Hi Suzanne!
I am back with links for every chapter but chapter 6 - science. I need to work on that one but can have it done by our next meeting. Here's what it looks like:

Great Links:

Chapter 1

Additional Related Web Links
1. The American Association for the Child’s Right to Play
http://http://www.ipausa.org
2. Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
http://www.acei.org
3. Child Development Institute
http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com
4. Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org
5. Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition (CDA)
http://www.cdacouncil.org
6. National Association of Family Child Care
http://www.nafcc.org
7. National Network for Child Care (NNCC)
http://www.nncc.org
8. National PTA’s Building Blocks: Importance of Children’s Play
http://www.pta.org
9. Theory of Multiple Intelligences
http://www.ibiblio.org
(In the Search box, type in “Theory of Multiple Intelligences” )

Chapter 2

1. American Montessori Society
http://www.amshq.org
2. Culturally Responsive Curriculum:
(Conduct a Web search by typing in “Culturally Responsive Curriculum: ERIC Digest”)
3. Design Share
http://www.designshare.com
(In the Search box, type in “Comparing North American Reggio Schools”)
4. National Head Start Association
http://www.nhsa.org
5. Parents Action for Children
http://www.parentsaction.org
6. Project Approach
http://www.projectapproach.org
7. Understanding Prejudice: Reading Room for Teachers
http://www.understandingprejudice.org (Click on “Teacher’s Corner”)
Chapter 3

1. America Reads
http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads
(Click on “Families”; also, click on “Educators,” and then click on “What Educators Can Do”)
2. American Library Association
http://www.ala.org
3. The American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association
http://www.asha.org
(Click on “Public,” click on “Speech, Language, and Swallowing,” and then click on “Speech and Language Development”)
4. Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
http://www.csusm.edu/csb
5. Early Childhood News
http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com
(Click on “Articles” and then click on “Classroom Design”)
6. Early Literacy
http://www.earlyliterature.ecsd.net/
7. High/Scope Educational Research Foundation
http://www.highscope.org
8. KidSource Online
http://www.kidsource.com
9. Language Development
http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com
(Click on “Development,” and then click on “Language Development.” This site has many articles. Make sure to scroll down and click on “Current Research.”)
10. National Center for Family Literacy
http://www.famlit.org
11. Starting Out Right
Do an Internet search by typing in “Starting Out Right” and choose the link with the address:
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/sor/
12. Zero to Three
http://www.zerotothree.org
(In “Key Topics,” click on “Early Language and Literacy”)


Chapter 4

1. Bank Street Children’s Book Committee
http://www.bankstreet.edu/bookcom
2. Best Children’s Books
http://www.best-childrens-books.com
(Click on “Books and Behavior” and then click on the topic you are interested in)
3. Children’s Book Council
http://www.cbcbooks.org
4. Children’s Book Press
http://www.childrensbookpress.org
5. Dragon Tales
http://pbskids.org
(Click on “Dragon Tales”)
6. Eric Carle Web Site
http://www.eric-carle.com
7. Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children’s Literature
http://www.fairrosa.info
8. Nursery Rhyme
http:/www.smart-central.com
9. Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com
10. Understanding Prejudice
http://www.understandingprejudice.org

Chapter 5

1. Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site: Picturing Math—Patterns and Picture Books:
http://www.carolhurst.com
(Click on “Curriculum Areas,” and then click on “Math: Patterns and Picture Books”)
2. Do Math and You Can Do Anything
http://www.domath.org
3. Gayle’s Preschool Rainbow
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org
(Click on “Rhymes, Songs, and Fingerplays”)
4. Math and Young Children
http://www.readyforlearning.net
(Click on “Math and Young Children”)
5. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
http://www.nctm.org
6. The National Research Center on the Gifted and the Talented
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt.html
7. Newton’s Window.com
http://www.newtonswindow.com
(Click on “If You Hate Math” and then click on “Grades K–2”)
7. Northwest Education
http://www.nwrel.org/nwedu
8. Teachers Nurturing Math-Talented Young Children
Do a Web search by typing in “Teachers Nurturing Math-Talented Young Children”; this is an article about fostering mathematical ability in young children. Several are listed, but pick the one that has the guidelines included at the bottom of the page.
9. Teaching Math to English Language Learners
Do an Internet search by typing in “Teaching Math to English Language Learners Winter 2005”; this is a NorthWest Education Article.
10. Webmath
http://www.webmath.com

Chapter 6



Chapter 7

1. Children’s Museum of Houston
http://www.cmhouston.org
2. Children’s Museum of Manhattan
http://www.cmom.org
3. Early Childhood Education Online
http://www.umaine.edu/eceol/
4. Kidinfo
http://www.kidinfo.com
5. National Council for the Social Studies
http://www.ncss.org
6. National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
7. Social Studies School Services
http://www.socialstudies.com
8. United States Committee for UNICEF United Nation’s Children’s Fund
http://www.unicefusa.org

Chapter 8

1. America for the Arts
http://www.artsusa.org
2. Arts Education Partnership
http://www.aep-arts.org
3. Bank Street
http://www.bankstreetcorner.com
4. Bright Ideas for Learning
http://www.brightring.com/index.html
(Click on “Cool Links” or “Fostering Creativity”)
5. EdByDesign
http://www.edbydesign.com
(Click on “Art Ideas” in the Special Needs Corner, then scroll down and click on any of the five media for free ideas for art activities)
6. Global Children’s Art Gallery
http://www.naturalchild.com
7. International Child Art Association
http://www.icaf.org
8. The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org
(Under the Teach section, click on “Lessons,” then in the Lessons Quick Search box type in “Let’s Talk About Painting”)
9. KinderArt
http://www.kinderart.com
10. National Art Education Association (NAEA)
http://www.naea-reston.org
11. Process Art Versus Product
Community Playthings
http://www.communityplaythings.com
(Click on “Free Early Childhood Resources,” then under the Collage logo click on “Art with Children,” and then click on “Caught in the middle of the Process vs Product dilemma? Here’s what it’s all about and a way out.”)
12. VSA Arts
http://www.vsarts.org

Chapter 9

1. Better Kid Care
http://betterkidcare.psu.edu
2. Healthy Child Care
http://www.healthychild.net
(Scroll down and click on “Search,” then in the Search box type in “woodworking,” and then click on “Can a Woodworking Center be Safe?”) You can also search the Library of Issues for all sorts of information.
3. International Kids’ Space
http://www.kids-space.org
4. The Mud Center: Recapturing Childhood
http://www.communityplaythings.com
(Click on “Free Early Childhood Resources,” then click on “Dramatic Play,” and then click on “Here in the northeast”)
5. The Ooey Gooey Lady
http://www.ooeygooey.com
(Click on “Resources”)
6. PBS TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org
(Under PBS Teachers, Click on “Explore preK-12 education resources and professional development”)
7. Perpetual Preschool—woodworking
http://www.perpetualpreschool.com
(In the Search box, type in “woodworking”)
8. Tech-LEARNING
http://www.techlearning.com
9. Technology in Early Education
http://www.netc.org
(Under Technology in the Curriculum, click on “Early Connections”)

Chapter 10

1. About: World Music
http://worldmusic.about.com
You can spend a long time exploring this site. There is a whole host of information in the left-hand menu. Just be careful to separate the information from sales pitches. Also, in the Search box, type in “what is the difference between world music”.)
2. Art Express: The Expressive Arts Project
http://www.wiu.edu/thecenter/art/
(Click on “Newsletter” to access previous newsletters for ideas; also click on “Art Express” and then “Music and Movement” and “Drawing to Music”)
3. Best Children’s Music
http://www.bestchildrensmusic.com
4. The Children’s Music Network
http://www.cmnonline.org
5. The Children’s Music Web
http://www.childrensmusic.org
6. Dr. Thomas Moore
http://www.drthomasmoore.com
(Click on “Articles,” then click on “If You Teach Children, You Can Sing!”)
7. Early Childhood Music and Movement Association
http://www.ecmma.org
8. Kididdles:
http://www.kididdles.com
9. National Association for Sports and Physical Education (NASPE)
http://www.aahperd.org
(Click on “NASPE”)
10. New Horizons
http://www.newhorizons.org
(Click on “Teaching and Learning Strategies,” then click on “Arts in Education”)
11. Oracle Think Quest
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/
(In the Search box, type in “Music Notes: An Interactive Musical Experience”)
12. PE Central
http://www.pecentral.org
13. Physical Development
http://www.pbs.org
(In the Search box, Type in “whole child”)
14. Scholastic Teacher
http://www.scholastic.com
(In the Search box, Type in “History of Jazz”)
15. Southern Early Childhood Association—Position Statement on the Arts and Movement
http://www.southernearlychildhood.org
(Click on “Position Statements,” then click on “Arts & Movement Education for Young Children”)

Chapter 11

1. Das Puppenspiel
http://www.puppets.org
2. Folkmanis Puppets
http://www.folkmanis.com
3. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
http://www.pbskids.org
(Click on “Search,” then click on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”)
4. Preschool Rainbow
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org
5. Princeton online
http://www.princetonol.com
(Click on “Community,” then click on “The Arts,” then click on “Incredible Art Department,” then type in “Puppetry and Shadow Plays” in the Google Search box, and then click on the “Puppetry and Shadow Plays” link.)
6. The Puppet Museum
http://www.puppetmuseum.com
7. Puppet Dream
http://www.puppetdream.com
8. Puppeteers of America
http://www.puppeteers.org
9. Puppetry Theme Page
http://www.cln.org
(Click on “Search,” then type in “Fine Arts,” in the Search box, and then click on the “Puppetry Theme Page” link.)
10. Vietnamese Water Puppetry
http://thanglongwaterpuppet.org
11. The World of Puppets:
http://members.madasafish.com/~openbanana/puppets/page2.htm

Chapter 12

1. Creative Drama Links
http://www.creativedrama.com
2. Games Kids Play
http://www.gameskidsplay.net
3. International Play Association
http://www.ipausa.org
4. Pretend Play and Young Children’s Development
http://www.ericdigests.org/2002-2/play.htm
5. Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com
6. TASP—The Association for the Study of Play
http://www.csuchico.edu/kine/tasp/
7. Teaching Strategies
http://www.teachingstrategies.com
8. University of South Carolina Essays in Education
http://www.usca.edu/essays/
(Click on “Archives,” then click on “Volume 19, Winter 2007,” and then click on “The Importance of Symbolic Play as a Component of the Early Childhood Curriculum.”)