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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 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
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/ - 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/
Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library
Tip: Use the A-to-Z e-journal list to search for specific journal titles. (Go to "How Do I...?", select "Tips for Specific Formats and Resources," and then "e-journals" to find this search interface.)
- 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:
Pinterest: Although many may not see this as a resource, instructionally I find it valuable. There are many teacher sites that are wonderful.
BLACKBOARD: The county that I work in has a specific site for our instructional staff and I spend a lot of time on there.
YOUTUBE: This is the single best place to find instructional songs for use in the classroom. I create and share a monthly playlist for my team. We couldn't afford to purchase every song we need, so it is great for us!
I love that you listed Pinterest and YouTube as resources. My staff use Pinterest frequently to find ideas for activities and lesson plans. Sometimes it offers the "spark" that they need to come up with their own unique ideas. In regard to YouTube, I have used it to find therapy techniques for my daughter and I increasingly use it to figure out songs that my son and daughter bring home from preschool and kindergarten, such as the color word songs and the Silly Snake song. This has helped me to make a connection with what they are learning at school,
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Pinterest and YouTube are excellent resources. I didn't think of them, while doing this research assignment, but I use them often. I find a lot of short stories and animated children books for the children to see as a follow-up activity with story time. The most recent was the "King with Dirty Feet." The students enjoyed viewing it immediately after a read-aloud; it added a visual to help them add meaning to the story. Pinterest is great tool to enhance teacher ideas and bulletin board ideas.
ReplyDeleteAnother resource that I didn't think about and failed to add to my list of resources is teacherspayteachers.com. It offers a wealth of resources for teachers, and allow teachers to make money by selling their ideas, lesson plans, worksheets, assessment tools, etc. You can post your ideas to help other teachers and make money at the same time.
Tabitha Abney
I am very familiar with both Youtube and Pinerest. Pinerest is one that always pop up when I am researching for educational help. I often use it for ideas. I also use Youtube for children music and the how to make different crafts. I used it a few weeks ago to learn how to make slime during my sensory exploration.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that Pinterest was mentioned! I use it a lot when I find weak spots in my curriculum that might need a bright, new, fun idea. Also, as mentioned above, I frequently see an idea that "sparks" a new one that might be more relevant to my current class.
ReplyDeletePinterest is one of the best in that it leads you to the websites of other teachers. I don't keep a school website since there are privacy issues that I am concerned with, but I do enjoy seeing and connecting with what other teachers are doing across the country.
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