Favorite Early Childhood Sites

Whether you are a parent, a teacher or an administrator, these sites will amaze you. The information they provide is relevant and straightforward. They are very user-friendly and I love the webinars, free trainings and materials they offer online.

http://zerotothree.org/org/

ZERO TO THREE is a national, nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.—ZeroToTHREE, Publisher

http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. CSEFEL is a national resource center funded by the Office of Head Start and Child Care Bureau for disseminating research and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs across the country.—CSEFEL, Publisher

http://cecl.nl.edu/

The McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership is dedicated to enhancing the management skills, professional orientation, and leadership capacity of early childhood administrators. The activities of the Center encompass four areas: training and technical assistance, program evaluation, research, and public awareness.—McCormick Center, Publisher

Additional sites

http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm

Harvard Education Letter

http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85

FPG Child Development Institute

http://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm

Administration for Children and Families Headstart’s National Research Conference

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/

HighScope

http://www.highscope.org/

Children’s Defense Fund

http://www.childrensdefense.org/

Center for Child Care Workforce

http://www.ccw.org/

Council for Exceptional Children

http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

Institute for Women’s Policy Research

http://www.iwpr.org/index.cfm

National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education

http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/

National Child Care Association

http://www.nccanet.org/

National Institute for Early Education Research

http://nieer.org/

http://www.preknow.org/

Voices for America’s Children

http://www.voices.org/

The Erikson Institute

http://www.erikson.edu/