EHS NRC Bulletin Boards lesson plans, 02/05/03, (3). EHS / child care Partnerships. State day care licensing/EHS conflicts, 10/13/02, (3). early Head Start Manager, 09/28/02, (2). http://forums.ehsnrc.org/index.cfm?cfapp=2
Extractions: American Academy of Pediatrics-Back-to-School Tips The American Academy of Pediatrics outlines back-to-school tips for parents to help children adjust to the first day of school, from a checklist for the first day, to learning and homework tips and bus safety. Ask Dr. Math Ask Dr. Math is a component of Drexel University's Math Forum, an online math education center. Students, parents and teachers can submit questions to math "doctors" who will answer them by e-mail. The Math Forum additionally provides resources, materials, activities and educational services related to mathematics. Back-to-School topics from KidsHealth KidsHealth addresses issues and concerns about going back to school. Topics include: the first day, feelings about school, packing your schoolbag, packing your lunch, what to do if you get sick at school, and ways to prepare for a successful first day. The site also includes pages on staying healthy, growing up, kids' talk, games and links to related services. bigchalk.com
Early Childhood Education Links therapists, public agencies and other child care providers A resource page for earlychildhood through Lotsa lesson plans, Movin Groovin Big Songbooks Catalog http://w3.gorge.net/cannon/early.html
Extractions: Early Childhood Development (ECD) is a Crown Entity, established under the Education Act 1989. Our staff in offices around New Zealand provide advice, support and information about early childhood education and parenting to groups, parents and the wider community. Increasingly research affirms the value of investing in early education for improved individual, family, community, social, and economic well-being. ECD spearheads Government's investment in the development of learning opportunities for children in the first five years of life. Early Childhood Education On Line
NC 4-H School-Age Care Project Program Staff/Instructors' Page which expands two pilot projects the TEACH early childhood Health skills and training and stay in the child care classroom by Ideas and lesson plans. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fourh/sacc/teachers.html
Extractions: To help get and keep good early childhood teachers in the classroom, Gov. Hunt's Administration put together NC Cares, which expands two pilot projects the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Health Insurance Program and Child Care WAGE$ statewide. NC Cares would encourage child care teachers to improve their education, skills and training and stay in the child care classroom by offsetting the cost of health insurance and giving salary supplements to teachers who make a commitment to boost their education and stay in the workforce.
FunLessonPlans.com - Links To Pre-K Resources And Guides Online lesson plans for Preschoolers Visit the University of First-School.ws -Links for early childhood educators and child care providers are http://www.funlessonplans.com/links/pre-k_resource.htm
Extractions: the best preschool sites, guides, and directories for the A+ Best Sites list. Links to Government Resources: Information on Early Childhood Education Teaching Our Youngest - A guide for Preschool Teachers and Child Care and Family Providers, Department of Education, April 2002. This free illustrated booklet is available by mail or by download in PDF format. It is an excellent primer full of good ideas about educating small children. http://www.ed.gov/ The National Association for the Education of Young Children - NAEYC is the nation's largest and most influential organization of early childhood educators and others dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through third grade. Founded in 1926, NAEYC celebrated its 75th anniversary with over 100,000 members and a national network of nearly 450 local, state, and regional Affiliates. NAEYC Affiliate Groups work to improve professional practice and working conditions in early childhood education and to build public support for high quality early childhood programs. NAEYC's Week of the Young Child is April 6-12, 2003: "Children's OpportunitiesOur Responsibilities"
AlaskaFamily.org: Search AKS The plaace to find online lesson plans, thematic units website offers an indepthview on child care issues early childhood Focus Bringing you the news that http://www.alaskafamily.org/search.pl?topic=Early_Childhood
Teacher's Toolbox -Classroom & Childcare Links focuses on the needs of child care providers Resources for childcare and early childhoodEducation comprehensive site that include lesson plans, bulletin board http://www.richland.lib.sc.us/toolbox/classroom.htm
CAJE Early Childhood Department- Links early childhood Resources. is the website for The Center for the child care Workforce. lessonplans Page www.lessonplanspage.com This has over 1,000 lesson plans http://www.caje.org/earlychildhood/ec-links.htm
Standards, Goals, Outcomes, And Assessment of Education Statements California child care Desired Results Academic Standards Structured lesson plans Virtual Pre pdf file Ohio early childhood Education http://home.sprintmail.com/~peggyriehl/predstand.htm
Nicolet College Library Early Childhood Education Pathfinder Site early childhood.com National Network for child care Idea Box early childhoodEducation Activity Resources Resources, lesson plans and activities for http://www.nicolet.tec.wi.us/libry/pathfinders/child.htm
Extractions: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PATHFINDER SCOPE This guide will help you define sources of information in the fields of early childhood education, child care and child development. BACKGROUND INFORMATION (Online Catalog) When beginnning your research, you may wish to identify sources which provide you with an overview of the field. Begin by consulting the Online Catalog . Here are some examples of useful headings: Art_x Study and teaching Education, preschoo l Child behavior Educational games Child care Mathematics_x Study and teaching (preschool) Child development Preschool teacher_x Training of Creative activities and seat work School Management and organization Day care centers Science_x Study and teaching CURRENT INFORMATION Information found in magazines, journals, newspapers and the Internet will not be found in the OnLine Catalog, but can be found by looking in the databases listed below. BadgerLink includes indexes to over 4000 magazines and newspapers. Many articles are full-text.
EmTech - Early Childhood lesson plans; Smart Start; Southern early childhood Association; Southern EducationFoundation; Sparky The Fire Dog Homepage; Stand for children; State child care http://www.emtech.net/early_childhood.htm
Extractions: Updated: 3/3/03 Early Childhood 249 Celebration Ideas A World of Kindergartens About: Early Childhood Education Advantages of breastfeeding for you baby's brain ... Alpha Songs - A collection of 26 original songs, one for each letter in the alphabet Alphabet Books American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry American Academy of Pediatrics American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance ... A-to-Z Kids Stuff - Lesson plan themes, calendars, educational activities, and downloads Baby Talk Barnyard Buddies Online BBN's (Bolt, Beranek and Newman's) National School Network Testbed Bigidea Productions ... California HIPPY - home instruction program for preschool youngsters. Canadian Association for Young Children (CAYC) Canadian Child Care Federation CanTeach - Resources for Educators CDC National Prevention Information Network ... CTW Family Workshop - Home of Sesame Street Cultural Diversity and Early Education Cyber-Seuss Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children Dr. Seuss's Seussville ... Early Childhood Educators Web Corner - index to early childhood for teachers and families. Early Childhood Families Early Childhood News Early Childhood Reports, National Education Goals
Teach A Child To Read - Web Resources2 lesson plans Social Studies lesson plans - and more preschoolers, with tipsfor early reading using Click on Education/Day care/child care, then Literacy http://www.succeedtoread.com/resources2.html
Early Childhood Education Great site that include interactive sites, lesson plans, cyberzines, challenge versionof the popular magazine, early childhood Today Healthy child care. http://www.nps.k12.nj.us/EarlyChildhoodTableII.htm
Extractions: community/early_child/early_child.html Early Childhood Resources . Hundreds of sites for every imaginable activity. http://www.teachingk-8.com/ Teaching K-8. A treasure chest of curriculum ideas. This month's current activities are featured, with past activities in an archive for easy access throughout the year. http://www.janbrett.com/ Jan Bretts Homepage. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ Kathy Schrocks Guide for Educators . A categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/
Child Care Center Assistant - 2593 Formulates weekly and daily lesson plans to provide Provides work direction to childcare aides and early childhood development techniques sufficient to develop http://www.doer.state.mn.us/stfcs-ac/CSPCS-C/c-2593.htm
Extractions: var version = 1.0; var version = 1.1; var version = 1.2; var version = 1.3; STATE OF MINNESOTA Class Code: 2593 CLASS SPECIFICATION Barg. Unit(s): 207 CHILD CARE CENTER ASSISTANT KIND OF WORK Technical/para-professional child care work. NATURE AND PURPOSE Under general supervision, develops and implements formal lesson plans, incorporating individual and group activity schedules, for children enrolled in a community college child care center in order to provide proper care and attention as well as formal instruction; performs related work as required. EXAMPLES OF WORK (A position may not include all the work examples given, nor does the list include all that may be assigned.) Formulates weekly and daily lesson plans to provide learning experiences for children by incorporating activities that serve individual needs as well as allowing for group participation. Plans and organizes special activities and field trips to enhance the learning opportunities of children by contracting various organizations and companies, arranging for transportation or meals and enlisting the assistance of other adults as additional escorts. Collaborates with the Center Coordinator and/or other college staff in administering the enrollment and fee collection processes and in the promotion of the center's use among the student population to ensure that all operating policies and procedures are followed and maximum enrollment is fulfilled.
The Lesson Plans Page - Over 2,000 Free Lesson Plans! and updates to incorporate into your lesson planning closer to nature while helpingdevelop early reading skills of pregnancy, as well as infant and child care. http://www.lessonplanspage.com/articles/EducatorMagazines.html
Extractions: There are a log of great educational magazines out there for teachers, parents, and students, and we have taken the time to categorize the best ones out there. Our favorites are marked with . If you would like to subscribe to any of these magazines, you can subscribe easily online! Just start by clicking on the magazine's cover! Subscriptions help to support LessonPlansPage.com, and you can save up to 80% off the cover prices! The Best Magazines For Educators: Creative Classroom is an excellent hands-on, thorough resource magazine for kindergarten through 6th grade teachers. The award-winning magazine is filled with easy-to-use activities, helpful reproducibles, and fascinating stories. You'll keep your students' interest like never after implement new projects and pertinent educational news you read about. Creative Classroom, from CTW, also comes with useful grade specific sections.
NCOE Programs: Early Childhood Block Grant funds, and prepare county wide child care plans. Napa careS ProjectNapacareSis a project whose goal is to retain early childhood education http://www.ncoe.k12.ca.us/programs/early_child.htm
Extractions: The Early Childhood Department provides a wide variety of educational and childcare opportunities. Programs inlcude early childhood special education services, state funded preschool and childcare (3-12 years) services, administration of the Napa County Childcare Planning Council and Napa CARES project and training for childcare providers and families. Choose a program for more specific information: Napa Infant/Preschool Program Child Development Programs Napa County Childcare Planning Council The Napa County Child Care Planning Council is the Local Child Care Planning Council (LPC) for Napa County. Local Child Care Planning Councils determine local community child care needs, determine priorities for the allocation of Federal Child Care and Development Block Grant funds, and prepare county wide child care plans. Napa CARES Project NapaCARES is a project whose goal is to retain early childhood education professionals in Napa County and increase the quality of their educational preparation. NapaCARES rewards the pursuit of child development training among Napa County's early childhood education (ECE) professionals and promotes retention of committed qualified teachers and providers. Annual stipends are provided in varying amounts to these professionals for the completion of specified training, educational attainment and employment stability.
CHILD CARE ASST II who is responsible for the child care Center; Preschool, or early childhood Center Developslesson plans; teaches and cares for children individually http://www.dist.maricopa.edu/hrweb/wagesal/jobdescriptions/grade7/earlchildII.ht
Extractions: This position works in a preschool or childcare center. Work contacts include faculty, staff, students, childcare center users, and vendors. Equipment used includes standard office equipment, playground and developmental equipment, kitchen appliances and equipment, record and tape player, and projectors. Develops lesson plans; teaches and cares for children individually and in groups; may plan curriculum and develop instructional materials; directs the work of students, including students participating as part of course requirements; prepares facility and grounds for daily operations; may assume responsibility for operation of the center in the evening; acts on behalf of the Supervisor as requested; registers children; maintains records; collects fees; may establish payment arrangements with parents and develop staff and student schedules; purchases food and supplies; prepares snacks/meals; may prepare written evaluations of children's developmental progress; makes home visits, and conducts parent conferences; performs related duties as assigned.
Union County Partnership For Children Child Care Programs child care providers, parents, and SPCC students may use that provides individualizedlesson plans reflecting the current advances in early childhood technology http://www.unionsmartstart.org/child.htm
Extractions: The Union County Partnership works with many different local agencies who provide services to children and families and works to identify needed programs and services as well as resources to meet those needs. Often, programs exist but are not being utilized. Sometimes duplication of services are noted. The Partnership was formed to eliminate those duplications and fill the voids in the service delivery system. By blending and leveraging existing resources and providing funding through Smart Start - the programs below are made possible to the young children of Union County: Quality Enhancement Grants Quality Enhancement Grants are intended to help child care providers improve their star-license ratings. The grants assist established child care facilities with the process of improving and enhancing quality in their respective child care programs. The grants allow centers and homes to purchase items that will enhance the learning and play environments of the centers/homes.
Web Sites For Child Care Providers & Teachers links to web sites for child care providers. www.preschoolrainbow.org A wealth ofearly childhood education activities and lesson plans organized in http://www.pcl.lib.wa.us/earlylearning/websitesccpt.html
Earlychildhood.com Links The California early Childhood Mentor Program Advanced training for experiencedchild care workers who downloadable worksheets and lesson plans for teachers http://www.earlychildhood.com/Links/index.cfm?CatID=10
