Early Childhood Education Websites

Quicklinks

Articles of Interest
Teacher Support Networks
General Lesson Plans
Arts & Crafts / Fun & Games
Reading/Writing

Articles of Interest

Global Guidelines for Early Childhood Education and Care in the 21st Century
http://www.udel.edu/bateman/acei/wguides.htm
An outline of Early Education’s overall philosophy, goals, and policies

Helping Children with their Behavior
http://www.early-education.org.uk/pdf/EEd_Helping_children.pdf
Article on ways to modify behavior

Investing in Our Children
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR898/
An online publication that answers: “What we know and what we don’t know about the costs and benefits of early childhood interventions.”

NAEYC: “Early Years are Learning Years”
http://www.naeyc.org/resources/eyly/2003/12.pdf
Article describing ways to help toddlers become problem solvers

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Teacher Support Networks

Circle of Inclusion
http://circleofinclusion.org/
“ The Circle of Inclusion Web Site is for early childhood service providers and families of young children. This web site offers demonstrations of and information about the effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight.”

Early Childhood Center
http://www.education-world.com/early_childhood/
Newsletter, articles, and additional resources

Early Childhood.com
http://www.earlychildhood.com/
News, Activities, Curriculum Ideas, and Message Boards

Early Childhood Site
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/success/

Early Education News Bulletin
http://www.trustforearlyed.org/news.aspx
Contains current events regarding the education of young children

National Network for Childcare
http://www.nncc.org/
Includes newsletters, forums, resources, and articles

Professional Association for Childhood Education
http://www.pacenet.org/
Join as a member and receive tons of resources, info on conferences, and newsletters.

Resources for Childcare and Early Childhood Education
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5274/
Tons of project ideas/crafts, lists of resources, and networks/forums

Success Inc.
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/success/
“ The mission of Success Inc. is to support efforts to meet the needs of all young children and their families through In-service, Networking, and Collaboration among early childhood professionals, families, and agencies”

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General Lesson Plans

Crayola: Early Childhood Creative Experiences
http://www.crayola.com/ece/index.cfm
Browse lesson plan ideas by age, theme, area, and material.

Developmental Activities
http://www.liveandlearn.com/1to2.html
Activities for children 1-2 yrs old

PE Preschool Lesson Plans
http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/searchresults.asp?category=50
A long list of PE activities

Preschool Lesson Plans
http://www.funlessonplans.com/

Preschool Themes and Lesson Plans
http://www.first-school.ws/themes.html

Teaching Ideas for Early Childhood Special Educators
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/pep/teach.htm
A list of ideas for activities and additional resources

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Arts & Crafts / Fun & Games

Fingerplays
http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/fingerplayindex.htm
A list of fingerplay ideas, songs, or skits

Kinder Art
http://www.kinderart.com/
A site dedicated to art education, lists activities, lesson plans, and additional resources.

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Reading/Writing

Activities to do with Beginning Readers
http://www.ed.gov/Family/RWN/Activ97/early.html

Bookhive
http://www.bookhive.org/activities/top20booklists/
A book list of top 20 rated books for levels PreK-6 along with book reviews

Booklists of Children’s Literature
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/children_booklists.html
Includes books for very beginning readers

Carol Hurst’ Children’s Literature Site
http://www.carolhurst.com
A collection of reviews of great books for kids as well as ways to incorporate them in the classroom.

Choral Reading for Children
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/choralpage.htm
Simple choral speaking activities, songs, and poems

Classic Stories Online
http://lightupyourbrain.com/stories.html
MP3 audio books that you read while listening to

Clifford's Interactive Storybook
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/phonics/index.htm
A phonics game for young readers

Early Literacy Advisor
http://www.mcrel.org/programs/literacy/ela/index.asp
Articles on development, practices, and assessments

Handwriting Worksheets and Printables
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/handwriting.htm

I’m Reading!
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/index/load.htm?f
Short stories and plays for young readers

Kid’s Corner
http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm
Beatrix Potter stories and pictures

Meet Einstein
http://www.readaloudva.org/einstein.htm
Resources on reading aloud and why it works

Research Based Practices in Early Reading Series
http://www.prel.org/products/re_/fluency-1.pdf
Research on the importance of measuring reading fluency

ReviseWise: Reading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/reading.shtml
Reading activities, worksheets, and tests for young readers ages 4-11

ReviseWise: Writing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/writing.shtml
Writing activities, factsheets, tests, and worksheets for young writers ages 4-11

StoryArts.Org
http://www.storyarts.org
A site dedicated to the art of story telling, includes stories, activities, and lesson plans

Vocabulary in a Box
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_
Arts/Vocabulary/VOC0010.html
A lesson plan outline for teaching vocabulary to early education students

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