Collection of Resources:

Personal Favorites

The Military Child Education coalition (MCEC)
The Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC)'s is a non-profit, world-wide organization that strives to ensure that military children effected by mobility, family separation, and transition are provided quality educational opportunities. http://www.militarychild.org/

Military One Source
The Military Once Source is an organization designed to support military members and their families. They offer information and resources on education, parenting, relocation, family, and stress. http://www.militaryonesource.com/MOS/AirForce.aspx?MRole=Family&Branch=AirForce&Component=Active

NVCC Early Childhood Education Resources provides easy access to a variety of articles and resources for early childhood professionals. http://www.nvcc.edu/library/bow/elecchild.htm

The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think And How Schools Should Teach by Howard Gardner discusses how children learn, in comparison to how schools actually teach.

Introduction to Early Childhood Education: Equity and Inclusion by Johnna Darragh was one of the textbooks offered through Walden University. I still refer back to the information in this book.

Class Resources

Position Statements and Influential Practices

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

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 7 October, 2010, from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/53029/CRS-CW-4465394/educ6005_readings/naeyc_childabusestand.pdf

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved 7 October, 2010,, from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/53029/CRS-CW-4465394/educ6005_readings/naeyc_schoolreadiness.pdf

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved 7 October, 2010, from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/53029/CRS-CW-4465394/educ6005_readings/naeyc_ling_cult_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 7 October, 2010, from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/53029/CRS-CW-4465394/educ6005_readings/ec_curr_assess_programeval.pdf

NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. 7 October, 2010, from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/53029/CRS-CW-4465394/educ6005_readings/ec_inclusion.pdf

Zero to Three

Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved 7 October, 2010, from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/53029/CRS-CW-4465394/educ6005_readings/zerotothree_infanttoddlerpolicy.pdf

Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved 7 October, 2010, from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/53029/CRS-CW-4465394/educ6005_readings/fpg_snapshot_evidence_based_prac.pdf

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 7 October, 2010, from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/53029/CRS-CW-4465394/educ6005_readings/unicef_factsheet_summary_rights.pdf

Websites:

World Forum Foundation
http://www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/about.php
This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the video on this webpage

World Organization for Early Childhood Education
http://www.omep.org.gu.se/English/about_OMEP/
Read about OMEP’s mission.

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

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/main/about.cfm

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//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

Institute for Women’s Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/index.cfm

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.preknow.org/

Voices for America’s Children
http://www.voices.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=22807

The Erikson Institute
http://www.erikson.edu/

Selected Professional Journals
• 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