Websites for Ideas and Information
Think, Feel, Act Videos:
Short video clips about early learning matters from Ontario's Pedagogy for the Early Years.
How Does Learning Happen?
Ontario's Pedagogy for the Early Years:
The Four Pillars of Learning:
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Belonging
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Engagement
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Well-Being
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Expression
Hanen's mission is "to enable parents and professionals to transform their daily interactions with young children to build the best possible lifelong social, language and literacy skills." Hanen, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.hanen.org/About-Us.aspx
Everything you need to know about Preschool Language & Literacy Development
List of 100 Books every child needs to hear before Kindergarten.
Click on this link. Then click on "Wee Read" for a list of Board Books, Picture Books, & Books with Diversity.
CLICK HERE for a link to 10 Children's Books that include characters with disabilities.
"One in four adults live with a disability, yet disabled representation in children’s books is far too sparse. In a study (2014) conducted by Donna Sayers Adomat and published in Disability Studies Quarterly, she found that reading and discussing children’s books that feature disabled characters in the classroom led to more positive interactions"
Think Inclusive. (22 November, 2019). Representation Matters: 10 Children’s Books With Disabled Characters. Retrieved from https://www.thinkinclusive.us/10-childrens-books-with-disabled-characters/?fbclid=IwAR1hp8e0i7ZBD6dI5Z8bP0G8mWscPxtQlDnQR4AxuNav9g--DQ3vspxVS9Y
Click on the Logo above to find out more about preschool evaluations.
Click Here to hear children's stories (preschool - grade 12) about what it feels like to struggle with reading, writing, math, and attention problems. You can also do "simulations" to see what it may feel like!