Course Resources – ECED 141

Books

Day to Day the Relationship Way: Creating Responsive Programs for Infants and Toddlers,
https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/books/day-to-day

Infants and Toddlers at Play, https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/books/infants-and-toddlers-at-play

Gonzalez-Mena, J., & Eyer, D. W. (2022). Infants, toddlers, and caregivers: A curriculum of respectful, responsive, relationship-based care and education (12th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.

Websites

Zero to Three, https://www.zerotothree.org

https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/clts/waiver/county/mod1-matrices.pdf

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/7247-fetal-development-stages-of-growth

Relationship Based Practices for Family Engagement,
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/family-engagement/article/relationship-based-competencies-support-family-engagement

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood. (n.d.). Supporting all children using the CT ELDs. Connecticut Office of Early Childhood. https://www.ctoec.org/supporting-all-children-using-the-ct-elds/

S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (n.d.). Inclusive environments. Child Care Technical Assistance Network. https://childcareta.acf.hhs.gov/infant-toddler-resource-guide/infanttoddler-care-providers/inclusive-care/inclusive-environments

S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2024). The big 5 for all children with disabilities who are dual language learners. Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center. https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/children-disabilities/article/big-5-all-children-disabilities-who-are-dual-language-learners

S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (n.d.). Training suites for infants and toddlers with disabilities. Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center. https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/children-disabilities/training-suites-infants-toddlers-disabilities/training-suites-infants-toddlers-disabilities

Videos

Finley’s Parent Teacher conference, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Qe-t3WbSM

Netflix Video Series Babies, https://www.netflix.com/title/80117833

Objective Observation, https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/video/clearing-your-view-staying-objective-observation

Focused Observation for Infants and Toddlers, https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/video/look-me-using-focused-child-observation-infants-toddlers

Early Essentials Webisodes: 8 webisodes covering, quality, relationships, expectant families, development, environments, professionalism and
self-care and language development. https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/school-readiness/article/early-essentials

Babies (Focus Films)
Life Before Birth - In the Womb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gAsdEUNUJY

10 Keys to Culturally Sensitive Childcare: A discussion on cultural differences in child rearing practice, and understanding the importance
of establishing respectful trusting relationships with all parents. https://www.cdevideos.org/home.aspx?len=en
(Free but requires you to register)

California Department of Education Free Video Streaming Service, https://www.cdevideos.org/DrdpVideo.aspx?len=en
(Requires you to sign up but videos are free)

Podcasts

Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, https://prekteachandplay.com/podcast30/ “Episode 30: How to Select And Implement The “Best” Curriculum For Inclusive Pre-K Classrooms.”

S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. (2023, April 27). Brilliant bilingual: Language development in infants and toddlers [Audio podcast episode]. Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center. https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/podcast/brilliant-bilingual-language-development-infants-toddlers

Children’s Books

Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson (Cognition)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Bill Martin/Eric Carle (Cognition and language)

Elephant and Piggie Books by Mo Willems (Social/Emotional)

Leo the Late Bloomer, Robert Kraus (General Development)

Press Here, Herve Tullet (Science – cause and effect)

Susan Laughs, Jeanne Willis (ability)

Read to Your Bunny, Rosemary Wells (language)

Shapes, Shapes, Shapes, and Let’s Count, Tana Hoban (math)

The Big Umbrella, Amy June Bates/Juniper Bates

Additional Resources

Guidelines:

World Health Organization. (2022). Improving early childhood development: WHO Guidelines. https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/374308/9789240004498-eng.pdf

PDF Infographics:

National Association for the Education of Young Children, Parlakian, R. (n.d.). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8: Chapter 9 - Bringing Observation and Documentation to Life in Infant and Toddler Settings. https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/globally-shared/downloads/PDFs/resources/pubs/dap-focus-infants-toddlers-chap-9.pdf