Infant and Toddler Development and Caregivers Role
Early Childhood Education On Line
http://www.umaine.edu/eceol/
This web page is a list of links to websites concerning the developmental stages of children.
Children's Development
http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/index1.html
This website offers information on how to use technology to help children develop and learn. There are different web pages for different age groups. Also included near the bottom of the page is a link to a page that describes the “Five Areas of Child Development”.
Cognitive Learning and Development
http://www.ehsnrc.org/InformationResources/ResourceArticles/rmind.htm
“The approach to infant learning taken by the Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers does not focus on teaching specific lessons. Rather, the focus is on facilitating natural interests and urges to learn. This is done by providing infants with close and responsive relationships with caregivers, by designing safe and interesting and developmentally appropriate environments, giving infants uninterrupted time to explore, and interacting with infants in ways that emotionally and intellectually support their initiations in discovery and learning.”
Early Childhood Research and Practice
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/
This is a peer-reviewed e-journal that focuses around the topics of childcare, development and education. Currently has free access to current and past issues.
Early Connections: Learning and Development
http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/childcare/development.html
This web page has five main subjects; social and emotional development, approaches towards learning, language development, cognition and general knowledge, and physical well-bring and motor development. The five subjects are explained as to how it relates to children.
An Important Bond: Your Child and Caregiver
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content3/caregiver.n.p.t.2.html
This article explains how important a caring bond between child and caregiver is in helping the child learn and develop.
Technology and Young Children
http://www.techandyoungchildren.org/index.shtml
Research, information, and the best practices regarding technology used to benefit children through age 8, provided by the Technology Caucus of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
