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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 |
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| Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Newborn Hearing, Screening and Testing | This site offers a FAQ sheet with information on when an infant should be screened for hearing loss, what happens if an infant does not pass the hearing screening, how to find resources for infants with hearing loss, what false positives are, what an Auditory Brainstem Response test is, what an Otoacoustic Emissions is, and general information about infant hearing. | Website |
| Frère Jacques, are you sleeping? | Virtually all new parents quickly discover that a lullaby will in fact help an infant unwind, but they might be surprised to learn that babies aren’t fussy about the language. Researchers at Harvard’s Music Lab have determined that American infants relaxed when played lullabies that were unfamiliar and in a foreign language. | Website |
| Games for Babies | "It’s never too early to start playing games to help your child reach their sensory, communication, feeding, and motor milestones." Here are some fun suggestions from Pathways on games for babies. They are organized by age group! | Website |
| Get Ready to Read | Get Ready to Read! (GRTR!) is a national initiative to build the early literacy skills of preschool-age children. The initiative provides an easy-to-administer, research-based screening tool to early childhood educators, child care providers, and parents in order to help them prepare all children to learn to read and write. GRTR!'s program vision is that all preschool children will have the skills they need to learn to read when they enter school. This Web site is a part of NCLD's initiative to provide parents, educators, health-care professional and advocated with information to help build early literacy skills by integrating emergent literacy screening and learning activities into routine early childhood education, child-care and parenting practices. A newsletter is available to subscribe to with tips on early literacy, information, and resources for parents and teachers. | Website |
| Getting In Tune Creating Nurturing Relationships With Infants And Toddlers | This video from the Far West Laboratory Center for Child and Family Studies highlights the importance of getting in tune with infants and toddlers. | |
| Great Books to Read to Infants and Toddlers | A list of "Great Reads" for infants and toddlers from NAEYC. | Website |
| Great Read Alouds for Kids: Babies to Grade 3 | A collection of resources related to reading aloud to children, including lists of suggested books for each age. In addition you'll find videos and resources on related topics like sharing wordless picture books, reading aloud to build comprehension, getting the most out of nonfiction reading time, and using mental imagery while reading. | Website |
| Groundbreaking Book Explains the Beginning of Math Concepts for Infants and Toddlers | The Erikson Institute "sat down with Mary Hynes-Berry, one of the authors of the new book, Precursor Math Concepts: The Wonder of Mathematical Worlds with Infants and Toddlers. This book extends professional knowledge for mathematics teaching to teachers who work with the very youngest learners. We know that children’s brains develop connections faster in the first five years than at any other time in their lives. This book helps us think about how to support children ages 0-3 to explore the mathematics in their world right from the start." | Website |
| Guidance in Choosing Developmental Screening Instruments | The Commonwealth Fund has released a new manual entitled Pediatric Developmental Screening: Understanding and Selecting Screening Instruments, by Dennis Drotar, Terry Stancin, and Paul Dworkin. It is based on a comprehensive review of scientific research and is meant to assist providers in selecting and using screening instruments that are appropriate for their practice settings. | Website |
| Habilidades de Comunicación para Bebés y Niños Pequeños: La Construcción de Relaciones (Infant and Toddler Communication Skills: Building Relationships) | Esta hoja de consejos explora la importancia de las relaciones para apoyar el desarrollo de habilidades de comunicación en bebés y niños pequeños. This tip sheet explores the importance of relationships in supporting infant and toddler development of communication skills. | Tipsheet |
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