MakingConnections

"I thought to make LEGO animals, and here there are! I hope you like them and you make them too!"

"Prekindergarten teacher Yeliz Zurawic talks about how she integrates technology in her classroom environment along with her approach to selecting content for the different technologies in this TEC Center video.  "

"Gail Lovely: Technology & Literacy - Promises, Promises... and PROMISE!"

"Designing Options for Every Learner: Universal Design for Learning"

"Technology and Digital Media in the Early Years: Big Ideas, Best Practices and Future Directions, by Chip Donohue, Ph.D."

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"The gang from "Sesame Street" is welcoming a new member to the neighborhood - Julia, a girl who has bright orange hair and big green eyes. She also has autism."

"Toward this goal, the Academy convened the invitation-only Growing Up Digital: Media Research Symposium in May. Supported by the AAP Friends of Children Fund, this two-day event brought together leading social science, neuroscience and media researchers, educators, pediatricians, and representatives from key partner organizations. The goals: evaluate available data, identify research gaps, and consider how to provide thoughtful, practical advice to parents based on the evidence."

"Here are the AAP's revised guidelines on children and screen time:"

"Reflector and Stand Simply attach the included reflector and stand to your iPad. Osmo works with all iPads, including the iPad Mini and iPad 2."

""Technology and Literacy: Promises, Promises and Promises", from Once Upon an App: A Survey of Apps Related to Language Development 2015."

"The "Policy Statement on Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs," released jointly by the Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) on September 14, 2015, states that all young children with disabilities should have access to inclusive high-quality early childhood programs, where they are provided with individualized and appropriate support in meeting high expectations."

"Tiggly Toys have silicone touch points so your tablet reacts to them just like your fingertips. Tap and the screen reacts"

"The new world of transmedia books, which engage children interactively to encourage reading"

"the research, which involved tracking nearly 800 students for two decades, suggests that specific social-emotional skills among young children can be powerful predictors for success later in life."

"Too Small to Fail worked with the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education (ED) on a suite of resources that can help enrich children's early language experiences beginning from birth. There are tip sheets for families, preschool teachers, and infant/toddler teachers and caregivers, as well as a fact sheet that highlights the evidence behind the benefits of being bilingual and embracing children's home languages."

"These preschoolers were each assigned a color, and were then tasked with finding objects in the classroom that matched their color. We then took their pictures with their objects, and in some cases, the students were the photographers!"