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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



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