Education
Americans for the Arts: Links for Task Force on Children's Learning and the Arts: Birth to Age Eight
http://www.artsusa.org/education/2000lnk.html
Part of the Goals 2000 Arts Education Partnership, this site provides links to governmental, non-profit, and private organizations involved in promoting arts education for infants and children.A Head Start on Science
http://www.csulb.edu/~sci4kids/
Directed to Head Start teachers, teacher assistants and home visitors, the university/ school district sponsored demonstration project -- intended to be replicated -- focuses on these professionals becoming more confident and enthusiastic in encouraging a sense of scientific wonder within young children. Through observing, communicating, comparing, and organizing or classifying, young children will begin a lifelong interest in science.
EarlyChildhood.Com
http://www.earlychildhood.com/
A source for: getting advice from experts in the field; locating creative projects; sharing ideas with and asking questions of early childhood professionals.
Early Childhood Educators' and Family Web Corner
http://users.sgi.net/~cokids
Pages for teachers and parents chock full of: articles, chats, message boards, print and electronic resources, online courses, conferences, etc.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education
http://ericeece.org/
Addressing "the areas of child development, the education and care of children from birth É, the teaching of young children, and parenting and family life," this clearinghouse identifies and selects information for the ERIC database; provides information on request, produces publications, and operates Parents AskERIC and NPIN - the National Parent's Information Network.
GEM: The Gateway to Educational Materials
http://www.thegateway.org
The searchable database, developed by the University of Syracuse for The National Library of Education, contains over 1,000 education resources for use with pre-schoolers -- activities to lesson plans to curriculum units - from a variety of agencies, associations, companies, school districts, etc.. All are available directly on the Internet.
I Am Your Child
http://www.iamyourchild.org/
The foundation is devoted to "raise public awareness about early childhood development [during the first three years] and to try to influence public policy makers to increase spending on early childhood programs." Guidance for parents in the areas of activities, emotional support, brain development, etc. is included. Video clips by noted experts such as T. Berry Brazelton are available on the site as well.
Idea Box: Early Childhood Education & Activity Resources
http://www.theideabox.com/
Activities and links for preschoolers, elementary-school-age children, parents, and teachers. Seasonal activities, projects and games, songs, recipes, arts and crafts, message boards for parents and teachers are featured.National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ECI/
The Early Childhood Institute (ECI) supports research and shares information about the three Rs of early childhood education: relationships, resilience, and readiness.National Network for Child Care: Child Development
http://www.nncc.org/Chilld.Dev/child.dev.page.html
An array of articles addresses the developmental stages and needs of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Intellect, language, emotional/social, ages and stages, brain are covered. Links are provided to resources published in Spanish and additional sources for materials published in Spanish.Nutrition standards for child-care programs
http://www.eatright.org/adap0899.html
Health care practitioners, day-care providers, and parents gain solid information on menu adequacy and planning, food preparation, foodservice, food safety and nutrition for young children enrolled in day care/head start centers.
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