Early Childhood Course Resources

Ms. Lily’s Picks: Additional Web Resources, Articles and Books:

Books 

J. H. Helms & L. G. Katz., Young Investigators: The Project Approach in the Early Years, Third Edition ISBN:9780807756904

I. Shareef & J. Gonzalez-Mena., Practice in Building Bridges: Companion Resources for Diversity in Early Care and Education (5th ed.)     ISBN: 978-1-928896-94-4

G. Perry, B. Henderson, & Daniel R. Meier, eds., Our Inquiry, Our Practice:  Undertaking, Supporting, and Learning from Early Childhood Teacher Research(ers)     ISBN: 978-1-928896-78-4

S.. Long, M. Souto-Manning, & Vivian Vasquez, eds., Courageous Leadership in Early Childhood Education:  Taking a Stand for Social Justice    ISBN: 9780807757413

S. J. Meisels & S. Atkins-Burnett.,  Developmental Screening in Early Childhood: A Guide (5th ed.)                           ISBN: 1-1928896-25-1

Web Resources 

• US Department of Education- Early Learning Resources https://www.ed.gov/early-learning/resources
• Administration for Children & Families https://www.acf.hhs.gov/
• Child Care Aware of America http://usa.childcareaware.org/
• National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) https://www.nafcc.org/
• National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health  http://www.nrchmh.org/index.html
• Hispanic Federation http://hispanicfederation.org/programs/education/
• National Black Child Development Institute https://www.nbcdi.org/
• Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) http://www.militarychild.org/
• Creative Curriculum Early Childhood Resources for Headstart https://teachingstrategies.com/markets/head-start/

Articles 

Liebovich, B. (2016). Abigail Eliot and Margaret McMillan Bringing the Nursery School to the United States. YC: Young Children, 71(2), 92-95.

Peeples-Wilkins, W. (2006). Three notable African American women in early child welfare. Retrieved from https://eras/three-notable-african-american-women-in-child-welfare-1888-1930/.

Bodrova, E., Germeroth, C., & Leong, D. J. (2013). Play and Self-Regulation: Lessons from Vygotsky. American Journal Of Play, 6(1), 111-123.

Monica, N., & Beth, F. (2014). Vygotsky’s theories of play, imagination, and creativity in current practice: Gunilla Lindqvist’s “creative pedagogy of play” in U. S. kindergartens and Swedish Reggio-Emilia inspired preschools. Perspectiva, Vol 32, Iss 3, Pp 919-950 (2014), (3), 919. doi:10.5007/2175-795X.2014v32n3p919       Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/perspectiva/article/view/2175-795X.2014v32n3p919/29914

Walden University Course Resources:

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://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap
• 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://main.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://community.fpg.unc.edu/sites/community.fpg.unc.edu/files/imce/documents/FPG_Snapshot_N33_EvidenceBasedPractice_09-2006.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.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• 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://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us

• World Organization for Early Childhood Education
  http://www.omep-usnc.org/
  Read about OMEP’s mission.

• Association for Childhood Education International
  http://acei.org/
  Click on “Mission/Vision” and “Guiding Principles and Beliefs” and read these statements.

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/
• 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/
• Institute for Women’s Policy Research
  http://www.iwpr.org/
• 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.pewstates.org/projects/pre-k-now-328067
• Voices for America’s Children
  http://www.voices.org/
• The Erikson Institute
  http://www.erikson.edu/

Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library

• 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