41. Spelman College - Department Of Education provides a major in Child development with preparation for certification to teach at the Early in Secondary Education and preschool through Twelfth http://www.spelman.edu/education/

42. Early Learning & Coloring Books in preschool 8 Lessons Ideas, Developing Number Sense in preschool Lessons Activities, Math Skills development With Activities. 28 Ways to teach Beginning Math, http://www.netrox.net/~labush/colrpres.htm

Early Learning Coloring Pages Reading and ABC's Songs, Stories and Poems Math Coloring Pages ... Home Early Learning Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers abcteach Activities and More The Perpetual Preschool Bry-Back Manor Activity Pages Holidays Picture Recipes More Everything Preschool Excellent Site Preschool Home Activities for Parents and Young Children Activity Pages Recipes 4 Learning ... The Chalkboard Excellent! Activities All Subject Areas Early Childhood.com Preschool Express by Jean Warren Printable Calendar Items ... Kindergarten Teacher HUGE Resource of Links All Curriculum Areas Early Childhood Excellent! Activities and much more Poems Recipes Expectations Pratt's Educational Resources for Parents and Teachers Many Ideas and Activities Food for Tots The Idea Box Cooking with Young Children Preschool Learning Activities Printables Writing and Enacting Children's Stories Scissor Skills Printable Pictures Worksheets Activity Pages over 225 Sesame Street Preschool Planet A World of Information and Fun! Billy Bear 4 Kids.com

43. MindWing Concepts - Braidy, The StoryBraid™ | Braidy Classroom Literacy Planner doll is a plush manipulative used to teach narrative development from the Descriptive Sequence to the Complete Episode levels to preschool through first grade http://www.mindwingconcepts.com/pages/product_storybraid.html

Purchase Order Information NARRATIVE PRODUCTS Braidy, the StoryBraid Manipulative Doll Braidy Classroom Literacy Planner New! Build-A-Braidy New! Level: Preschool - 1st Grade Benefits Targets oral language proficiency in the areas of conversation and narrative development. Engages young children in recounting personal narratives and stories. Provides direct instruction in the language-literacy continuum. Expands language functions from self maintenance to logical reasoning. Fosters the development of thought, intent, feeling and perspective. Enables flexible grouping for instructing diverse learners. Features Includes: One tabbed three-ring loose leaf resource guide Five wristbands for student participation One Mesh icon storage bag Four "character" changes: girl, boy, dog, rabbit Price: Product code: Go to the Store! Return to Top Braidy, the StoryBraid Manipulative Doll Braidy, the StoryBraid doll is a plush manipulative used to teach narrative development from the Descriptive Sequence to the Complete Episode levels to preschool through first grade students. Level: Preschool - 1st Grade Benefits Targets oral language proficiency in the areas of conversation and narrative development.

44. ESL Go Teacher Links - Development, Training, CALL, ESL Job, Lesson/activity, EF which encourages students to develop good language Travel teach UK, Information about TEFL certificates and Selling infant, toddler and preschool learning toys, http://www.eslgo.com/tlinks.html

Links: teach ESL links: teacher education + development, teacher training, CALL, ESL job, lesson/activity Free reciprocal links with ESL go: increase link popularity, increase page rank, increase search engine rankings, increase traffic! Teacher education + development links Teacher education links, teacher development links, + teacher training links. Lesson resource links ESL + EFL classroom activities, handouts, + lesson plans ESL job links ESL jobs, EFL jobs, + job advertisements for ELT CALL links Site name Comments Cyber EFL Website development help for teachers. This site was my source for the javascript used to create my classes and quizzes. AWSD scripts CGI scripts, including the one for the message boards used on ESLgo.com. KOTESOL CALL SIG Website for the KOTESOL CALL SIG, which I facilitate. Ideas for teaching specific skills and systems Site name Comments Word Surfing A vocabulary learning strategy which encourages students to develop good language habits by keeping well-organized and personal notebooks. Literacy Connections Resources for teaching reading.

45. Expert Advice: Carleton Kendrick Ed.M., LCSW Q. I teach a preschool reading program Early childhood development experts maintain that preschools should be teaching reading to preschool kids isn t on their http://familyeducation.com/experts/advice/0,1183,1-4204,00.html

Family Therapy Question and Answer by Carleton Kendrick Ed.M., LCSW Please Read Our Q. I teach a preschool reading program. Many parents ask me, "Isn't that what kindergarten is for?" How do I respond to parents' accusations that I'm "over-preparing" their children for first grade? A. I'm very disturbed about preschool programs that emphasize traditional academic learning that is more along the lines of kindergarten or first grade curricula. Indeed, many parents choose such academically-oriented preschools in the hopes that their kids will get a "leg up" on the kindergarten/first grade "competition." Early childhood development experts maintain that preschools should be caring, stimulating, child-centered environments dedicated to the overall social and emotional growth of young children. Teaching reading to preschool kids isn't on their or my developmental priorities list, especially since all kids are hard-wired on an individualized basis to learn something as complex as reading. Teachers and parents have created a demand for kindergartens to teach what first grades used to do and for preschools to become kindergartens. I deplore this shift. Read David Elkind's classic, The Hurried Child for an expanded, brilliant exploration of the unnatural "speeding up" of childhood.

46. The Partnership For Reading: Recommended Publications of when and how to teach young children includes studies on normal reading development and instruction the importance of highquality preschool and kindergarten http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/earlychildhood.html

Early Childhood Early Childhood Resources A Child Becomes a Reader Proven Ideas for Parents from ResearchBirth to Preschool When does a child learn to read? Many people might say in kindergarten or first grade. But researchers have told us that children can begin to learn reading and writing at home, long before they go to school. This booklet offers advice for parents of children from birth to preschool on how to support reading development at home, and how to recognize preschool and day care activities that start children on the road to becoming readers. A Child Becomes a Reader Birth to Preschool (pdf document, 340K) Color Version (pdf document, 510K) HTML (accessible format) Presentations Early Reading First presentation from the Secretary's Reading Academies, Washington, D.C. (December 2001). Reports The National Reading Panel (NRP) reviewed more than 100,000 studies on reading and identified five components essential to a child's ability to learn to read: phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. NRP's findings and their analysis and discussion of these five areas of reading instruction are published in Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read . Additional information is available on the NRP's publications page Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read is designed for classroom teachers. It describes the findings of the NRP and provides analysis and discussion in five areas of reading instruction. The publication is available in a

47. Homeschool World: Homeschool Experts: Preschool: Re: Boy, Did I Ever Mess Up. is important to teach phonics to preschool children but not develop some activities to teach readiness skills as well as good social and emotional development. http://www.home-school.com/experts/preschool/posts/631.html

Art with Barry Stebbing Math with Bob Hazen Science with Dr. Arthur Robinson Preschool with June Oberlander Unit Studies with Jessica Hulcy Home Economics with Regina Hogsten also ... our forum boards! Suggest a Topic Getting Started Curriculum Trades Special Needs Homeschooling ... Homeschool World: Homeschool Experts: Preschool Re: Boy, did I ever mess up. Posted by June Oberlander (68.100.185.28) on September 29, 2003 at 14:10:58: In Reply to: Boy, did I ever mess up. posted by Andrea on September 29, 2003 at 01:15:12: Dear Andrea, You should be commended for recognizing that your daughter is frustrated with "Hooked on Phonics". It is important to teach phonics to preschool children but many preschoolers balk at regimentation and structure. Preschoolers learn best through meaningful play experiences and are not ready for formal learning until around age 5. What is your daughter's age? If phonetic skills are introduced and taught gradually in game form and mastered, then reading usually evolves naturally without the need for an expensive structured progam. My advice to you is put "Hooked on Phonics" on hold and re-introduce the program to your daughter when she is ready; that is more comfortable with learning letters and their sounds.

48. Homeschool World: Homeschool Experts: Preschool: Re: Christian Preschools language, creativity, art/music/movement, math/science as well as social and emotional development. Whichever, philosopy you choose to teach preschool, keep in http://www.home-school.com/experts/preschool/posts/528.html

Art with Barry Stebbing Math with Bob Hazen Science with Dr. Arthur Robinson Preschool with June Oberlander Unit Studies with Jessica Hulcy Home Economics with Regina Hogsten also ... our forum boards! Suggest a Topic Getting Started Curriculum Trades Special Needs Homeschooling ... Homeschool World: Homeschool Experts: Preschool Re: Christian Preschools Posted by June Oberlander (68.100.184.3) on April 23, 2003 at 10:31:58: In Reply to: Christian Preschools posted by Melissa Jones on April 22, 2003 at 14:26:56: Good Luck. June Oberlander Follow Ups: Note: All posts in this board become the property of Home Life, Inc, and may be used in our publications. By posting to this board, you agree to these conditions. Name: Email: Subject: Content:

49. Illinois H.O.U.S.E.: Preschool Education like curricula, most major companies supply preschool materials. may actually be easier to teach than are where they are in their development and achievement http://www.illinoishouse.org/a08.htm

Please update your bookmark for this page to http://www.illinoishouse.org/a08.htm Preschool Education There are probably as many approaches to educating preschool-aged children as there are preschool families everything from unschooling to rigidly structured, intensively academic, strictly curriculum-based instruction. But you want the best approach, right? Alack and alas! There is no guaranteed, sure-fire approach to successful preschool education. In truth, the very definition of "success" (i.e., the desired mixture of language, numerical, cognitive, artistic, musical, gymnastic, social, emotional, spiritual, etc.! achievement) varies from one family to the next and "best" depends on your child's needs, interests, and abilities as well as your own desires, philosophies, strengths and weaknesses, and resources. (And, a word of warning any document that you read on this subject, including the one you are currently reading, will be biased by the author(s)' own attitudes and beliefs. Below are some tips to get you started: Relax! Legally, there are no requirements. Your child does not have to be in school until eons from now at the ripe old age of seven (see Illinois Annotated Code Section 26-1 (1981)). Socially, even with the proliferation of preschool programs today, it is quite acceptable to do absolutely nothing formal in the way of preschool education for your child. You might well imagine that preschool programs exist because of some proven advantage that such programming provides a child, but the truth is that two of the major factors in the current rise of preschool education in this country have little to do with their effectiveness for children such as yours who are growing up in what are probably intellectually stimulating environments (if you are concerned enough to be reading this).

50. Home Educator's Family Times -Making The Most Of Those Preschool Years of us with large families to effectively teach all our older child s teaching capabilities, and the preschool child s language development while also http://www.homeeducator.com/FamilyTimes/articles/9-3article5.htm

Home Educator's Family Times Homeschool Support Network June 2001 Volume 9, No. 3 Current Issue Advertising Home Back Issues ... Great Books Making the Most of Those Preschool Years By Valerie Bendt It is with some reservations that I use the word preschool in this article. The term presupposes two things: that there is a specific time at which education begins - 'pre' and that there is a specific place where education transpires - 'school.' However, I believe that education is a lifelong endeavor, and begins at birth, or possibly even before, as the child learns through many of his senses while yet in the womb. I also believe that while the entire creation is given to us as a place of learning, the best environment is a loving, caring home. So, in using the word preschool in this article I will borrow a commonly used term meaning the time prior to that where society believes we should send our children out of the home to 'school' to get an education. Educational psychologists claim that more than half of a child's learning occurs during his first few years. These are important formative years that should not be neglected. But how do we teach our 'preschooler' or entertain him while teaching our older children. It is important that our 'preschooler' does not feel he is a burden or in the way. I know this is often difficult, because we do not have perfect children. My oldest daughter recently reminded me about the measures that we had to take to keep my son, Raymond, out of trouble during his preschool years.

51. Literacy Standards For Preschool Learners // Elena Bodrova, Deborah J. Leong, An First, defining literacy in preschool and kindergarten requires are best suited for their level of development. is the notion that to teach certain content and http://www.ascd.org/publications/ed_lead/199910/bodrova.html

Overview Current Issue Archived Issues Study Guides ... Contact the Staff October 1999 Redefining Literacy Pages 42-46 Literacy Standards for Preschool Learners Elena Bodrova, Deborah J. Leong, and Diane E. Paynter In recent years, major studies ( Why Children Can't Read, To support early literacy, school districts, state agencies, and national organizations are setting early literacy standards. Accountability for teaching literacy in early childhood classrooms will likely grow stronger rather than weaker. But the path toward implementing literacy standards in these classrooms will present challenges that are quite different from those in the higher grades. First, defining literacy in preschool and kindergarten requires more than adding "the student begins to . . ." to literacy standards borrowed from higher grades. At these early levels, the precursors of successful reading and writing often are not even called reading and writing. A young child's ability to draw and represent actions symbolically in dramatic play, for example, is not writing at all, but it is an important step in early literacy development. Second, standards implementation requires a redefinition of the early childhood teacher's role in literacy instruction. Although the importance of setting the proper environment and providing opportunities for children to learn will continue to be essential, teachers may find their role broadening to include guiding and even directing learning, a role that many view with a certain wariness. With good reason, early childhood teachers are concerned about trading practices that contribute to the long-term growth and development of young children for the short-lived success of teaching narrowly defined literacy skills.

52. NNCC Preschooler Development INTELLECTUAL development. THREEYEAR-OLD CHILDREN. preschool children learn best by doing. teach them to dress and undress themselves. http://www.nncc.org/Child.Dev/presch.dev.html

PRESCHOOLER DEVELOPMENT Cathy Malley Cooperative Extension Educator, Child Development Cooperative Extension University of Connecticut YOU WILL LEARN: what to expect from preschoolers. that preschoolers grow and develop at their own rate. some activities to enjoy with preschoolers. PRESCHOOLERS Three and four-year-old children are often called preschoolers. Preschool children are making developmental strides and express an interest in the world around them. They want to touch, taste, smell, hear, and test things for themselves. They are eager to learn. They learn by experiencing and by doing. Preschoolers learn from their play. They are busy developing skills, using language, and struggling to gain inner control. Preschoolers want to establish themselves as separate from their parents. They are more independent than toddlers. They can express their needs since they have greater command of lan-guage. Fears often develop during the preschool years. Common fears include new places and experiences and separation from parents and other important people. You can expect the preschool child to test you over and over again, to use profanity and other forbidden words, and to act very silly. Preschoolers may still have trouble getting along with other children, and sharing may still be difficult. Because of their developing imaginations and rich fantasy lives, they may have trouble telling fantasy from reality. They may also talk about imaginary friends. Preschoolers need clear and simple rules so that they know the boundaries of acceptable behavior.

53. Circular: Parents' Guide To The Development Of Preschool Children With Disabilit Reach out and teach meeting the training Spanish for parents of preschool deafblind attitudes, communication, daily living development, and characteristics http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/circulars/parents.html

Site Map Search the Catalog Find a Library FAQ ... Circulars Parents' Guide to the Development of Preschool Children with Disabilities NLS Reference Circulars Parents' Guide to the Development of Preschool Children with Disabilities Issued May 1992 Introduction Parents of preschool children with visual or physical disabilities will find in this reference circular a wide range of information to assist them in promoting the development of their child from infancy to age five. The listing includes organizations, producers, and distributors who offer materials or services at the national level. These organizations may be contacted directly for information about local services and distributors. The books included in Section III were in print at the time this circular was compiled and should be available from local bookstores or directly from the publishers. Materials listed may also be available on loan from local public libraries. Contents Special-format Materials: Braille, Cassettes, Large Print, and Records Educational Games, Toys, and Play Equipment Articles, Books, Magazines, and Pamphlets: A Select Bibliography National Organizations Concerned with Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool Children with Disabilities I. Special-format Materials: Braille, Cassettes, Large Print, and Records Catalogs or descriptive materials may be requested from the sources indicated. Additional resources can be found at local bookstores and public libraries.

54. Program Effective In Reducing Fire Deaths In Preschool Children was the Learn Not to Burn preschool Program, which the such as those advocating the development and adoption and educational programs that teach caregivers to http://www.sosfires.com/Development of Education Program.htm

SOS FIRES: Youth Intervention Programs The Youth Firesetting Intervention Resource Site Click on "Back" button to return to article menu (1/02) THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EDUCATION PROGRAM EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING THE FIRE DEATHS OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN By Sharon Gamache , National Fire Protection Association Center for High-Risk Outreach, Don Porth credited to: S. Gamache, D. Porth, (2001). "Human Behaviours in Fire: The development of an education program effective in reducing the fire deaths of preschool children." Proceedings from the 2nd International Symposium on Human Behaivour in Fire, March 26-28, 2001. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. SUMMARY Each year in the United States, an estimated 700 children aged five and under die in home fires. Representing 20 percent of the fire deaths each year, this age group has a fire risk that is double the national average. Children playing with matches and lighters and other fire sources started about 91,810 fires per year from 1993 through 1997, which resulted in an estimated 338 deaths and 2,624 injuries each year. Preschool children are the most frequent victims of fires started by children playing with matches or lighters. To address the problem of fire deaths among young children

55. Family Fun & Special Needs - Early Learning Preschool as flash cards to teach children with Alaska Department of Education Early development Early Childhood educational preschool and kindergarten teaching http://www.family-friendly-fun.com/links/earlylearningpreschool.html

Resource Files family fun, family health, special needs, disabilities Home Meet Topics Files News Tour Early learning Preschool Other important Early learning Preschool files: 123 child - Activity Idea Place: Over 1000 ideas for preschool children. - http://www.123child.com   Welcome to the Activity Idea Place! Over 1000 activity ideas for young children. Theme based art, math, science, games, songs, dramatic play and more.... ABA-materials - http://aba-materials.com company that produce CD-ROMs with color images that parents print as flash cards to teach children with learning disabilities, speech delays and difficulties.... Acorns education site - K to 12 - http://www.acorns.k12.tn.us A comprehensive K-12 education site, including curriculum guides, lesson plans, technology training, etc.... Ask the preschool teacher - http://www.askthepreschoolteacher.com Ask the preschool teacher... Boowakwala-Children's songs and stories on a preschool activity site - http://www.boowakwala.com Children's songs preschool activities and children's stories This activity site is for preschoolers and is jam-packed full of fun interactive games. Tour the world with Boowa and Kwala... Can Do Zoo - http://www.CanDoZoo.com

56. TeacherSource . Health & Fitness . Emotional Development Preschool | PBS preschool Emotional development, Start Over. Arthur Bowl Me Over Use this simple game to teach children that they don t have to feel bad when they http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/health_fitness/preschool_emotional.shtm

search options Friday, June 11, 2004 Lessons and Activities Preschool: Emotional Development Featured Lesson Barney - Happy/Sad Puppets Young children can learn to identify their feelings and appropriate ways to express them though masks, songs, and discussion. 71 Total Resources Below: Arthur Bowl Me Over Use this simple game to teach children that they don't have to feel bad when they spill something. Communication Adventure: Blindness Students explore blindness through discussion, books and resources after watching Arthur episode, "Prunella Sees the Light". Students then take part in various activities that help build understanding through experience. Communication Adventure: Deafness Students explore deafness through discussion, books and resources. Students then take part in various activities that help build understanding through experience. Communication Adventure: Many Ways to Communicate Students explore the importance of their five senses. Students participate in hands-on activities which help develop empathy for those with impaired senses. Students test their memory skills by playing an on-line game called Don't Wake Kate. Communication Adventure: Wrap-Up Students participate in experiential activities, read books and utilize resources that help build understanding and empathy for those with sensorial impairments.

57. Continuum Of Children’s Development In Early Reading And Writing (Learning To R Phase 1 Awareness and exploration (goals for preschool). that expand children s knowledge and language development. Introduce new words and teach strategies for http://boe.mars.k12.wv.us/lipinski/literacylinks/Continuumofchildren.html

Continuum of children's development in early reading and wr iting (Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices or Young Children) Preschool Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade ... Third Grade Phase 1: Awareness and exploration (goals for preschool) Children explore their environment and build the foundations for learning to read and write. Children can v Enjoy listening to and discussing storybooks v Understand that print carries a message v Engage in reading and writing attempts v Identify labels and signs in their environment v Participate in rhyming games v Identify some letters and make some letter sound matches v Use known letters or approximations of letters to represent written language (especially meaningful words like their name and phrases such as “I love you.”) What teachers do v Share books with children, including Big Books, and model reading behaviors v Talk about letters by name and sounds v Establish a literacy-rich environment v Reread favorite stories v Engage children in language games v Promote literacy-related play activities v Encourage children to experiment with writing What parents and family members can do v Talk with children, engage them in conversation, give names of things, show interest in what a child says

58. Teaching Strategies: Teaching Strategies' Resources For Preschool Programs Caring for preschool Children contains easyto-implement, self paced training modules that help teach the basic areas of the Child development Associate (CDA http://www.teachingstrategies.com/pages/page.cfm?pg_section=preschool

59. Teaching Strategies: Literacy In framework s third component is contentwhat preschool children learn. to combine their knowledge of child development with the content they are to teach. http://www.teachingstrategies.com/pages/page.cfm?pageid=199

60. Tough Pigs News Extra -- Henson Preschool TV Shows In Development But shows in development are always a roll of the Frog School is a live action/Muppet preschool comedy (with the world that are used to teach the reptilian http://www.toughpigs.com/extrapreschooltv.htm

Tough Pigs News Extra June 24, 2002 News Extra Contents Henson Preschool TV Shows in Development from Kidscreen Magazine, January 3, 2002 by Mike Connell Reprinted entirely without permission [ This is an article from Kidscreen Magazine from January... I don't know if this news is still current, since there's been a lot of changes at the Henson Company since January. But shows in development are always a roll of the dice anyway, so here it is. ] Jim Henson Television has decided to give the world an inside look into what made Kermit the reptile he is today. Jim Henson's Frog School is a live action/Muppet preschool comedy (with some short animated segments) that centers around Kermie's adolescent years at Frog School, where his education was based on an ancient frog philosophy stressing virtue and responsibility for one's actions towards others and the environment. Jim Henson's daughter Lisa will serve as executive producer on the 26 x half-hour series, which is budgeted at between $350,000 and $400,000 per episode. Animated sequences illustrate fables and myths from around the world that are used to teach the reptilian students about life outside the swamp. The project is part of a new Henson curriculum focus guided by an educational advisory board established to help the company follow through on its assertion that TV can change people's lives, says Juliet Blake, president of Jim Henson Television US. Henson is hoping to carve a niche with preschool shows that tackle school readiness, Blake explains, from both an emotional and curriculum perspective. She likens

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