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- Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Curriculum Approved for Low Performing Providers
By Office of Early Learning, Florida Department of Education; 2007
Description: This 2007 report presents information on each of the 17 approved Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Curriculum for Low Performing Providers in Florida. All approved curricula have been specially packaged...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35809 (100.00%)
- Breakthrough to Literacy
By What Works Clearinghouse; August 2008
Description: This 2008 document indicates that at this time the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is unable to draw any conclusions about the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of Breakthrough to Literacy, a literacy curriculum...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35765 (100.00%)
- Play and Early Literacy Development
By James F Christie; 1991
Description: This 1991 book presents evidence that play can be an effective literacy-learning medium for many young children. The book reviews the sociolinguistic and psychological approaches to studying play and literacy....
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35732 (100.00%)
- Doctors Promoting Child Development with Books
By Reach Out and Read; 2006
Description: This document discusses the effectiveness of the Reach Out and Read program, which was developed by pediatricians and early childhood educators to promote school success by supporting reading aloud as...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35651 (100.00%)
- Language More Than Just the Written Word
By Mary Ann Hoberman; 2008
Description: This document describes a presentation to early childhood educators about the importance of reading aloud to children by children’s book author and poet Mary Ann Hoberman. She also discussed the inspiration...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35587 (100.00%)
- El Pre-K y los latinos: Los cimientos del futuro de Estados Unidos
By Eugene E Garcia, Danielle M Gonzales; July 2006
Description: This Spanish language report provides policymakers and educators with data on how Hispanic children fare academically compared to their peers. Providing Hispanics with much greater access to high-quality...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35582 (100.00%)
- The Power of Family Conversation: School and community programs help parents build children's literacy from birth
By Laura Pappano; May-June 2008
Description: This document asserts that parents need to talk with their children in addition to reading aloud to them. The Let’s Talk—It Makes a Difference campaign focuses on helping low-income and non-native English...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35552 (100.00%)
- Emerging Literacy: Young Children Learn to Read and Write
By Lesley Mandel Morrow, Dorothy S Strickland; 1995
Description: This book presents the ideas of educators and researchers who have been able to capture examples of the ways in which literacy knowledge changes from infancy through the preschool years and in the early...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35544 (100.00%)
- Como Ayudar a su Híjo para que Ame el Aprendízaje
By Fairfax Futures; 2007
Description: This Spanish language booklet presents simple activities that parents can enjoy with their child (aged 0–5 years) as part of their daily routines at home. These daily experiences will help prepare children...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35524 (100.00%)
- Helping Your Child Love to Learn
By Fairfax Futures; 2007
Description: This booklet presents simple activities that parents can enjoy with their child (aged 0–5 years) as part of their daily routines at home. These daily experiences will help prepare children for success...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35523 (100.00%)
- Children Entering School Ready to Learn
By Maryland State Department of Education; 2008
Description: This report provides a profile of children’s skill levels as they enter school based on the evaluation of their teachers. Each year, the Maryland State Department of Education informs policymakers and...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35475 (100.00%)
- Research to practice: interventions for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
By Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett; September 22, 2007
Description: This document introduces six distinct studies on interventions for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. The topics for these studies are varied and include: (1) the effect of literacy props and teacher...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35442 (100.00%)
- Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers
By Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.; 2002
Description: This folder contains information about Reading Rockets, a national reading initiative that looks at the earliest stages of literacy, offers practical advice for parents of young children about reading,...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35433 (100.00%)
- Child Care/ Head Start Partnerships Snapshot: Partnership Predicts Improved Classroom Quality
By Youngok Lim, Diane Schilder; February 2006
Description: This research brief summarizes findings from the Center for Children & Families on the benefits of partnerships. Findings indicate that child care centers that are partnering with Head Start demonstrate...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35314 (100.00%)
- Family Child Care Literacy Environment Checklist
By National Center for Learning Disabilities; 2008
Description: This checklist for family child care programs was designed to see if the family child care environment is literacy friendly. CULD0462 Family Get Ready to Read! 2008 2008
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35225 (100.00%)
- Los efectos en la calidad de las clases de la evaluación auténtica e impulsada por resultados
By Robyn Brookshire, Xin Gao, Jennifer Grisham-Brown, Rena Hallam; Fall 2007
Description: This Spanish language yearlong intervention was designed to link the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework with authentic assessment practices. Contains 20 references. HDPS0027 efectos Early Childhood Research...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35074 (100.00%)
- The Effects of Outcomes-Driven Authentic Assessment on Classroom Quality
By Robyn Brookshire, Xin Gao, Jennifer Grisham-Brown, Rena Hallam; Fall 2007
Description: This yearlong intervention was designed to link the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework with authentic assessment practices. Contains 20 references. HDPS0026 Effects Early Childhood Research to Practice...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35073 (100.00%)
- Las creencias de estudiantes universitarios sobre la alfabetización de niños preescolares. Resultados de un estudio nacional del programa Jumpstart
By Martha A Adler, Mary Trepanier-Street; Fall 2007
Description: This Spanish language study explored the beliefs of college students about literacy development in preschool children and whether these beliefs change after their involvement in a yearlong, intensive mentoring...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35056 (100.00%)
- College Students' Beliefs about Preschooler's Literacy Development: Results from a National Study of Jumpstart
By Martha A Adler, Mary Trepanier-Street; Fall 2007
Description: This study explored the beliefs of college students about literacy development in preschool children and whether these beliefs change after their involvement in a yearlong, intensive mentoring program...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35055 (100.00%)
- Family Health and Literacy: A Guide to Easy-to-Read Health Education Materials and Web Sites for Families
By Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi, Julie McKinney; 2007
Description: This guide is intended to help integrate health and literacy education in family literacy programs. Resources are included that are helpful to both family literacy teachers and educators and practitioners...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35052 (100.00%)