Resources & Links
- Early Childhood Professional Organizations
- Early Childhood Education & Care
- Emergent Literacy
- School Readiness
- Managing Child Care
- Children's Rights
- Approaches to Early Childhood Education
- Accreditation
- More At Four Pre-Kindergarten (MAF)
Early Childhood Professional Organizations
National
Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Association
for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
National
Association of Child Care Professionals
National
Child Care Association
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National
Head Start Association
Zero
to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers & Families
National
Association for Gifted Children
Council for Exceptional Children
National
Association of School Boards
National
Association for Sick Child Day Care
National
Program for Playground Safety
National
Children's Coalition
Early Childhood Education and Care
North Carolina Division of Child Development
North
Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Child
Care Demographics in North Carolina
National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center
Cost,
Quality, and Outcomes Study
Benefits
of Early Childhood Education
International
Resources in Support of Young Children (ages 0-8) and
their Families
National
Child Care Information Center
North
Carolina Standard Course of Study
National Association for Bilingual Education
Benchmarks On-Line
Center
for Child and Family Studies
The
National Association for Child Development
National Center for Early Development and Learning Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center
Pre-K Now
Quality Education for Minorities
Southern Early Childhood Association
McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership
Emergent Literacy
Addressing
the Literacy Needs
of Emergent and Early Readers
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Bank Street: Early Literacy Development
Case
Study - Pre School (Computer Supported Literacy)
Home-School Study of Language and Literacy Development
Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children
ZERO TO THREE Brain Development
School Readiness
Readiness
for School: A Survey of State Policies and Definitions
Helping
Your Child Get Ready For School
School Readiness - Developmentally
Appropriate Instruction
Developmentally
Appropriate and
Culturally Responsive Education
Managing Child Care
Orgamation
Technologies, Inc.
Personalized
Software, Inc.
Procare Software
Private
Advantage
Remarkable
Systems, Inc.
Children's Rights
Children's
Defense Fund
Children's
Rights Council
Children's
Rights/UNICEF
Children's Rights Advocacy
Child
Care Bureau
CLASP--Center
for Law and Social Policy
Child Care Law Center
Approaches to Early Childhood Education
Reggio
Emilia Links and Resources via Clearinhouse on Early Education and Parenting
The Reggio Emilia Approach to Preschool Education
The Reggio Emilia Approach: Links and Projects
North American Reggio Emilia Alliance
The Bank Street Approach
Creative Curriculum
Direct Instruction
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation
Association of Waldrof School of North America (AWSNA)
Project Approach
Project Approach: ERIC Digest
Project
Zero (Howard Gardner)
From
Themes to Projects by Sylvia Chard
The Montessori Foundation
The Montessori Philosophy and Practice
Health, Safety and Nutrition
How to Keep Children Safe
Child and Adult Food Care Program
Healthy Food Choices
The Food Guide Pyramid
North Carolina Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center
Children's Safety Network
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Licensing and NAEYC Accreditation
NAEYC
Accreditation
North Carolina Child Care License Requirements
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More At Four Pre-Kindergarten
Office of School Readiness (Office of Early Learning)
The PreK-K Teachers' Performance Appraisal Instrument (PKKTPAI)