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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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More Than Baby Talk: 10 Ways to Promote the Language and Communication Skills of Infants and Toddlers | Early childhood educators have a prime opportunity to provide children with interactions that can support children’s growth and development, particularly their language and communication skills. | Website |
Mothers and Infants Connect Through Song | As one of the first records of human music, infant-directed singing permeates cultural boundaries and parenting traditions. The act of mothers singing to infants is a universal behavior that seemingly withstands the test of time. | Document |
Motor Development of Infants--What to Expect and When to be Concerned (Part 1) | In the first part of our series on Infant and Toddler Development Cindy Croft and Priscilla Weigel discuss critical milestones in an infant’s fine and gross motor development. Our hosts discuss common things to look for at the stages of 3 months through 1 year and highlight some concerns that would require further investigation. We will also talk about the ways child care providers and parents can encourage physical development at this important age. | Podcast |
Multilingual Learners | The early childhood years are an important time for building foundational language and literacy skills needed by young multilingual learners as they transition to kindergarten. The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) supports local educational agencies and early childhood programs in promoting equitable access to language supports for multilingual learners from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. This link provides information about WIDA Early Years Training. WIDA stands for World Class Instructional Design and Assessment and is part of the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research at UW Madison. They are THE experts in working with Multilingual Learners and their families. | Website |
Not Just “Soft Skills”: How Young Children’s Learning & Health Benefit from Strong Social-Emotional Development | This paper synthesizes the research on social emotional development in early childhood, and underscores the need for a new national dialogue on this topic. It also outlines how we might better support parents and caregivers so they can contribute to the healthy social-emotional development of their children. | Document |
Noticing Same and Different: The Concept of Comparison with Infants and Toddlers | “More” is often one of children’s first words. Infants attend to differences, though they don’t yet discriminate between “more” as quantity or magnitude/size or intensity of sensation. Toddlers are beginning to differentiate between attributes and develop a spectrum of preferences. These are all examples of the origins of the precursor math concept of Comparison, that is noticing sameness and difference." Check out this article from The Erikson Institute Early Math Collaborative. | Website |
Nurturing Gratitude in Young Children | Children aren’t always appreciative, and their demands can hit especially hard when we’re working long hours—or just trying to get dinner on the table. While young children can’t yet see the world from somebody else’s perspective, we can begin to build a sense of gratitude starting in the toddler years. | Document |
Parent Cell Phone Use Can Halt a Child’s Language Learning | Researchers at Temple University’s Language Learning Lab found that children are less likely to learn a new word when a phone call interrupts the child’s conversation with their parent. To learn more about this research, check out this video interview with researcher Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek. | Website |
Parenting and the Development of Children’s Emotions | Ever wondered how children learn to share their feelings? Studies reveal that three main factors observed in parents help determine how children will express their emotions. These are: 1) how parents display their own emotions, 2) how parents respond to the child's emotions, 3) and the family's overall emotional demeanor. Learn more from this video and article, in English and Spanish. | |
Parenting Knowledge Among First-time Parents of Young Children | Early care and education professionals play an important role in providing parents with research and evidence-based information about child development, best practice and parenting. This research to practice brief from Child Trends, finds that first-time parents of infants and toddlers across all racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds have difficulty obtaining clear and trustworthy information about parenting. | Document |
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