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April 15, 2008, the U.S. Department of Education's program, "Education
News Parents Can Use", will highlighted how No Child Left Behind supports the teaching of young children. This program also showcases initiatives such as Early Reading First, Good Start, Grow Smart and Head Start. For complete information go to http://registerevent.ed.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewer.description&intEvent ID=213 |
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The
Power of Family Conversation Source: Harvard Education Letter - May/June 2008 The May/June 2008 issue of the Harvard Education Letter discusses recent research findings related to the significant difference parents can make in their children's literacy skills by increasing the quantity and quality of their conversations beginning at birth. The issue is entitled The Power of Family Conversation and is available online at http://www.edletter.org/insights/familyconversation.shtml |
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National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information provides free information available for odering, including coloring books for children. |
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National
Institute on Drug Abuse's mission is to lead the Nation
in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.
This charge has two critical
components. The first is the strategic support and conduct of research
across a broad range of disciplines. The second is ensuring the
rapid and effective dissemination and use of the results of that
research to significantly improve prevention, treatment and policy
as it relates to drug abuse and addiction. |
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SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center is a one-stop, national clearinghouse for free information about mental health, including publications, references, and referrals to local and national resources and organizations. |
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National Women's Law Center The child care needs of American women and their families have increased dramatically as women with children have entered the paid workforce in unprecedented numbers. Yet high-quality child care is too often unaffordable or simply not available. Women and their families thus have a tremendous stake in public policies that will help make high-quality child care available and affordable to those who need it. That is why the National Women's Law Center is working to improve the quality, affordability, and accessibility of child care, with a special emphasis on ways to expand public and private financing of the changes needed to achieve these goals. |
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WHAT
YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE KIDS START SCHOOL The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) is the first nationally representative study that assesses early mental and physical development, the quality of early care and education settings and the contributions of parents to the lives of children in the years leading up to school. The report, which provides information on children when they were about four, finds that children with two-parent families scored higher than children with single-parent families on the overall literacy scale score, a pattern repeated in the results of letter recognition and phonological awareness. In addition, while 65 percent of children demonstrated proficiency in numbers and shapes, only 40 percent of children with lower socioeconomic status (SES) demonstrated proficiency, whereas 87 percent of children in higher SES families were able to do so. The study is intended to encourage analysis of the data by sophisticated methods, as people are cautioned not to draw causal inferences based on the results presented. |
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Whether
you’re a Parent looking for an early learning program that best
fits your family's needs or the resources to help you balance work/life
demands; an Early Learning Professional looking for resources for
your program or professional development opportunities; a Business
wanting to create or support family-friendly work environments; or
Communities needing support influencing public policy on children's
and family issues. http://www.childcaresource.org/ |
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This is a series
of briefs on what works in various topics related to social-emotional
development. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/whatworks.html |
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Archived Information
from the US Department of Education entitled Early Childhood: Where
Learning Begins Mathematics. Mathematical activities for parents and
their 2- to 5-year-old children from June 1999. http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EarlyMath/index.html |
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The
Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development is produced by
the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development. It is intended
for policy-makers, service planners and service providers and for
parents.
It brings together articles written by internationally renowned experts on topics having to do with the psychosocial development of young children, from conception to the age of five. Each of the 33 topics addressed is explored from three perspectives: development, services and policies. In addition, for each topic there is a synthesis that provides, in a simplified format, the key points that will be most useful to practitioners and planners. This synthesis addresses three questions: What is the importance of this topic? What are the most up-to-date and conclusive data available on this subject? And what can be done to improve services, policies and research? |
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Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten Kindergarten can be an exciting time for you and your child because it sets the stage for his entire school career. You will look on in wonder as he grows into a more capable, confident, and enthusiastic learner. http://www.focusonyourchild.com/learning/art1/A0000046.html |
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This
is information about protective factors to keep your family strong.
http://www.keepyourfamilystrong.org/index.html |
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New
Spanish Publication Gives Evidence-Based Parenting Guidelines, |
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The National
Parenting Center was founded in July of 1989 with the intention of
providing the most comprehensive and responsible parenting advice
to parents everywhere. The advice provided is furnished by some of
the world's most respected authorities in the field of child rearing
and development. http://www.tnpc.com/parentalk/infancy.html http://www.tnpc.com/parentalk/preschool.html http://www.tnpc.com/parentalk/toddlers.html |
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Ready to Learn
from Public Television has activities and resources to assist parents
in getting children ready for school. http://www.pbs.org/readytolearn/ |
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http://www.preschooleducation.com/art19.shtml |
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This
site offers a checklist for parents to refer to when looking for high-quality Pre-K programs. http://www.preknow.org/families/findprek/find.cfm |
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ReadyWeb:
A Resource for Parents and Educators ReadyWeb is an electronic collection of resources on school readiness sponsored by the Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative, College of Education, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. http://readyweb.crc.uiuc.edu/index.html |
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Recognizing
that literacy is the cornerstone of a child’s intellectual,
personal and cultural growth, Scholastic, for more than 83 years,
has created quality products and services that educate, entertain
and motivate children and are designed to help enlarge their understanding
of the world around them. http://www.scholastic.com/ |
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Sesame Workshop
is a nonprofit educational organization making a meaningful difference
in the lives of children worldwide by addressing their critical developmental
needs. This site has great activities for early development. http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/sitemap/ |
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About 10 years
ago, Nancy Cadjan saw a program discussing signing with hearing infants.
She began doing her own research and reading everything she could
on signing with babies and even introduced her friends to the information
on signing. Along with the website listed below are two PDF files
describing some of the benefits to signing with your infant. www.signbabies.com  Sign
Babies Success Guide 371 KBSign
Babies Flash Card Brochure 577 KB |
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Early childhood
is a time of big changes for your child. At |