Does Preschool Pay Off? Tulsa Program Demonstrates Success

Tulsa, Okla., has been the focus of much debate over the long-term benefits of preschool. The most recent findings by Georgetown University researchers are another strong endorsement for early ed.

Source: KQED Mindshift

4 Innovative, Local Programs Smooth Kindergarten Transitions

Starting school can be stressful for children, parents, and schools, but communities throughout the country are meeting the challenge head-on.

Source: Edutopia

KSDE Early Learning Page

The Early Childhood team through leadership and partnership, advances the provision of high quality early childhood and family services that result in the ability of all young children to succeed in school and life.

Source: KSDE

Early Childhood

The latest news about early childhood, including articles, Commentaries, and special features.

Source: Education Week

Video Playlist: Early Childhood Education

Source: Teaching Channel

Examining Preschool in Sweden

Source: Teaching Channel

Math in Early Childhood: 6 Strategies for Teaching Math Throughout the Day

Effective preschool teachers have perfected the art of infusing learning throughout their day so students can learn in continuous, small chunks while engaging in hands-on activities. Our latest video series, created in partnership with Development and Research in Early Math Education (DREME), features six engaging lessons that build on young children’s mathematical thinking. These videos do an amazing job at getting us to rethink what is possible in early childhood math.

Source: Teaching Channel

Inspiring Early Childhood Leadership: Eight Strategies to Ignite Passion and Transform Program Quality

by Susan MacDonald (Author)

A positive, strengths-based leadership system is the key to transforming the quality of early childhood programs. Inspiring Early Childhood Leadership lays out strategies designed to support program leaders in finding new ways to reduce the levels of stress on themselves and their staff, and move into a unified, engaging system for leading with passion, intention, and purpose.

Early Childhood Education Today

by George S Morrison (Author)

George Morrison’s Early Childhood Education Today presents current, research-based information on providing high-quality early education to all children so that they can be successful in school and in life. The new edition retains the engaging style that has made the book so popular and provides practical examples of authentic teaching practices used by master teachers. Its strong coverage of development in the age/grade-specific chapters, emphasis on diversity, and coverage of contemporary topics and issues make this text stand apart from other early childhood education texts.

Universal Design for Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom: Teaching Children of all Languages, Cultures, and Abilities, Birth – 8 Years

by Pamela Brillante (Author), Karen Nemeth (Author)

Universal Design for Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom focuses on proactively designing PreK through Grade 3 classroom environments, instruction, and assessments that are flexible enough to ensure that teachers can accommodate the needs of all the students in their classrooms. Typically developing students, gifted students, students who are impacted by poverty, children who speak multiple languages or have a home language that is different than the classroom language, and students with identified or potential developmental or learning disabilities are all covered within this highly practical, easy-to-use guide to UDL in the early years.

The Read Freddy Program believes that a quality transition to Kindergarten will bring life long benefits to a child. The Ready Freddy Program is unique in that we work to bring together all the necessary elements and participants for a quality transition.

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Promoting high-quality learning by connecting practice, policy, and research.

Early Childhood

As national attention increasingly focuses on the importance of children’s development in their early years, we have the responsibility—as community members, parents, educators, leaders, and policymakers—to do our part to ensure that young children have the opportunity to thrive.

The 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.

NIEER improves children’s lives by promoting early learning and development through research informing effective, evidence-based policy.