Course Resources – ECED 231

Websites

Zero to Three Interactive Brain Map
https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/529-baby-brain-map

Frank Porter Graham Connect Module #6
https://www.connectmodules.dec-sped.org/connect-modules/learners/module-6/

CELL – The Center for Early Literacy Learning
http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org

Top 11 Communication Skills (For your Life and Career)
https://novoresume.com/career-blog/communication-skills

CT OEC Supporting All Children Using the CT ELDS: Dual Language Learners
https://www.ctoec.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CT-ELDS-Supplement-Dual-Language-Learners.pdf

Videos

Serve & Return Interaction Shapes Brain Circuitry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_5u8-QSh6A&feature=youtu.be

Dad talking with toddler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IaNR8YGdow

The Linguistic Genius of Babies
https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies

Eastern CT State University: Videos, Supporting English Language Learners in the Preschool Classroom
https://www.easternct.edu/center-for-early-childhood-education/e-clips/supporting-english-language-learners.html

Talking Matters: Bilingual Language Development and Disorders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJVz0rNJ0BA

Articles

NAEYC/IRA Joint Position Statement on Learning to Read and Write
https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/globally-shared/downloads/PDFs/resources/position-statements/PSREAD98.PDF

Mem Fox Read Aloud Commandments
https://memfox.com/for-parents/for-parents-ten-read-aloud-commandments/

Challenging Common Myths about English Language Learners published by The Foundation for Child Development
https://www.fcd-us.org/assets/2016/04/MythsOfTeachingELLsEspinosa.pdf

Colorin Colorado: Reading 101 for English Language Learners
https://www.colorincolorado.org

Public Schools of North Carolina : What to Look for in a High-Quality, Literacy-Rich, Inclusive Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Learning Environment
https://nceln.fpg.unc.edu/sites/nceln.fpg.unc.edu/files/resources/What%20to%20Look%20for%20in%20a%20Quality%20Literacy-Rich%20Preschool%20Learning%20Environment.pdf

Literacy Rich Environments with adaptive materials from Reading Rockets
https://www.readingrockets.org/article/literacy-rich-environments

Young Children (1998) What Early Childhood Educators Need to Know: Developing Effective Programs for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Children and Families http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.621.3677&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Prieto, Beyond the Journal (2009): One Language, Two Languages, Three Languages . . . More?:
https://www.smartbeginningsse.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/esl_infant-toddlers.pdf

Understood.org Understanding Language Disorders
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-thinking-differences/child-learning-disabilities/communication-disorders/understanding-language-disorders

Learning Disabilities Association of America
https://ldaamerica.org/types-of-learning-disabilities/dysgraphia/

Developmental Stages of Writing
https://pdf4pro.com/view/the-developmental-stages-of-writing-uab-603702.html

Dual Language Learners in Early Childhood Settings
http://www.kvccdocs.com/KVCC/2016-Spring/ECE133/Resources/Dual_Language_Learners%20in%20Early%20Care%20and%20Education%20Settings.pdf

Language at Home and in the Community
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/language-home-teachers-eng.pdf

Responsiveness to ALL Children, Families, and Professionals: Integrating Cultural and Linguistic Diversity into Policy and Practice
https://www.decdocs.org/position-statement-family-culture

Audio

Transcription from NPR – Old Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19212514&sc=emaf?storyId=19212514&sc=emaf

Children’s Books

My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete

Rocky the Raccoon and Other Woodland Friends by Roger Priddy

My Friend Isabelle by Eliza Woloson

I Hate English by Ellen Levine

People by Petere Spier

Smile for Auntie by Diane Paterson

The Listening Walk by Paul Showers

What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? By Steve Jenkins

Pancakes for Breakfast (and other wordless books) by Tomi dePaolo

Toddler video read aloud of Little Pea with CLOZE technique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wg017Dc9N0

Video reading of children's books
www.Storylineonline.net