Overview:
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Topics
Research Paper Formatting & Writing Guides
Publications
Sources to Additional Links
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.
California Department of Education, Child Development Division
Provides leadership and support
to contractors and the child development community, ensuring high
quality early education programs are provided to children ages birth
to 13 years.
Research Paper Formatting & Writing Guides
MLA
Style and Formatting Guide
MLA (Modern Language
Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite
sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource,
updated to reflect the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research
Papers (6th ed.) and the MLA Style Manual
and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (2nd ed.),
offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers,
in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.
APA
Style and Formatting Guide
APA (American Psychological
Association) is most commonly used to cite sources within the social
sciences. This resource, revised according to the 5th
edition of the APA manual, offers examples for the general
format of APA research papers, in-text citations,
endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.
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
Edutopia
Stories of innovative teaching
and learning published by the George Lucas Foundation
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.