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Online Video Illustrates Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Source: National Association for the Education of Young Children - Retrieved March 3, 2009

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has developed a 53-minute online video that illustrates developmentally appropriate practices in action. The video demonstrates teachers and children interacting in a classroom and provides input from experts on the practices being observed. It is available at http://www.naeyc.org/dap/resources.asp

What Works Clearinghouse Updates Intervention Report on "Ready, Set, Leap!"

Link: Ready, Set, Leap
The What Works Clearinghouse has updated an early childhood intervention report on "Ready, Set, Leap!", a preschool curriculum that focuses on early reading skills, such as phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, and letter-sound correspondence, using multi-sensory technology.

Nemours aims to give dyslexic preschoolers a bright start

Link: Dyslexia Preschool
Nemours Children's Clinic Orlando is unveiling a pilot program aimed at helping preschoolers in Orlando with dyslexia and other reading disabilities -- before they head to elementary school.

Advocating for Your Preschool Child

Link: Preschoolers
An article describing why and how to search for learning impairments at the early education stage, as well as, how to go about seeking help if a problem is suspected.

New Video from Pre-K Now: "What Children Learn in Pre-K"

Pre-K Now has released a new video entitled What Children Learn in Pre-K, which follows the stories of five young children attending a high-quality pre-kindergarten program through a full school year. The video shows how quality pre-k helps children prepare for success in school and in life. Suggestions for how the video can be used with parents, educators, community leaders, lawmakers and others are provided. It can be viewed online at http://preknow.org/resource/whatchildrenlearn.cfm
See also, a related fact sheet from Pre-K Now entitled What is High Quality? (2008) at http://preknow.org/policy/factsheets/highquality.cfm

Students Learn Best Through Fun

Link: Fun

"It's all about fun," she says. "The kids don't know they're learning something." She lowers her voice to a whisper: "We forget to tell them."

Research Shows That Kindergarten Age Does Not Have Long Term Benefits

Link: Kindergarten
New research challenges a growing trend toward holding kids out of kindergarten until they’re older, arguing that academic advantages are short-lived and come at the expense of delaying entry into the workforce and other costs.

70 New Practice Guides from the Center for Early Literacy Learning

The Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL) has published 70 new practice guides to help practitioners and parents promote the early and emergent literacy skills of young children with disabilities or delays. They are organized by child age and type of literacy skill. There are 31 infant, 22 toddler, and 17 preschool practice guides that can be printed and used by parents or practitioners. All are available online at http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/productsct.php

Montana's Part C (Early Intervention) Reports to the Public

Download Montana's Part C Annual Performance Report - 2007
Download Montana's Updated Part C State Performance Plan for 2005 - 2010
Download Montana's Determination Letter from the US Department of Education for 2008

Growing Preschool-tutoring Market Worries Some Development Experts

Link:Tutoring

Preschoolers and kindergartners are among the fastest-growing markets for after-school tutors as anxious parents hope the early assistance will help their children get into the best colleges. Some child-development experts worry the trend is age-inappropriate, but a recent study may bolster the movement: Entering kindergarten with elementary math and reading skills was the best predictor of later academic success among nearly 36,000 U.S., Canadian and British preschoolers, according to the researchers' findings.