Resources for Early Childhood Archive

Center for Early Literacy Learning

These guides make it easier for young children with disabilities to participate in early literacy learning activities. Written for both parents and practitioners, the practice guides describe everyday home, community, and childcare learning opportunities that encourage early literacy learning.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with early literacy on August 12, 2010 #

Learning to Talk and Listen

Learning to Talk and Listen is intended for early childhood caregivers-teachers in centers and those caring for children in homes. It is intended to help caregivers learn more about how children develop the ability to use words to communicate their thoughts and needs and ask questions, and to understand language they hear in conversation and in books.

Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with early literacy language oral language on July 29, 2010 #

The Education Innovator Volume IX, No. 5

In this issue of The Education Innovator, a new era of parent and family engagement – one informed by a "skyscraper full of research" concerning the role that parent, family, and community engagements play in children's learning and success in school – is explored. Both a national working group of key stakeholders in parent and family engagement and the national network of Parental Information and Resource Centers are working hard to ensure success in this new era.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Higher Education and tagged with MTSS multi-tier system of support national standards on July 19, 2010 #

Cognitive Development: Thinking to Learn (A Booklet for Kansas Families)

A child’s early development builds a foundation for later learning. The purpose of this booklet is to introduce families to some of the skills, called developmental milestones, that children develop and the order in which they happen. A sampling of ideas to help develop these skills is found in the following pages. Children develop differently, even in the same family. Two children, side by side, will not necessarily have the same skills at the same time. This booklet has been compiled to provide information on thinking, reasoning, and learning skills, or cognitive development, in young children and is intended for use by Kansas families. This booklet weaves a common thread of understanding related to what cognitive development looks like in early childhood. Suggested Use of This Document • As a starting point for conversations about the development of children. • As a guide for families to help support their child’s development through suggested activities. If you have concerns about the progress of your child, you might talk with your child’s doctor, local health department, teacher, or you may request a free screening by contacting the following agencies: For children birth to three years old, contact: Kansas Department of Health, Infant Toddler Services (800) 332-6262 For children over three years old, contact: Kansas State Department of Education (800) 203-9462 Let us know if we can be of further help! Sincerely, Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC) 866-711-6711

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with Early Learning Document early literacy cognitive on July 02, 2010 #

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Parent Teacher Education Connection: Online Parent Modules!

The goal of PTE Connection is to help teachers and early childhood professionals work more effectively with parents and families across cultures to improve student achievement. Our curriculum has been revised to align with the PTA National Family School Partnership Standards, which were endorsed by the Kansas State Board of Education. Each standard has been developed into an online module that can be used for professional development.

Filed under Schools Early Childhood Higher Education and tagged with PTA national standards Welcoming Supporting Student Success Communicating Speaking Up for Every Child Collaborating with the Community professional development on April 27, 2010 #

Resources for Families and Teachers: An Essential Partnership

The stories, principles, and strategies presented in these articles cover family involvement approaches from infancy through the primary years. Some are reminders of what it takes to build and maintain essential partnerships between families and teachers; others offer creative ideas for expanding good practice.

Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with research on March 29, 2010 #

Collaboration for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

CASEL was founded in 1994 by Daniel Goleman, the author of Emotional Intelligence, and educator/philanthropist Eileen Rockefeller Growald. CASEL's first years focused on gathering scientific evidence to demonstrate the contributions of social and emotional learning to students' school success, health, well-being, peer and family relationships, and citizenship. While still conducting scientific research and reviewing the best available science evidence, over time CASEL has increasingly worked to provide SEL practitioners and school administrators with the guidelines, tools, informational resources, policies, training, and supports they need to improve and expand their SEL programming.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with social/emotional social learning social development on March 25, 2010 #

Social Emotional Learning and Bullying Prevention

While bullying is a pervasive problem in many schools, schools can take specific steps to improve the school climate and encourage positive interactions designed to reduce or prevent bullying. Schools using a social and emotional learning (SEL) framework can foster an overall climate of inclusion, warmth, and respect, and promote the development of core social and emotional skills among both students and staff. Because bullying prevention is entirely congruent with SEL, it can be embedded in a school’s SEL framework. The aims of this brief are to (a) provide a basic description of a school-wide SEL framework, (b) illustrate the relationship between social and emotional factors and bullying, and (c) explain how an SEL framework can be extended to include bullying prevention.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with bullying social/emotional social development on March 25, 2010 #

Desarrollo Social Emocional: Un Folleto para las Familias de Kansas

El temprano desarrollo de un niño sirve como base para el aprendizaje posterior. El propósito de este folleto es presentarle a las familias algunas habilidades, llamadas etapas de desarrollo, que los niños desarrollan y el orden en el cual suceden. Un muestreo de ideas se ofrece en las siguientes páginas para ayudar a que se desarrollen dichas habilidades.

Filed under Early Childhood Espanol and tagged with early childhood child development social/emotional social development on March 12, 2010 #

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Social Emotional Development in Early Childhood: A Booklet for Kansas Families

This booklet has been complied to provide information on the development of social and emotional skills in young children and is intended for use by Kansas families.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with social/emotional social development Early Learning Document on March 12, 2010 #

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