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Our Resource Library contains materials and assistance for early childhood educators and those they serve. Explore our selection of podcasts, tip sheets, websites, documents, and self-study courses.
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| Resource Name | Description | Resource Type |
|---|---|---|
| Promoting Social-Emotional Development Helping Infants Learn About Feelings | Starting from birth, infants begin learning how to make sense of their world through interactions with caregivers. Responsive caregiving--which involves a caregiver reflecting and validating a child's feelings and behaviors--helps very young children make sense of their world. Over time, children who have this type of nurturing, reflective care can better regulate their emotions. | Document |
| Provider-Recommended Toys for Development | Cynthia Hockman, ARNP, MS, CPNP, UnityPoint Health, recommends the following developmental toys for babies and toddlers to make play fun and educational. | Website |
| Public Perceptions of Baby Brain Development: A National Survey of Voters | The rapid brain development in the critical first three years of life lays the foundation for future health, learning and behavior. This research revealed what voters know about early brain development and the emotional development of young children ages zero to three. | Document |
| Put Down Your Smartphones When Caring For Babies! | That's the message from University of California, Irvine researchers, who have found that fragmented and chaotic maternal care can disrupt proper brain development, which can lead to emotional disorders later in life. The findings imply that when mothers are nurturing their infants, numerous everyday interruptions -- even those as seemingly harmless as phone calls and text messages -- can have a long-lasting impact. | Website |
| Qodobo Muhiim ah ee laxiriira bey’adda dhallaanka dhashay ama kuwa socod baradkaa #5: Ku Doorsashada (Essential Elements of Infant & Toddler Environments #5: Choice) | Qaybta shanaad ee taxane ah lix cunsur oo muhiim u ah naqshadeynta bey'ada dhallaanka iyo socod baradka. The fifth element in a series of six essential elements in designing environments for infants and toddlers. | Tipsheet |
| Questions from a Parent--Literacy and School Readiness | Cindy Croft and Priscilla Weigel field questions from the parent of a preschooler. They explain how everyday activities are developing pre-literacy skills helping to prepare children for kindergarten. | Podcast |
| Reading Aloud, Play and Social Emotional Development | Research findings published in Pediatrics documents that infants and toddlers who were read to by family members had notable social-emotional skill advantages when they started school. | Document |
| Recommended Books for Children Coping With Loss or Trauma | Books can be wonderful tools to use with children who have experienced difficult times such as trauma or loss. Reading (or being read to) and talking with adults can help them understand and cope with their feelings in a developmentally appropriate way. Reading also offers a great way to spend time with a child, reinforce a sense of normalcy and security, and connect with them, all of which are important to recovery from a traumatic experience. This resource is from the National Association of School Psychologists. | Document |
| Red Flags and Referral | While most children develop on a similar trajectory, it is important to be aware of signs the child is not moving along the expected developmental pathways. | Tipsheet |
| Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years | A new film, Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years (48 minutes), produced by Debbie LeeKeenan and John Nimmo, features vignettes of anti-bias strategies in early childhood classrooms interspersed with teachers reflecting on their practice. | Website |
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