Growing My Collection of Resources

Course Resources:
Required Resources

• Video Program: “The Resources for Early Childhood”
  Five early childhood professionals discuss their preferred and trusted resources.

Part 1: Position Statements and Influential Practices

• NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/63694/CRS-CW-5364588/educ6005_readings/naeyc_dap_position_statement.pdf
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf
• NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf
• NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller
• FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap33.pdf
• Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al.  (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42–53.
  Use the Academic Search Complete database, and search using the article's title. 

Part 2: Global Support for Children’s Rights and Well-Being

• Article: UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf
   
• Websites:
  • World Forum Foundation
    http://www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/about.php
    This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the video on this webpage 
  • World Organization for Early Childhood Education
    http://www.omep-usnc.org/
    Read about OMEP’s mission. 
  • Association for Childhood Education International
    http://acei.org/about/
    Click on “Mission/Vision” and “Guiding Principles and Beliefs” and read these statements.

Part 3: Selected Early Childhood Organizations

• National Association for the Education of Young Children
  http://www.naeyc.org/
• The Division for Early Childhood
  http://www.dec-sped.org/
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
  http://www.zerotothree.org/
• WESTED
  http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm
• Harvard Education Letter
  http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85
• FPG Child Development Institute
  http://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm
• Administration for Children and Families Headstart’s National Research Conference
  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/
• HighScope
  http://www.highscope.org/
• Children’s Defense Fund
  http://www.childrensdefense.org/
• Center for Child Care Workforce
  http://www.ccw.org/
• Council for Exceptional Children
  http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
• Institute for Women’s Policy Research
  http://www.iwpr.org/index.cfm
• National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
  http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/
• National Child Care Association
  http://www.nccanet.org/
• National Institute for Early Education Research
  http://nieer.org/
• Pre[K]Now
  http://www.preknow.org/
• Voices for America’s Children
  http://www.voices.org/
• The Erikson Institute
  http://www.erikson.edu/
     

Part 4: Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library
Tip: Use the A-to-Z e-journal list to search for specific journal titles. (Go to “How Do I...?”, select “Tips for Specific Formats and Resources,” and then “e-journals” to find this search interface.)

• YC Young Children
• Childhood
• Journal of Child & Family Studies
• Child Study Journal
• Multicultural Education
• Early Childhood Education Journal
• Journal of Early Childhood Research
• International Journal of Early Childhood
• Early Childhood Research Quarterly
• Developmental Psychology
• Social Studies
• Maternal & Child Health Journal
• International Journal of Early Years Education

Additional Resources:

http://www.familyeducation.com/home/


Link Express
Early Childhood Education Resource Sites
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/resources.htm

PBS Parents
http://www.pbs.org/parents

Words of Inspiration and Motivation

In Sylvia Chard and Yvonne Kogan’s beautiful new photography book, children discover the world through play, experience, investigation and relationships.

For as long as the sun is up, children’s minds and bodies are seldom still. They are continuously acting and reacting, thinking and speaking, anticipating and reflecting. 
Children gain so much simply by living their world.

“...Sylvia Chard and Yvonne Kogan take us back into our own childhoods, but more importantly, they enable us to recognize, even to name, the child like qualities we as human beings need to preserve as we grow up.”

“Childhood is where our tools for survival are discovered and sharpened: curiosity; acceptance of others; imagination; appreciation of time and place; sense of adventure; and determination that does not give in to challenges, but recognizes inevitable limitations.”
by Sylvia Chard and Yvonne Kogan


The high turnover rate among poorly paid child-care workers...creates an unstable environment precisely when stability is most needed in a child's life. "Turnover among childcare workers is second only to parking-lot and gas-station attendants," says Marcy Whitebook, director of the National Child Care Staffing Study.  A study conducted by the Child Care Employee Project in Oakland, California, shows a 41 percent annual turnover rate at daycare operations across the nation.
 

Who's Missing at the Table?

Leadership Opportunities and Barriers for Teachers and Providers

Marcy Whitebook

I would suggest that the early childhood community is likewise caught in the grips of culturally sanctioned notions of leadership and, as a consequence, fails to recognize the full spectrum of leaders among us. In so doing, we stifle important, creative energy in our field, restricting our understanding of who leaders are and preventing the valuable contributions and perspectives of many. Specifically, acknowledged leadership in our field tends to mirror the larger society values that demean caregiving work performed by women and involving children. As a result, the acknowledged leaders in our field typically do not work directly with children, and the leadership qualities of those that do each day are routinely overlooked.

Personal Childhood Web

Mother:

My mother has always been my greatest inspiration. She has always been there for me, no matter what I’ve been through. We have a strong bond, even though our relationship to each other is mother and daughter, she’s my best friend as well. My mom has always encouraged me to do my best and she’s never turned her back on me. I do not know where I would be if I did not have her in my life, but I know she has trained me to be a great woman and mother just like her. I hope to fulfill everything she has taught me, and give to my daughter what my mother has given to me.

Aunt:

My aunt and I have so many similarities, she is an Elementary School teacher, and since the first day she begin teaching I have been right by her side, hopping to one day become a teacher just like her. She inspired me to want to become a teacher. My aunt is a great teacher, she treats her students as they are own children, and her students feels like she is there second mother in the classroom. They are all just one big happy family. I hope to form the same bond with my students. She has taught me the skills, tricks and strategies I need to know to become a successful teacher. It is a privilege to have someone like her in my life to help me on my journey of teaching.



Siblings:

I am the oldest of three. I have one sister 15 and a brother 23. My brother and I have always been very close. The main reason we are so close, is because we are a little over a year apart.  Although we are close in age, he has always though he was the oldest. His feelings were because he was the boy, he could tell me what was best for my life and what I should and should not do. To this day he feels the same way. My brother has been very encouraging in my life wanting me to do my best. When we were young we were like “two peas in a pod”, we didn’t need any other friends but each other, we got in trouble together and out of trouble together, it was nothing we couldn’t do together. My sister and I have a tough love relationship, she loves me and I love her, however, we often clashes. We are 10 years apart, and with her I am more of a mother figure sometimes than a sister, because I am always telling her what to do and what not to do, and yes that can be very aggravating, but she understand that I mean well. Even though I’m tough on her, we still have a bond and she loves me and always has my back. I remember when I went off to college and she was helping me move into my dorm, she didn’t want to leave when it was time to go, my mom later told me when they left that she told her, “the girls in the dorm were going to be mean to me and that I needed to come back home with them. I thought that was so sweet and caring, because no matter how much she and I argued, she didn’t want anybody else bothering me. That she really made me feel very special. I thank God for putting my brother and sister in my life and I love them so much.



Grandmother:

My grandmother is so nurturing and caring. She is the person in the family that’s always makes sure everybody is ok and have everything they need. When I was off at school she called me every day to make sure all is well and I didn’t have any problems. Her phone  calls always made me feel good and let me know that she was always thinking about me. She also motivated me to keep going the whole time I was working on my B.S. degree. Sometimes I would feel like I would never get finish but she always would tell me “no matter how long it takes for me to finish, the only thing that matters is that I get the degree, and with her motivation and pushing I did just that and received my degree.



Grandfather:

My grandfather is a very hard worker and has worked just about his whole life. I look up to him because I would like to work just as hard as he does. He is one of my biggest fans, he is always encouraging me to do my best and educate myself as much as I can, because the more education I have the better job opportunities I will get.  I am so thankful to have such a strong male figure like my grandfather in my life.



"Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future"  
                              John Fitzgerald Kennedy 

I like this quote because it is absolutely true. Children are our future and what we invest in them now determines how we all will live later. As an educator my goal is to invest all that I have to the children that I teach, which will ensure a brighter future for them all.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE CHILDRENS BOOK !

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