. This site also includes information that supports quality improvement. This website was developed by the NYS Council on Children and Families Head Start Collaboration Project to support professional development and improve quality early childhood and school-age programs."

article by Joan Almon; from Waldorf Research Institute

from ASCD; book is Best Schools by Thomas Armstrong, chapter 3

"Created by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) in 1991, PRIME TIME became a distinct corporation and federal tax exempt public charity in 2004. PRIME TIME Inc. offers a set of unique, humanities-focused, and outcomes-based programs designed to engage new and underserved children and families."

Home to the Young Readers' Center and sponsor of Letters about Literature and the National Book Festival.

"Vermont Center for the Book disseminates a wide variety of its Mother Goose Programs™ to increase children’s knowledge, school readiness, success and self-esteem by building the knowledge, skills and confidence of parents, librarians and educators."