Interesting Early Childhood Web Sites
We know that there are more EC web site out on the internet but here are some interesting ones.
 | www.fed-icc.org A web site to help American’s infants and preschoolers with disabilities and their families. |
| http://users.sgi.net/~cokids/ Early Childhood Educators’ and Family web Corner |
| http://www.monroe.k12.la.us/mcs/hot_list/early_child.html Education Resources in Early Childhood |
| http://www.education-world.com/ A complete, searchable Educator’s Resource Guide to the internet offering teachers, parents, students, and administrators a place where they can start each day to find the lesson plans and research materials they are looking for. |
| http://www.pro-teacher.com A Web directory designed for elementary school teachers and parents. |
| http://www.ipl.org a product of the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan, this is an important site for educators. |
| http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html A practical site for educators on using the Internet in the classroom, this site has an excellent list of WebQuests sorted by subject and grade level. |
| http://www.cradleboard.org The Cradleboard Teaching Project |
| http://www.nativechild.com/general/natchilogo.gif Develops curriculum material for preschools with a focus on American Indian Tribes. |
| http://chronicle.com/daily/99/05/99052604n.htm An essay on the literary critic Lionel Trilling suffering unknowingly from attention-deficit disorder. |
| http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/indes.html Children’s Literature Web Guide: Internet Resources Related to books for children and young adults. |
| http://www.talkingpage.org the improvement of literacy skills in America |
| http://www.fpg.ung.edu/~NCEDL/PAGES/cq.htm The children of the Cost, Quality & Outcomes Study Go to School New information about the long range effect of child care quality on Children’s school performance and skill development. |
| http://www.naeyc.org/public_affairs/policy some of the major proposals of the year are summarized with links to the full text of pending bills and other related information Also you can find at this site proposals for investing in children |
| http://ericps.crc.uiuc.edu/ccdece/links.html links to internet resources re: early childhood education and professional development from Wheelock College’s Center for Career Development in Early Care and Education |
| http://clpccd.cc.ca.us/mentor/ California Early Childhood Mentor Program |
| http://www.saresolutions.com Care Solutions of Atlanta: Online Publications |
| http://www.nl.edu/cecl Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National-Louis University |
| http://ericps.crc.uiuc.edu/ccdece/links.html Early Childhood Education Online |
| http://ericeece.org ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education |
| http://www.iamyourchild.org Family and Work Institute |
| http://wwwpewtrusts.com/pubs/misc/childcare.cfm Financing Child Care in the United States: An Illustrative Catalog of Strategies, from the Pew Charitable Trusts: full text or summary. |
| http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/Ectrain Minnesota early Childhood Education and Training Clearinghouse Database |
| http://www.childcarerr.org National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) |
| http://www.nara-licensing.org/ National Association for Regulatory Administration |
| http://www.naeyc.org/I_professionals.htm NAEYC’s National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development |
| http://nccic.org National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC). Includes a list of organization (with descriptions and some internet links) serving child care and related professions. |
| http://www.esu3.k12.ne.us/ectc/ectchomepage.html Nebraska’s Early Childhood Training Center |
| http://wwwwellesley.edu/WCW/CRW/SAC/ National Institute on Out-of-School time (formerly the School-Age Child Care Project) |
| http://www.earlychildhood.org The New York State Early Childhood career Development Initiative |
| http://www.child2000.org Soho Center- Child/2000 Project |
| http://www.nara-licensing.org/ National Association for Regulatory Administration, a non-profit national resource for family child care. |
| http://ourworld.cs.com/diasgut/ece/resources.html Resources on ECE |
| http://www.pit.edu/~poole Extensive set of web resources for teachers. |
| http://www.udel.edu/bateman/acei/ The Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI). |
| http://www.idealist.com/children/ The Child Development Website. Includes a Tutorial on theories in child development and the theories of Freud, Mahler, Erickson; a Message Forum for posting child development questions; links to Offsite Resources and a search function. |
| http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/indes.html Children’s Literary Web Guide |
| http://www.ecdgroup.com Early Childhood Care and Development |
| http://www.earlychildhood.com early Childhood.Com. Includes arts and crafts projects, articles and resources, and a bulletin board for sharing ideas. The site has links to additional resources. |
| http://www.nauticom.net/www.cokids/articleslist.html early Childhood Educators and Family Web Corner Provides links to articles on Literacy, Best Practice, Learning Theory, Children’s Literature, Education and Family. |
| http://www.ed-concepts.com Educational Concepts. Prepared by Early Childhood Consultants. Information for early childhood educators with links to we sites under the categories of Philosophy and Practice. |
| http://www.ume.maine.edu/~cofed/eceol/curr.html ECEOL Website. This site provides access to a Children and Developmental Guidelines resource page. |
| http://www.kidsource.com KidSource Online. Provides education and healthcare information with links to article, products, forums, and links to additional web sites. |
| http://www.ed.gov/office/OERI/ECI National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education. Prepared by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. department of Education. The site provides links to Research and Development Centers, Research and Demonstration Projects and Related Resources. |
| http://www.exnet.iastate.edu/Pages/families/nncc National Network for Child Care. Prepared by Cooperative Extension, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Includes a database of publications and resources, access to a listserv, and a newsletter. The Child Development link provides activities for infants, ages and stages information, and developmental milestones. |
| http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/npin/ National Parent Information Network. Information from the ERIC database that includes links to resources (including full text) book reviews, a parenting discussion list, and Ages and Stages. |
 | http://www.ncrel.org/skrs/areas/ea0cont.htm Pathways to School Improvement, Early Childhood Education. Prepared by North Central Regional Laboratory, in cooperation with the Regional Education Laboratory Network. The site provides access to the NCREL School Readiness Resource Directory, supporting materials, a product catalog, information on Critical Issues in Early Childhood Education, and additional internet links. |
| http://ercps.ed.uiuc.edu/readyweb/readyweb.html Ready Web An electronic collection of resources on school readiness for parents and educators. |
| http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/New/ECDC/ White House Conference on Early Childhood Development and Learning |
| http://health.discover.com/convergence/ultrpregnancy/video.html web site for information on fetal development |
| http://www.justthefacts.org web site on fetal development |
| http://pregnancy.about.com/CS/fetaldevopment site on fetal development |
| http://www.zerotothree.org A web site to help advance the healthy development of America’s infants and toddlers. |
| http://www.zerotothree.org/brainwonders A special site about how the brain develops, within the context of relationships, from conception through three years of age. |
| http://www.usachildcare.org A link to more child care information than you can imagine. |