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The Early Learner is Our Future: Articles and Books on Developmentally Appropriate Practice

The Early Learner is Our Future: Articles and Books on Developmentally Appropriate Practice

Articles and Books on Developmentally Appropriate Practice

Links to Excellent Articles Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) http://www.naeyc.org/DAP Questions about Developmentally Appropriate Practice https://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/Play/Questions%20about%20DAP_1.pdf The whole Child http://www.wholechildeducation.org/blog/early-childhood-education-implementing-developmentally-appropriate-practice The Butterfly Garden: Developmentally Appropriate Practice Defined http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?articleID=115 An Early Childhood Practitioner’s Guide http://readyreaders.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ECE-Balanced-Literacy-Approach.pdf Information Books in Early Childhood http://journal.naeyc.org/btj/200303/InformationBooks.pdf Books and Articles From Neurons to Neighborhoods:  The Science of Early  Childhood Development By Jack P. Shonkoff & Debra A. Phillips -  PDF Article https://books.google.com/books?id=9bP...

Course Resources

Course Resources Part 1: Position 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  http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap 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 .  Ret...

Twenty-Five Quotes

Resources and quotes on how important play is to our   PRESCHOOLERS   LEARNING http://move-with-me.com/uncategorized/play-quotes/ These are some that stand out to me “Play is the beginning of knowledge.” -George Dorsey “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -George Bernard Shaw “Play is so integral to childhood that a child who does not have the opportunities to play is cut off from a major portion of childhood.” -Musselwhite “We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing.” -Charles Schaefer

Resources

Science News March 30 2016 Dynamic connections in the brain https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160330122917.htm

Dr. Edward Zigler Talks

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 Questions From an Interview Q : What do you make of Bush's push to have literacy testing in Head Start programs? : Z igler: I'm not thrilled by all that testing. I don't think if you take somebody's temperature a lot that will make them well. What they really need are good teachers and smaller class sizes, which are good for younger ages. But all Bush seems to care about is literacy and testing. There's so much more to human development than being able to decode these words. That doesn't mean you comprehend what you're reading. So I'm not thrilled by it. Further, we know that the test scores of preschoolers are notoriously labile. Thus, the validity of any such test score is open to serious question. Q: Why do you get annoyed at efforts to link better I.Q. scores with better child care?  Zi gler: This nation has always had this love affair with I.Q. and we don't understand its limitations. And that's why I'm having this fight ...

Dr. Lilian Katz Quotes

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"In both cooperative learning and project work. The teacher  encourages children to talk to one another. This helps them pay attention to each others efforts and ideas. Children take to these kinds  of exchanges very readily, but the teacher really needs to encourage this interaction"  Dr. Lilian Katz "Experts generally agree that taking all opportunities to read books and other material aloud to children is the best preparation for their learning to read. The pleasures of being read to are far more likely to strengthen a child's desire to learn to read than are repetitions of sounds, alphabet drills, and deciphering uninteresting words." Dr. Lilian Katz