Monday, April 21, 2008

Child Development Milestone

Child Development Milestone Website:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/child/infants.htm

Pregnancy & Newborn: Health Education Center

http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/298_10203.asp

Infant and Toddler Play

Play is a media for infants and toddlers to explore the world.

Some articles about play related to our reading on Zero to Three.

http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=key_play

Language and Literacy

Language is a tool for our babies to communicate with adults.

It is also a key element for adults to understand them.

Some easy read articles about infants and toddlers language development

http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=key_language

Resourse-Brain Development

Brain development is help us to realize the behavior of

infants and toddlers and their development focus on

theories ; however, it is difficult and bored to read too many

theories at one time. This website provide tips and practical

experience about



http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=key_brain

Resource for social-emotional development

Zero to Three provides tips and articles about social-emotional
development related to our reading. It is easy for us to understand
our babies.

http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=key_temp

Resource of Temperament and a Child's Behavior

Nature or nurture is a controversial issue. Understanding a child’s
temperament help parents and caregivers know more about their
behaviors. Zero to Three provides tips and articles about temperament
which related to our reading.

http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=key_temp

Monday, April 14, 2008

Conference on May

Parent-Child Home Program Annual Conference 2008

May 5, 2008 - May 6, 2008 Uniondale, NY

– The theme for this year's conference is "Bringing Literacy Home."


2008 National Smart Start Conference

May 6, 2008 - May 9, 2008 Greensboro, NC

– This conference will focus on issues related to the development of early childhood programs and systems.

Conference on April

NACCP's 24th Annual How Successful Directors Manage National Conference
April 16, 2008 - April 19, 2008 New Orleans, LA
– This conference will host sessions on child care best practices, aiming to improve the quality of early care and education across the country.

Early Childhood Education Conference
April 24, 2008 - April 26, 2008 Menomonie, WI
– This conference gives participants a wide choice of individual sessions focusing on issues related to early education programs.

Working Forum for Teacher Educators
April 30, 2008 - May 2, 2008 Auckland, New Zealand
– This conference will help improve the effectiveness of those who are responsible for training early childhood educators.

Karp, H. (2004). The happiest baby on the block: The new way to calm crying and help your baby sleep longer (DVD & book). New York: Random House.

Dr. Karp blends modern science and ancient wisdom to prove that newborns are not fully ready for the world when they are born. He teaches parents exactly how to guide cranky infants to calm and easy babies to serenity in minute and helps them sleep longer. It is very helpful to get information by reading the book and watching a DVD, and it assists parents and caregivers to be professional in working with their young children.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Research Journal for Infants and Toddlers

These are research journals what I found. Please feel free to add the journals which you know about infants and toddlers.

* Infancy
* Infant and child development
* Infant behavior & development
* Infant mental health journal
* Infant observation

February article in Zero to Three

What in the World Is Autism? A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Roy Richard Grinker, George Washington University

This article discusses the complex relationship between culture
and illness in the context of changes in autism awareness and
prevalence.

Child Care Website

* Earlychildhood.com
http:// http://www.earlychildhood.com/
Information, products and idea for parents & teachers.

* Childstate.org
http://www.childstats.gov/
Forum on child and family statistics.

* National network for child care
http:// http://www.nncc.org/
Learn and share child care information.

* Starfall.com
http:// http://www.starfall.com/
A teaching resource bank.

* PBS
http:// http://www.pbskids.org/
Learn and play website for children.

* Zero to Three
http://www.zerotothree.org/
The extensive information of infants and toddlers for parentsand caregivers.

* Brazelton Touchpoints Center
http://www.touchpoints.org
Help caregivers develop positively supportive relationships with young children.

* Center for Law and Social Policy
http://www.clasp.org/
Provide public policy of different age levels.

Books for Parents and Caregivers

* Jana, L. A., & Shu, J. (2005). Heading home with your newborn:
From birth to reality. American Academy of Pediatrics.

This is a handbook for novice mother. The information includes
the pro and con of breastfeeding and bottle feeding; spitting and
vomiting, and sleeping.

* Huggins, K. (2005). The nursing mother’s companion. Boston:
Harvard Common press.

This book provides survival guides of taking care babies for mothers
including the chronological idea from pregnancy to toddlers.

* Sears, R., & Sears, J. (2003).The baby book: Everything you need to
know about your baby from birth to age two. New York: Random House.

The topics covered concepts of parent-child bonding, baby’s development
and sleep, the way to sooth fussy baby and their emotional development.
It is a rich and an invaluable resource that will help parents get the most
out of parenting for themselves and their child, and for their entire families.

* Karp, H. (2004). The happiest baby on the block: The new way to calm
crying and help your baby sleep longer (DVD & book). New York: Random House.

The author reveals an extraordinary treasure sought by parents--
an automatic “off-switch” for their baby’s crying. In an innovative and
thought-provoking reevaluation of early infancy,

* Zigler, E. F., Singer, D. G., & Bishop-Josef, S. J. (2004). Children’s play:
The roots of reading. Washington, DC: Zero to Three Press.

Extensive empirical research has documented the value of play for both
cognitive andsocial development in this book. Readers can also find a
comprehensive summary of the developmental, and ideas for how to play
imaginative games with children.

* Harms, T., Cryer, D., & Clifford, R. C. (2003). Infant toddler
environment rating scales-revised edition. New York, NY: Teacher
College Press.

The ITERS- R provides an assessment of the space and furnishing,
personal care outlines, listening and talking, activities, teacher-children
inter actions, and program structure in classes of children from birth to 30
months of age.

* Siegel, D. J., & Hartzell, M. (2004). Parenting from the Inside Out: How
a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive.

New York: Penguin.

The authors emphasize that parent’s childhood experience has a profound
subconscious influence on parent-children interaction. Parents’
self-understanding is the way to realize how their traumatic experience
has immense effect on parent- children’s relationship since children in
very young age.

* Texas Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) Program -Handbook for
parents
http://www.dars.state.tx.us/ecis/publications/EnglishHandbook.pdf

The ECI handbook provides the information for parents. The handbooks
also present there steps to help family with developmental delay child to
obtain the services. If the child is eligible for the ECI service and the first
step are referral, careen and evaluation or assessment.