New Releases by Early Learning

This paper presents the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning''s annual report for 2009-2010. Providing quality early learning opportunities in the first five years shapes a child''s learning and success for life. The window to make a difference in a child''s future is small, but outcomes show that the agency is having an impact. 2009-2010 child outcomes for preschoolers in Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts, Keystone STARS 3 and 4 programs, and Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program, for example, show children are progressing throughout the program year and are coming to school ready to learn, with nearly every child ending the program year with age-appropriate or emerging age-appropriate language, numeracy and social skills. In 2009-2010, Pennsylvania served about one-third of young children in state of federally-funded quality early education programs. (Contains 50 endnotes.) [The printing of this report was made possible through private funds from the Pennsylvania Build Initiative.].

When you think of your child and how he or she is growing, you notice things like how soon he or she smiles, sits up, rolls over, or how well he or she walks, talks, holds a spoon, and feeds himself or herself. Children learn naturally during this time: by watching you and/or other children, and by being taught how to do different things. Because you know your child so well, you might notice that he or she is growing or developing differently than a cousin, brother or sister at that age. What you are noticing are changes in development. While all children grow and change at their own rate, some children can experience delays in their development. Sometimes this can be cause for concern. This paper provides a family''s guide to Early Intervention in Pennsylvania. Early Intervention in Pennsylvania consists of services and supports designed to help families with children who have developmental delays. Early Intervention builds upon the natural learning occurring in those first few years. It is a process that promotes collaboration among parents, service providers, and others significantly involved with children. A list of rights and privileges under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) is appended. A glossary is included.

This book resulted from a community project with 20 preschoolers from the University of Melbourne''s Early Learning Centre and four adults with disabilities from Interact Australia exploring biodiversity and relationship building over five weeks. It has rhyming verse and includes photographs and artwork by the participants.

This report from the Washington State Department of Early Learning (DEL) describes some of the Department''s work since it''s creation in July 2006. Among other achievements, the Department has laid a strong foundation for raising the quality of child care and the state''s preschool program, strengthened both the safety in and the reach of early learning services, implemented a continuous quality improvement plan, expanded their Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program by 37 percent, and set forth a five-year strategic plan to guide all their efforts. Specifically, this publication reports on: (1) the Department''s quality rating and improvement system; (2) kindergarten assessment processes; (3) a child care consultation pilot program; and (4) preliminary work completed on the proposed alignment of state and federal preschool programs. Three appendices are included: (1) Seeds to Success; (2) Kindergarten Assessment Processes; and (3) Child Care Consultation.

Early Learning for Every Child Today: A Framework for Ontario Early Childhood Settings describes how young children learn and develop, and provides a guide for curriculum in Ontario''s early childhood settings, including child care centres, regulated home child care, nursery schools, kindergarten, Ontario Early Years Centres, family resource programs, parenting centres, readiness centres, family literacy, child development programs in Community Action Program for Children, Healthy Babies Healthy Children and early intervention services. It is intended to complement, not replace, the Ontario Day Nurseries Act, Ontario Early Years Centre guidelines and the Kindergarten Program. Early Learning for Every Child Today is prepared for use by early childhood practitioners - early childhood educators, parenting workers, kindergarten teachers, family support staff, early interventionists, home care visitors - and other caregivers who are working in early childhood settings.