Learning begins in the womb, and the family’s involvement in a child’s life has a lasting impact on a child’s health and success. The Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC) provides parents and educators with early childhood information and training. KPIRC also supports policies, programs, and organizations that promote family involvement in a child’s growth and development throughout early childhood.
The Magic of Everyday Moments: Four to Six Months
The booklets in this series, Magic of Everyday Moments, are not intended to be general guides to everything that is happening at each specific age. Instead, they focus on how, through interactions with your baby during everyday moments, you can support your baby's social, emotional and intellectual development. In fact, these everyday moments are rich opportunities to encourage your child’s development by building her self-confidence; curiosity; social skills; self-control and communication skills. Most of all you build her desire to learn about her world. These are linked with Permission from Zero to Three- www.zerotothree.org Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with zero to three years infant development social/emotional communication cognitive infant mental health Order from KPIRC on December 08, 2008 # |
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Helping Your Preschool Child
The first five years of a child’s life are a time of tremendous physical, emotional, social and cognitive growth. Children enter the world with many needs in order to grow: love, nutrition, health, social and emotional security and stimulation in the important skills that prepare them for school success. Children also enter the world with a great capacity to learn. This booklet includes activities for families with children from infancy through age 5. Most of the activities make learning experiences out of the everyday routines in which you and your child already participate. Most use materials that are found in your home or that can be had free of charge from your local library. The activities are designed to be fun for both you and your child as well as to help your child gain the skills needed to get ready for school. Enjoy them! Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with early childhood development school readiness literacy language on December 08, 2008 # |
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Everyday Ways to Support Your Baby’s and Toddler’s Early Learning
Your baby is learning—about you, himself, and the world around him—from the moment he enters the world. This chart gives you some ideas of the many ways you can support your child’s early learning through your everyday activities. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with zero to three years early childhood development social/emotional language cognitive on December 08, 2008 # |
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A Child Becomes a Reader: Birth Through Preschool
Spring, 1003 Edition. When does a child learn to read? Many people might say, “in kindergarten or first grade.” But researchers have told us something very important. Learning to read and write can start at home, long before children go to school. Children can start down the road to becoming readers from the day they are born. Very early, children begin to learn about spoken language when they hear their family members talking, laughing, and singing, and when they respond to all of the sounds that fill their world. They begin to understand written language when they hear adults read stories to them and see adults reading newspapers, magazines, and books for themselves. These early experiences with spoken and written language set the stage for children to become successful readers and writers. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with reading early literacy school readiness talking communication on December 05, 2008 # |
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Born Learning
Parents and caregivers of young children understand that the early years are important, yet many aren’t sure how to encourage early learning, or feel they don’t have time to do what it takes to help their child succeed in school. Many communities are concerned about children coming to school unprepared, but aren’t coming together to give parents more choices and children more opportunities. In response, United Way of America is partnering with the Ad Council, Civitas and Families and Work Institute to create Born Learning, an innovative public engagement campaign that helps parents, caregivers and communities create quality early learning opportunities for young children. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with school readiness parenting on December 05, 2008 # |
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Quick Reference Checklist for Transition to Kindergarten
The Center for Parent Involvement (FCPI) was funded by the U.S. Department of Education; Goals 2000, Educate America Act from 1994-1999. Guided by an advisory board of parents and professionals, the FCPI’s goal was to tap the power of parents. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with kindergarten transition school readiness on December 05, 2008 # |
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80 Skills That Help Ease Transition to Kindergarten
This list, which was compiled by researchers for World Book, Inc., on the basis of a survey of 4,500 kindergarten teachers, represents the ideal--something parents can aim for. Not every child will have all these skills. Most children will learn the skills listed here before they exit kindergarten. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with kindergarten transition parenting school readiness on December 05, 2008 # |
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Questions to Ask Your Kids After "How was your day?" (Ages 3 to 5)
This booklet contains questions that are intended to start conversations that will strengthen family connections and support school success. Parents and Early Childhood Educators can use this booklet as a resource for developmentally appropriate open ended questions for young children. One or two effective questions may be enough to draw your child into an engaging conversation. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with parenting language development on December 05, 2008 # |
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Pre-K Now
Choosing a high-quality pre-k program is one of the most important decisions a parent will make; so it is vital that families are equipped for the search. It can be hard to find a high-quality program that is convenient, and parents in states without publicly funded, voluntary pre-k for all may have trouble locating an affordable program. Even when pre-k programs are plentiful, many parents need guidance to evaluate their options and pick the program that is best for their child. The quality checklist and resources provided below will help parents make confident, informed pre-k decisions. Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with choosing childcare high quality preschool on December 05, 2008 # |
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The National Parenting Center
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. Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with parenting development on December 05, 2008 # |
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