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Three Rivers ECED 2331 Language Development & Emergent Literacy in Young Children

External Websites

Center for Early Literacy Learning
The homepage for the Center for Early Literacy Learning, an organization which promotes the adoption and sustained use of evidence-based early literacy learning pracitces.

Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
This website offers a collection of more than 20,000 resources from the many disciplines related to child care and early education.

Children’s Books Online: The Rosetta Project
Users will find a large collection of antique, illustrated storybooks on this site, many of which have been translated to English.

Connecticut Association for the Education of Young Children
The Connecticut Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) looks to enhance the care, education, and development of Connecticut's young children, in the context of family, and community; and to support the professionals who care for them.

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood
The homepage of the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood.

Connecticut State Department of Education – Early Childhood Education
The Connecticut State Board of Education is committed to ensuring that all of the state’s preschool-age children, including children with disabilities, are afforded an opportunity to participate in a high-quality preschool education. There are many publications on this website related to Early Childhood Education.

Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature
This database contains a reading list of quality children's literature.

Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel (2008)
This report provides the findings of the National Early Literacy Panel (NELP)'s 2002 study of early literacy skills in children ages zero to five.

Frank Porter Graham Connect Module #6
Module on Dialogic Reading Practices from the CONNECT Modules & Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children.

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NEAYC)
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8.

National Institute for Early Education Research
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducts and communicates research to support high quality, effective, early childhood education for all young children. Such education enhances their physical, cognitive, and social development, and subsequent success in school and later life.

Reading Rockets: Teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle
Reading Rockets offers free print guides created for parents, teachers, and many others who want to improve the reading achievement of children.

Storyline Online
Storyline Online is an award-winning children's literacy website that streams videos featuring actors reading childrens books alongside illustrations.

Google Web Search

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Useful Subject Terms

Having trouble with your keyword search? The subject terms below are a great place to start when looking for books, videos, articles, and information on the web.


Children, Books and reading

Children, Language

Language acquisition, Children

Language arts, Early childhood

Language arts, Elementary school

Language arts, Preschool

Language education

Literacy, Children

Storytelling

Vocabulary, Study and teaching, Elementary

Vocabulary, Study and teaching, Preschool