Early Childhood: February 2017

NAEYC Ideals
-To be familiar with the knowledge base of early childhood care and education and to stay informed through continuing education and training.
-To ensure that each child's culture, language, ethnicity, and family structure are recognized and valued in the program.
-To use assessment information to understand and support children's development and learning to support instruction, and identify children who may need additional services.

DEC Ideals
- We shall rely upon evidence based research and interventions to inform our practice with children and families in our care.
-We shall respect, value, promote, and encourage the active participation of all families by engaging families in meaningful ways in the assessment and intervention processes.
-We shall honor and respect the diverse backgrounds or our colleagues including such diverse characteristics as sexual orientation, race, national origin, religious beliefs, or other affiliations.

All of the ideals play a major role in the education field. These ideals will help me a better person and teacher. It will also help me to have more knowledge about this field.

Laureate Education, Inc. (2010). The resources for early childhood. Baltimore: Author.
Part 1: Postion 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 naeyc_dap_position_statement.pdf
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 December 8, 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.

Part 2: Global Support for Children's Right 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
http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us
http://www.omep-usnc.org/
http://acei.org/about

Part 3: 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/main/about.cfm
Administration for Children and Families: Headstart's National Research Conference
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
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/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/
The Erikson Institute
http://www.erikson.edu/

Part 4: 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

Additional Resources

Berk, L. E., & Winsler, A. (1995). Scaffolding Children's Learning: Vygotsky and Early Childhood Education. NAEYC Research into Practice Series. Volume 7. National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1509 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1426 (NAEYC catalog# 146)

Van Oers, B. (2003). Learning resources in the context of play. Promoting effective learning in early childhood. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 11(1), 7-26.

Winton, P. J., McCollum, J. A., & Catlett, C. (2007). Practical Approaches to Early Childhood Professional Development: Evidence, Strategies, and Resources [with CD-ROM]. ZERO TO THREE. National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, 2000 M Street NW Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036-3307.

Early Childhood

Sunday, February 26, 2017

NAEYC & DEC Ideals

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Collection of Resources

Saturday, February 4, 2017

Words of Inspiration and Motivation