Course Resources

 My Favorite Early Childhood Resources:

• UNICEF.org (United Nations Children's Fund) I used this website for political papers on children's rights.
• http://www.letsmove.gov/ (I used this website for my final political research paper on First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move Initiative on how to reduce Childhood Obesity)
• http://www.aap.org (American Academy of Pediatrics) Dedicated to the Health of All Children
Other Resources

• 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, Sept

• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf

•  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.

• 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

    This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the media segment on this webpage

    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.

    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/

    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