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
An abundance of resources! Thank you!
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I looked at the website site you posted Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. I love the idea of videos complimenting the subtitles. I believe this website can be very useful us and anyone in the early childhood field.
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Thank you guys! Zero to Three is a very useful and enriching site. I love using it as well.
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You have provided a lot of additional resources that I was not aware of and will definitely be useful to me in the future! Thanks and great job!
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