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Ages & Stages: Making Choices
Ages & Stages: Making Choices
Ages & Stages: Making Choices

This article discusses how the support and guidance from teachers and parents can help young children in making choices.
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Promoting Young Children’s Social and Emotional Health
Promoting Young Children’s Social and Emotional Health
Promoting Young Children’s Social and Emotional Health

This article offers teachers strategies that focus on building trusting relationships and conducting intentional teaching.
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Building Positive Teacher-Child Relationships
Building Positive Teacher-Child Relationships
Building Positive Teacher-Child Relationships

This brief helps teachers support young children’s social and emotional development through evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures.
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History at Home: Exploring African American Heritage, Stories, and Culture Through Online Museum Collection
History at Home: Exploring African American Heritage, Stories, and Culture Through Online Museum Collection
History at Home: Exploring African American Heritage, Stories, and Culture Through Online Museum Collection

This blog post provides the general public with access to virtual museum collections of African American history, heritage, and culture.
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What Employers Can Do for Employees Whose Children Have Special Needs
What Employers Can Do for Employees Whose Children Have Special Needs
What Employers Can Do for Employees Whose Children Have Special Needs

This article helps working parents of children with special needs identity what they should look for in a company. It also helps employers see how they can better serve their employees.
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Education Inequalities at the School Starting Gate
Education Inequalities at the School Starting Gate
Education Inequalities at the School Starting Gate

This study examines the relationship between children’s socioeconomic status (SES) and their cognitive and noncognitive skills when starting school using data from the kindergarten classes of 1998 and 2010.
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Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare
Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare
Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare

The report argues for the importance of childcare for the business future of the United States.
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San Bernardino Countywide Vision Website
San Bernardino Countywide Vision Website
San Bernardino Countywide Vision Website

The Countywide Vision is a community-based effort to create a county where residents and investors can prosper and achieve well-being. The Countywide Vision website includes the Countywide Vision statement, information on progress being made to achieve the Vision, and resources to help everyone participate in the Vision effort.
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Peardeck-Turn Google Slides into Interactive Lessons
Peardeck-Turn Google Slides into Interactive Lessons
Peardeck-Turn Google Slides into Interactive Lessons

Imagine if you could engage every student in your class, every day. What if you could instantly see who’s confused and who’s ready for more? That’s the power of Pear Deck. And now, with the Pear Deck for Google Slides Add-on, you can add the magic of formative assessments and interactive questions to your presentations right from Google Slides.
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Accessibility Guide for Educators
Accessibility Guide for Educators
Accessibility Guide for Educators

This guide will help support anybody who wants to know about the why, what and how of creating a more accessible classroom for students.
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Physical Education Articles from Edutopia
Physical Education Articles from Edutopia
Physical Education Articles from Edutopia

Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for helping students develop physical fitness and health.
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El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center
El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center
El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center

We are Community Health Workers and Promotors! Community health workers (CHWs) and promotors are at the center of everything we do. Each year, El Sol serves over 50,000 community residents through its programs led by CHWs and promotors. El Sol has been serving the Inland Empire for more than 30 years working to achieve positive, measurable change. El Sol offers foundations and other organizations technical assistance on the development and implementation of CHWs and promotors programs to identify and target community priorities.
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San Bernardino County Libraries
San Bernardino County Libraries
San Bernardino County Libraries

San Bernardino County has over 30 libraries and branches throughout the community. This interactive map provides information about each one, as well as the location and hours. Libraries are a great source for books and media for all ages.
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How to Support Academic Success by Encouraging Your Child to Talk
How to Support Academic Success by Encouraging Your Child to Talk
How to Support Academic Success by Encouraging Your Child to Talk

Building strong oral language (speaking and listening) skills is a crucial foundation for participation in school, for developing reading and writing proficiency, and for academic success.
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Salsa! Spanish Language Series: Season One
Salsa! Spanish Language Series: Season One
Salsa! Spanish Language Series: Season One

SALSA blends puppets, animation, live action and music to create a unique experience for first-time learners of Spanish language and culture. The series spices up learning by creating a visually exciting production, complete with funny characters that children can enjoy, in situations they can quickly recognize and understand.
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California Association for the Education of Young Children
California Association for the Education of Young Children
California Association for the Education of Young Children

Californian membership-based advocacy organization dedicated to advancing excellence throughout the early care and education profession. CAAEYC unites educators of young children and advocates for political and professional leadership.
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The California Department of Education - Early Learning and Care Resources
The California Department of Education - Early Learning and Care Resources
The California Department of Education - Early Learning and Care Resources

The California Department of Education (CDE) provides a variety of resources for early learning.
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Federal and State Funding for Child Care and Early Learning
Federal and State Funding for Child Care and Early Learning
Federal and State Funding for Child Care and Early Learning

This is a budget information sheet on federal and state funding for early childcare.
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Expanding Early Learning - Full Day Preschool and Kindergarten
Expanding Early Learning - Full Day Preschool and Kindergarten
Expanding Early Learning - Full Day Preschool and Kindergarten

This report discusses research about the benefits of full-day preschool and kindergarten programs and provides aligned recommendations for local and state government leaders.
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5 Great Articles on Early Childhood Education
5 Great Articles on Early Childhood Education
5 Great Articles on Early Childhood Education

The editorial team at Resilient Educator present 5 articles written about early childhood education. These articles can be excellent resources for educators and parents to help maximize the benefits for young students.
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Perry Preschool Project
Perry Preschool Project
Perry Preschool Project

The Perry Preschool Study examines the lives of 123 children born in poverty and at high risk of failing in school. From 1962–1967, at ages 3 and 4, subjects were randomly divided into a program group that entered a high-quality preschool program based on HighScope's participatory learning approac and a comparison group who received no preschool program.
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The Arts in Early Childhood
The Arts in Early Childhood
The Arts in Early Childhood

Led by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), several United States federal agencies have come together with a mutual interest in identifying and filling knowledge gaps in how the arts affect individual health and well-being across the lifespan. This literature review and gap analysis details the social and emotional benefits of arts participation and details what arts participation looks like in early childhood.
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Nonverbal Communication: Body Language and Tone of Voice
Nonverbal Communication: Body Language and Tone of Voice
Nonverbal Communication: Body Language and Tone of Voice

This webpage details why nonverbal communication is important, as well as some methods to improve parental, child, and family nonverbal communication methods and tone of voice.
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Best Beginnings: Alaska's Early Childhood Investment
Best Beginnings: Alaska's Early Childhood Investment
Best Beginnings: Alaska's Early Childhood Investment

This website discusses the importance of children's first five years, provides activities and resources for parents and educators to support whole child development, and identifies steps community members and businesses can take to support early child development. (Birth - K)