Early Childhood Education at Edmonds Community College
Resources
The below noted links is only a beginning list of the resources that are available on the Web for individuals who are preparing to or currently work with young children. The faculty in the ECE Department utilize many of the below resources in their courses and encourage student familiarity of Web resources to support their professional development and partnerships with parents.
Playing for Keeps
A national not-for-profit
organization dedicated to promoting healthy, constructive, non-violent play for
all children. Provide information and resources to parents, teachers,
child care providers, toy industry professionals, researchers, health care
providers, librarians, after-school programs, non-profit organizations and
anyone else interested in "good" play. The link to
"Constructive Play" contains some very helpful and important
information for teachers.
Preschool Page
Preschool Page has a great deal of articles and information that support the
care and education of 3 to 6 year old. The developers of this site also provide additional
resources on the Toddler (1 to 3 years of age) and K-12 (6 to 18 years of age) areas of
development. The Preschool Page has information on topics such as,
Education, Health, Medicine and Diseases, Preventative Care and
Nutrition, Disabilities, Preschoolers Product Recalls, Early Learning,
Parenting, Growth and Development, Toys and Recreation, Child Development,
Curriculum and much more. This site is a true wealth of information and
resources.
Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting
The Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting (CEEP) provides publications and information to the worldwide early childhood and parenting communities.
A Home
Page On: The Project Approach
This web site features stories of projects which teachers have carried out in
their classrooms. Each story will be introduced through a summary based on the
framework outlined in the text, Engaging Children's Minds: The Project
Approach, by Lillian G. Katz and Sylvia C. Chard (1989), Ablex. Where there are
interesting stories to be told in greater detail links are provided to
additional texts and graphics. As these links are developed the hypertext will
provide an increasingly rich source of examples of teachers' and children's
experiences of project work in many different classrooms.
Early Childhood.com
A source of information for all who share an interest in improving the
education and general life experience of young children. It's a place for
getting advice from experts in the early childhood field, expanding your
collection of creative projects, and sharing ideas and questions with the early
childhood community.
National Network for Child Care
NNCC unites the expertise of many of the nation's leading universities
through the outreach system of Cooperative Extension. Our goal is to share
knowledge about children and child care from the vast resources of the land-grant
universities with parents, professionals, practitioners, and the general
public. We network with committed individuals around the country to bring you
practical information and resources that will be useful to you in your everyday
work with children.
Child Development
Sponsored by the National Network for Child Care
providing information on various stages of child development. Covers such
topics as infants, preschoolers, Intellectual, Ages and Stages Series, and
Brain Development.
Zero to Three
Offers information on child development, quality child care and disabilities.
Technology & Young Children
A site that is maintained by the NAEYC Technology & Young Children Interest
forum. Linked page provides resources on the Best Educational Practices
for technology use and education of young children.
Early
Connections - Technology in Early Childhood Education
Connects technology
with the way young children learn: resources and information for educators and
care providers. Site and publication from the Northwest Regional Educational
Laboratory
National Association for the Education of Young Children
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the
nation's largest organization of early childhood professionals and others dedicated
to improving the quality of early childhood education programs for children
birth through age eight. Founded in 1926, NAEYC membership grew to more than
100,000 in 1997 and includes a national network of greater than 400 local,
state, and regional early childhood organizations affiliated with NAEYC. NAEYC
Affiliate Groups share and help to implement NAEYC's primary goals of improving
professional practice and working conditions in early childhood education and
building public understanding and support for high quality early childhood
programs.
The Washington Association for the Education of Young Children
Washington AEYC is the professional organization for those working with
children ages birth through eight years old in Washington. This
organization has 21 local affiliate groups and over 2,000 members throughout
the state.
Children's Defense Fund
The Children's Defense Fund exists to provide a strong and effective voice for
all the children of America, who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for
themselves. This organization pays particular attention to
the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. Their goal
is to educate the nation about the needs of children and encourage preventive
investment in children before they get sick, drop out of school, suffer family
breakdown, or get into trouble.
Council for Professional Recognition
The Council is the sponsor and granting organization of the Child Development
Associate (CDA). The Council’s mission is to increase the status and
recognition of early care and education professionals who care for children
from birth through 5 years of age in child care centers, family child care
homes, and as home visitors.
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
NACCRRA is a national membership organization of over 400 community child care
resource and referral agencies (CCR&Rs) in all 50 states. NACCRRA's mission
is to promote the growth and development of high quality resource and referral
services and to exercise leadership to build a diverse, high quality child care
system with parental choice and equal access for all families. The CCR&Rs
it represents are the only portion of the child care delivery system which
maintains daily contact with both parents and child care providers in hundreds
of local communities.
Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public
Instruction
The state agency that is responsible for the
oversight of all education from kindergarten through high school in the state
of Washington. OSPI also is the state agency that grants teacher Certification
and teaching endorsements.
Head Start
Head Start Home Page of the Administration for
Children and Families, the federal agency that administers this child
development program that serves low-income children and their families.
Publications
Young Children
Journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children
Early Childhood Today
Published by Scholastic
Early Childhood News
Published by Earlychildhood.com
Education Week
Leading publication on American Education
Katy Schrock's Guide For Educators-Over 800 Links
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a classified list of sites on the
Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional
growth. It is updated daily to keep up with the tremendous number of new World
Wide Web sites.
The Awesome Library
Has thousands of links that have been organized for educators. The “Lesson
Plan” category has a section for PRESCHOOL.
United States Department of Education Web Site
A site that offers links to more than 100
department-sponsored Web sites and more than 80,000 files at ERIC education
research sites.
