When you’re looking for information on how to get kids to follow directions…how to support children who’ve experienced trauma…how to make sure children in your class see themselves in your picture books…what are your go-to resources?
Here are some of mine…
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). naeyc.org
This is our national professional organization here in the United States. I know many of you are familiar with it and some of you are members. I’ve been a member since 1993. There is a ton of fantastic information on this site. Google almost any topic you need help with + NAEYC and you will likely get some good information! Here’s a piece on trauma sensitive classrooms: naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/may2015/trauma-sensitive-classrooms
Early Childhood Investigations (ECI) earlychildhoodwebinars.com
This is a fantastic resource for free 2-hour webinars, predominantly geared towards those in leadership positions but you may find them useful if you are a classroom teacher, as well.
They recently did a webinar called Diversity Meets Picture Books! What You Need to Know to Select Inclusive Materials. I for one am going to check that one out!
National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI) challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu
Many of you are familiar with - or maybe even are trained in - the “Pyramid Model”. But do you know about the “Backpack Series”? These 1-page sheets designed for families are chock full of information and tips. They’re free. You can download and share them. Topics include bedtime routines to biting to whining to how to give clear directions! Plus, they come in multiple languages! Follow this link and click on the yellow “Backpack Connection” bar. challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/Implementation/family.html
The National Association for the Education of Young Children
Our national early childhood professional organization in the United States is a go-to resource. Whenever I need to learn something new or want a resource to back up a practice I'm advocating, I google "________ (insert the topic) + " NAEYC". Here's just one of MANY useful articles - it's on Culturally Appropriate Positive Guidance and it's by one of our former TCB Online Conference speakers, Zeynep Isik-Ercan, Ph.D.
www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/mar2017/culturally-appropriate-positive-guidance
Prefer podcasts to websites? This one's for you....
PreK Teach and Play Podcast by Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak
I first learned the phrase “Teach before the Peak” and how it can help us know what to do - and what not to do - when children are upset back in 2018 when I interviewed Kristie and her colleague, Barb Avila, MS. Click the link to the podcast and I promise that how you approach children when they’re upset will be forever changed.
prekteachandplay.com/podcast37
What about Youtube? Am I the only one who loves using Youtube as a go-to resource?
Embracing Rough and Tumble Play - Mike Huber’s 4 minute YouTube video
Have children wrestling and roughhousing? How do you respond? Mike Huber is my go-to expert on this. His publisher, Red Leaf Press posted a great 4 minute video where Mike shows us how to talk to children about this type of play (click the hyperlinked words above).
What are YOUR go-to early childhood resources?
Let me know in the comments below.
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