Explore the Curriculum & Program Design below.

• Early Math Resources for Teacher Educators
• Gateways to Opportunity Higher Education Forum 2017 - Breakout Session, It's Never Too Early: Supporting Mathematical Thinking in 0-3s
• Gateways to Opportunity Higher Education Forum 2017 - Breakout Session, An Online Early Mathematics Education PD Model
• The Current State of Scientific Knowledge on Pre-Kindergarten Effects
• New Findings from the Abecedarian Project: High-Quality Early Ed Brings Better Relationships with Parents and More Employment
• Faculty Finds - December 2016
• List of children's books that show diversity
• Northampton Community College CLAD
• What is Happening to Fine Motor Development? Marcy Guddemi - Community Playthings
• Illinois Early Learning Project: Adapting Lesson Plans to Meet IELDS Benchmarks
• A Better Start, Why Classroom Diversity Matters in Early Education
• Resources to Support Incorporating Playful Approaches to Learning and Development
• What Has Happened to Play?
• Preschool Through Third Grade Alignment and Differentiated Instruction: A Literature Review (Full Report)
• Preschool Through Third Grade Alignment and Differentiated Instruction: A Literature Review (Summary)
• New Head Start Performance Standards (fall 2016)
• Let the Children Play
• Children’s Books that Include  Diverse Family Structures
• Creating a Welcoming Early Childhood Program for LGBT-Headed Families: A Checklist for Programs
• Birth through Third Grade (B-3) Continuity Project
• Teaching Preschoolers About Solid Volume
• Teaching Preschoolers About Liquid Volume
• Teaching Preschoolers about Measuring Length
• Supporting Mathematical Learning of Young DLLs
• Teaching Preschoolers about Cardinal Numbers
• TEACHING PRESCHOOLERS ABOUT 2-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES - Math Microteach Module
• Teaching Preschoolers About 1 to 1 Correspondence
• DLLs - Using Gestures to Communicate Size
• DLLs - Pictures with English and Home Language Labels
• Dual Language Learners - Informal Number Play
• Dual Language Learners - Informal Counting
• DLLs - Developing 1 to 1 Correspondence
• DLLs - Counting, Comparing, Playing
• Sample Math Course Syllabus
• New Illinois Math Standards
• Early Childhood Mathematics: Promoting Good Beginnings
• Dual Language Learners Bridging Names of Shapes
• POLICY STATEMENT ON SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN WHO ARE DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
• Preschool Inclusion Key Findings from Research and Implications for Policy
• The Building Blocks of High-Quality Early Childhood Education Programs
• Quality Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning
• Arts Integration: A Promising Approach to Improving Early Learning
• Science Achievement Gaps Begin Early and Linger
• The D.A.P. Gap: Is Cute the Enemy of Quality?
• Early Academic Training Produces Long-Term Harm
• Resources to Support High Quality Inclusion
• Solid Volume - Short
• Solid Volume - Long
• Measuring a Block Shelf
• Measuring Shoes - Long and Short
• Liquid Measure - Learning About Full
• Learning Math Symbols
• Feely Box - Math Activity
• Assessing Shapes
• Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
• Planning Tool for Successful Inclusion in Early Childhood
• What Makes Inclusion Work in Early Childhood ?
• Policy Statement on Expulsion and Suspension Policies in Early Childhood Settings
• Learning by watching, toddlers show intuitive understanding of probability
• POLICY STATEMENT ON INCLUSION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• The double-edged sword of pedagogy: Instruction limits spontaneous exploration and discovery
• Reading Rockets
• The Arts in Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Benefits of Arts Participation
• Supporting the School Readiness and Success of Young African American Boys Project
• Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards (IELDS) Tools for Teachers Kit
• Early Math Collaborative at Erikson Institute
• How the New Preschool is Crushing Kids
• Math and Science Resources from Camille Catlett
• WIDA (Linguistically Diverse resources)
• The Early Catastrophe - The 30 Million Word Gap by Age 3
• Early Choices - A Preschool LRE Initiative of the Illinois State Board of Education
• PROJECT LCExcel
• Illinois Early Learning Project (IEL) Modules for Early Learning Benchmark Activities (MELBA)
• Responding to the Tennessee PreK Study
• Story Telling and Writing in Kindergarten
• Research finds no advantage in learning to read from age five
• Reading Instruction in Kindergarten: Little to Gain, Much to Lose
• The Thirty Million Word Gap
• IELDS Tool Kit for Teachers
• Debunking 4 myths about inclusive education
• Kindergartens Ringing the Bell for Play Inside the Classroom
• Lively Minds: Distinctions between academic versus intellectual goals for young children
• Higher Ed Forum: Preparing Every Teacher for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students
• Higher Ed Forum: Karen Diamond, Effective Instruction in Early Childhood
• Early Care and Education Policy Statements from Zero to Three
• Handout from Webinar: Intervention Techniques for Working with Trauma-Impacted Young Children
• CEC/DEC Recommended Practices in Early Intervention Early Childhood Special Education
• Early Learning Standards in Action - Young Children Exploring Motion
• What the New NSTA Early Childhood Science Education Postion Statement means to me
• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Position Statement on EC Science Education
• Common Core Standards (New Illinois Learning Standards) in the K-2 Classroom
• Making the IELDS Come Alive for Your Pre-Service Students
• Spotlight TEDx Talk: Why separating kids with disabilities from their peers hurts instead of helps
• Handout 2 from Common Core Webinar: Common Core Standards for English Language Arts K-5
• Handout 1 from Common Core Webinar: Common Core Math Standards K-2
• Handout from Webinar: Weaving English Language Arts Standards and Assessments into EC Literacy Coursework
• Meaningful Early Childhood Mathematics Instruction
• Differentiating the Early Childhood Advisory Group (ECAG) English Language Arts Standards for Dual Language Learning in Early Childhood Literacy Coursework. Pat Chamberlain, presenter
• Weaving English Language Arts Standards & Assessments Into Early Childhood Literacy Coursework. Susan Massey, presenter
• Reducing Suspension and Expulsion Practices in Early Childhood
• Strengthening the Math-Related Teaching Practices of the Early Care and Education Workforce: Insights from Experts
• Meaningful Math Instruction References
• More Meaningful EC Math resources and information
• Learning Trajectories for Number and Operations, from Art Baroody
• Meaningful EC Math Instruction Resources
• Weaving English Language Arts Standards and Assessments Into Early Childhood Literacy Coursework
• ILLINOIS PROJECTS IN PRACTICE
• ART IN THE CLASSROOM NATIONAL KINDERGARTEN ALLIANCE
• WestEd - Infant and Toddler Reflective Curriculum Planning, Part I
• THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY TO CHILDREN’S LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
• "LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE: DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN”
• NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION "READINESS FOR SCHOOL INVOLVES AN ARRAY OF SKILLS: LET’S NOT FORGET FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT"
• READING ROCKETS - Launching Young Readers
• ALL ABOUT LEARNING PRESS
• ILLINOIS EARLY LEARNING PROJECT
• PLAY OUTSIDE!
• ILLINOIS PROJECTS IN PRACTICE
• ILLINOIS EARLY LEARNING GUIDELINES A Foundation for Learning POWER POINT PRESENTATION
• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN "RESEARCH IN REVIEW. GOOD THINKING! FOSTERING CHILDREN’S REASONING AND PROBLEM SOLVING”
• Math at Home
• Winton, P.J., Buysse, V., Turnbull, A., Rous, B. and Hoolingsworth, H. (2010). CONNECT Module 1: Embedded interventions. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, FPG Child Development Institute, CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge.