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  • Early Math Resources for Teacher Educators
  • Gateways to Opportunity Higher Education Forum 2017 - Breakout Session, It's Never Too Early: Supporting Mathematical Thinking in 0-3s
  • Gateways to Opportunity Higher Education Forum 2017 - Breakout Session, An Online Early Mathematics Education PD Model
  • The Current State of Scientific Knowledge on Pre-Kindergarten Effects
  • New Findings from the Abecedarian Project: High-Quality Early Ed Brings Better Relationships with Parents and More Employment
  • Faculty Finds - December 2016
  • List of children's books that show diversity
  • Northampton Community College CLAD
  • What is Happening to Fine Motor Development? Marcy Guddemi - Community Playthings
  • Illinois Early Learning Project: Adapting Lesson Plans to Meet IELDS Benchmarks
  • A Better Start, Why Classroom Diversity Matters in Early Education
  • Resources to Support Incorporating Playful Approaches to Learning and Development
  • What Has Happened to Play?
  • Preschool Through Third Grade Alignment and Differentiated Instruction: A Literature Review (Full Report)
  • Preschool Through Third Grade Alignment and Differentiated Instruction: A Literature Review (Summary)
  • New Head Start Performance Standards (fall 2016)
  • Let the Children Play
  • Children’s Books that Include  Diverse Family Structures
  • Creating a Welcoming Early Childhood Program for LGBT-Headed Families: A Checklist for Programs
  • Birth through Third Grade (B-3) Continuity Project
  • Teaching Preschoolers About Solid Volume
  • Teaching Preschoolers About Liquid Volume
  • Teaching Preschoolers about Measuring Length
  • Supporting Mathematical Learning of Young DLLs
  • Teaching Preschoolers about Cardinal Numbers
  • TEACHING PRESCHOOLERS ABOUT 2-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES - Math Microteach Module
  • Teaching Preschoolers About 1 to 1 Correspondence
  • DLLs - Using Gestures to Communicate Size
  • DLLs - Pictures with English and Home Language Labels
  • Dual Language Learners - Informal Number Play
  • Dual Language Learners - Informal Counting
  • DLLs - Developing 1 to 1 Correspondence
  • DLLs - Counting, Comparing, Playing
  • Sample Math Course Syllabus
  • New Illinois Math Standards
  • Early Childhood Mathematics: Promoting Good Beginnings
  • Dual Language Learners Bridging Names of Shapes
  • POLICY STATEMENT ON SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN WHO ARE DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
  • Preschool Inclusion Key Findings from Research and Implications for Policy
  • The Building Blocks of High-Quality Early Childhood Education Programs
  • Quality Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning
  • Arts Integration: A Promising Approach to Improving Early Learning
  • Science Achievement Gaps Begin Early and Linger
  • The D.A.P. Gap: Is Cute the Enemy of Quality?
  • Early Academic Training Produces Long-Term Harm
  • Resources to Support High Quality Inclusion
  • Solid Volume - Short
  • Solid Volume - Long
  • Measuring a Block Shelf
  • Measuring Shoes - Long and Short
  • Liquid Measure - Learning About Full
  • Learning Math Symbols
  • Feely Box - Math Activity
  • Assessing Shapes
  • Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
  • Planning Tool for Successful Inclusion in Early Childhood
  • What Makes Inclusion Work in Early Childhood ?
  • Policy Statement on Expulsion and Suspension Policies in Early Childhood Settings
  • Learning by watching, toddlers show intuitive understanding of probability
  • POLICY STATEMENT ON INCLUSION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • The double-edged sword of pedagogy: Instruction limits spontaneous exploration and discovery
  • Reading Rockets
  • The Arts in Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Benefits of Arts Participation
  • Supporting the School Readiness and Success of Young African American Boys Project
  • Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards (IELDS) Tools for Teachers Kit
  • Early Math Collaborative at Erikson Institute
  • How the New Preschool is Crushing Kids
  • Math and Science Resources from Camille Catlett
  • WIDA (Linguistically Diverse resources)
  • The Early Catastrophe - The 30 Million Word Gap by Age 3
  • Early Choices - A Preschool LRE Initiative of the Illinois State Board of Education
  • PROJECT LCExcel
  • Illinois Early Learning Project (IEL) Modules for Early Learning Benchmark Activities (MELBA)
  • Responding to the Tennessee PreK Study
  • Story Telling and Writing in Kindergarten
  • Research finds no advantage in learning to read from age five
  • Reading Instruction in Kindergarten: Little to Gain, Much to Lose
  • The Thirty Million Word Gap
  • IELDS Tool Kit for Teachers
  • Debunking 4 myths about inclusive education
  • Kindergartens Ringing the Bell for Play Inside the Classroom
  • Lively Minds: Distinctions between academic versus intellectual goals for young children
  • Higher Ed Forum: Preparing Every Teacher for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students
  • Higher Ed Forum: Karen Diamond, Effective Instruction in Early Childhood
  • Early Care and Education Policy Statements from Zero to Three
  • Handout from Webinar: Intervention Techniques for Working with Trauma-Impacted Young Children
  • CEC/DEC Recommended Practices in Early Intervention Early Childhood Special Education
  • Early Learning Standards in Action - Young Children Exploring Motion
  • What the New NSTA Early Childhood Science Education Postion Statement means to me
  • National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Position Statement on EC Science Education
  • Common Core Standards (New Illinois Learning Standards) in the K-2 Classroom
  • Making the IELDS Come Alive for Your Pre-Service Students
  • Spotlight TEDx Talk: Why separating kids with disabilities from their peers hurts instead of helps
  • Handout 2 from Common Core Webinar: Common Core Standards for English Language Arts K-5
  • Handout 1 from Common Core Webinar: Common Core Math Standards K-2
  • Handout from Webinar: Weaving English Language Arts Standards and Assessments into EC Literacy Coursework
  • Meaningful Early Childhood Mathematics Instruction
  • Differentiating the Early Childhood Advisory Group (ECAG) English Language Arts Standards for Dual Language Learning in Early Childhood Literacy Coursework. Pat Chamberlain, presenter
  • Weaving English Language Arts Standards & Assessments Into Early Childhood Literacy Coursework. Susan Massey, presenter
  • Reducing Suspension and Expulsion Practices in Early Childhood
  • Strengthening the Math-Related Teaching Practices of the Early Care and Education Workforce: Insights from Experts
  • Meaningful Math Instruction References
  • More Meaningful EC Math resources and information
  • Learning Trajectories for Number and Operations, from Art Baroody
  • Meaningful EC Math Instruction Resources
  • Weaving English Language Arts Standards and Assessments Into Early Childhood Literacy Coursework
  • ILLINOIS PROJECTS IN PRACTICE
  • ART IN THE CLASSROOM NATIONAL KINDERGARTEN ALLIANCE
  • WestEd - Infant and Toddler Reflective Curriculum Planning, Part I
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY TO CHILDREN’S LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
  • "LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE: DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN”
  • NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION "READINESS FOR SCHOOL INVOLVES AN ARRAY OF SKILLS: LET’S NOT FORGET FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT"
  • READING ROCKETS - Launching Young Readers
  • ALL ABOUT LEARNING PRESS
  • ILLINOIS EARLY LEARNING PROJECT
  • PLAY OUTSIDE!
  • ILLINOIS PROJECTS IN PRACTICE
  • ILLINOIS EARLY LEARNING GUIDELINES A Foundation for Learning POWER POINT PRESENTATION
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN "RESEARCH IN REVIEW. GOOD THINKING! FOSTERING CHILDREN’S REASONING AND PROBLEM SOLVING”
  • Math at Home
  • Winton, P.J., Buysse, V., Turnbull, A., Rous, B. and Hoolingsworth, H. (2010). CONNECT Module 1: Embedded interventions. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, FPG Child Development Institute, CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge.

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