Knowing what to teach provides a roadmap for early literacy intervention
An overview of promising early literacy intervention approaches appropriate for use in early childhood special education for children with intellectual and other significant developmental disabilities, from a review of selected literature on the topic
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Curriculum guidelines for early literacy: A comparison of New Zealand and England
A comparison of literacy-related learning outcomes as well as both formative and summative assessment issues in New Zealand's Te Wha-riki and in England's Early Years Foundation Stage curricula
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Findings from Ready to Learn: 2005-2010
A review of research and evaluation studies of media and television programming funded through Ready to Learn, an initiative to promote early literacy through educational television
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Learning to read: A guide to federal funding for grade-level reading proficiency
A guide to sources of federal funding to support investments in early literacy programs and infrastructure
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Supporting young children's vocabulary growth: The challenges, the benefits, and evidence-based strategies
An overview of research evidence on ways to build the vocabulary of young children
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Aligning measures of quality with professional development goals and goals for children's development
Arguments for the improvement of the quality of early childhood education and care through the alignment of measurable professional development goals for educators with developmental goals for children
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Teachers' language practices and academic outcomes of preschool children
An examination of research on the role of language in later reading, a description of home and classroom factors that foster early language growth, and an overview of research on preschool interventions to enhance teachers' language practices and the academic outcomes of preschool children
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Welcoming families: A parent literacy project in a linguistically rich, high-poverty school
An account of the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of a project designed to encourage shared book reading between a parent and a child from a project initiated by an elementary school described as a high in poverty and high in linguistic diversity
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Overview of play: Its uses and importance in early intervention/early childhood special education
An overview the purposes for which play is studied in early education and early intervention
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Advancing the measurement of quality for early childhood programs that support early language and literacy development
A review of assessment tools for the measurement of the quality of children's language and literacy development in center-based and family child care settings
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De-academizing early childhood research: Wanderings of a chicana/latina feminist researcher
An account and critique of methods used in a study of Mexican immigrant mothers' perceptions regarding early care and education in a mid-size city in North Carolina
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Multi-state studies of transition during the early childhood years for young children with disabilities and their families
A description of the sample recruitment, instrumentation, data collection procedures, and data analysis for 5 studies of the factors that influence transition during the early childhood years for children with disabilities
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Ensuring early acquisition of literacy: A study on parental support: Appendices
A research review and case studies of programs and policies related to assisting parents of disadvantaged families to support their young children's literacy development in Europe
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Defining and measuring quality in early childhood practices that promote dual language learners' development and learning
A discussion of elements of high quality early childhood education and care programs for dual language learners (DLLs), and an exploration of available quality measurement tools for the assessment of programs and practices to promote learning of DLLs
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The great balancing act: Optimizing core curricula through playful pedagogy
An argument for play-based learning in preschool environments
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Using knowledge networks to develop preschoolers' content vocabulary
A description of the process used to design a content-based shared book-reading vocabulary intervention, organized by science and social studies themes and implemented daily for 15 minutes with 180 Head Start and preschool children in Project WORLD (Words of Oral Reading and Language Development) over a period of three years, with a focus on instructional principles for integrating vocabulary instruction and shared book reading
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Preventing social exclusion through the Europe 2020 strategy: Early childhood development and the inclusion of Roma families
A discussion of Roma children's access to early childhood development services in the European Union, with policy recommendations to promote increased access
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Enhancing research and practice in early childhood through formative and design experiments
A description of formative and design experiments and a discussion of their potential to advance research and instructional practices in early childhood education
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Bachelor's degrees are necessary but not sufficient: Preparing teachers to teach young children
A commentary on the changing skill requirements and ideal educational levels of early childhood teachers
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Building our future: The state of Virginia's early childhood system
An overview of features of the early childhood system in Virginia, including governance, infrastructure, and early care and education program accessibility and quality
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Getting in sync: Revamping licensing and preparation for teachers in pre-k, kindergarten, and the early grades
An examination of early childhood teacher preparation programs and state policies and practices related to early childhood teacher preparation
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Early care, education, and child development
An overview of selected research on early care, education (ECE) and child development in the United States that includes children's experiences, time in care, quality of care, maternal deprivation, ecological compensatory education, implications for the parent-child relationship, the developmental effects of child care, Head Start, preschool, and state-funded prekindergarten, with conclusions and future directions
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Head Start mentor teachers impact child outcomes in Protege teachers' classrooms
A summary of an evaluation and study of the effect of the Individualized Learning Intervention (ILI) training for adult mentors on the cognitive, math, and pre-reading skills of 36 children within an urban Head Start program in the South
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Early care and education as educational panacea: What do we really know about its effectiveness?
An overview of the evolution of political, cultural, and economic perspectives on early care and education, and an overview of major empirical studies of the relationship between child care attendance and development of children in child care, Head Start/EHS, and state-funded preschool programs
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Investing in a bright future for all of Colorado's kids: The importance of providing early childhood care and education to children in immigrant families
An examination of the characteristics of children in immigrant families in Colorado and their participation in early childhood education programs
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