Education World : The
Educator's Best Friend
http://www.educationworld.com/
This Web site is a free educator's
resource and Internet search engine. With new material added weekly,
the site features original lesson plans, curriculum materials, links
to state and federal resources and monthly reviews of the best
educational sites on the Web.
Health, Safety and Nutrition for Young Children : Information
Resources
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/guides/healthsafetynutrition.htm
A collection of annotated links prepared by the Head Start Information
& Publication Center. Click on "Research/Planning" at the top
of the page for a wealth of statistics on various topics.
Idea Box :
Early Childhood Education & Activity Resources
http://www.theideabox.com/
The Idea Box is a great resource for activities, games, crafts,
music and more for young children. The site is not searchable,
but all lists are alphabetical and easy to use.
MEDLINEplus : Child Safety
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childsafety.html
MEDLINEplus is a Web-based database
from the National Institutes of Health designed to assist the public in locating authoritative health
information. MEDLINEplus pages contain carefully selected links to
Web resources with health information and links to pre-formulated
searches of the MEDLINE database. Locate information on health
topics, drugs and care providers.
National Child Care Information
and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC)
http://nccic.org/
The National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC), a service of
the Child Care Bureau, is a national clearinghouse and
technical assistance center that links parents, providers,
policy-makers, researchers, and the public to early care and
education information.
Books top
The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Reference Books (2nd floor)
Non-circulating:
Child care A to Z : the first five years
Call number: Ref BF721.W59 1997
Child development
(Macmillan psychology reference series)
Call number: Ref HQ772.C436 2002
The early intervention dictionary : a multidisciplinary guide to
terminology
Call number: Ref HV891.C63 1999
Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media
Call number: Ref HQ784.M3E53 2007
Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the
following Library of Congress subject headings:
Child care services--Cross-cultural studies
Child development--United States
Curriculum planning--United States
Early childhood education--Cross-cultural studies
Early childhood education--United States
Educational psychology
WebCat
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Use the box below to search for additional resources in Rio Hondo
College Library.
Media
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The following media can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library,
to be viewed in the Library.
Cultural bias in education
Call number: Video 001019
This program examines
roadblocks to Latino academic advancement as well as productive
educational models; explores the relationship between standardized
testing and cultural diversity and questions whether cultural bias can
be eliminated from standardized testing; and looks at early childhood
education programs and the factors that deter Latino families from
participating in them.
Curriculum for infants and toddlers
Call number: Video 001201 (4 videos)
"This program is one
in a series of programs presenting information about developmentally
appropriate practice on a variety of topics designed for early
childhood educators, caregivers, and students."
So smart!
Call number: Video 001146 (3 videos)
An exciting new
animated video for babies and toddlers created by an early childhood
development researcher. It is based on studies that identify what
babies like to see and hear, and how they learn.
The whole child : a caregiver's guide to the first five years
Call number: Video 000143 (13 videos)
Teaches the latest in the fields of child development and child care
for the critical years from birth to the age of five. Outlines
essential information about children's physical, emotional, and
cognitive development. Presents practical developmental activities and
techniques to use in difficult situations. Shows real children and
teachers in Head Start classrooms, a private urban infant center and
preschool, an in-home family child care program, a suburban preschool
and two university child care centers.
Articles
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The Rio Hondo College Library
provides online access to full-text articles through our
online databases. Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College
student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.
The sample searches
and articles below are from the
ProQuest database. If you are viewing this
subject guide from an on-campus computer, simply click on the
links below. To gain access if you are at home or off-campus,
first click here:
https://rioweb.rh.cc.ca.us/library/. Input your student
ID number and password [your birthdate]. You will see a list
of all the online databases to which you have access. Click on ProQuest and enter the database. You may conduct your own
searches at this point or come back to this subject guide and
click on any of the links below:
SUB(preschool education)
[from Scholarly Journals only]
SUB(child development) AND (activities)
SUB(teaching) AND SUB(preschool education)
SU(child development) [from scholarly journals only]
Researched and evaluated by:
S. Wells, Librarian 1/2002
last update: W. Enright, Librarian 4/2008
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