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Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media :As a national and international resource for addressing emerging issues affecting children from birth to age 5, the Center continues Fred's commitment to building bridges between early learning and children's media.

Parent resource sponsored by CAST, Reading Rocket, Benetech and other organizations with information on child development, school and learning, family supports, technology resources and much more. The site is available in Spanish and English and also has built in text to speech supports.

The "Word Gap" has come to symbolize the gulf that can separate very young children who have rich opportunities for positive early learning experiences from those who do not.

Governors' Role in Strengthening Early Mathematics Learning

The goal of the Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL) is to promote the adoption and sustained use of evidence-based early literacy learning practices. This site has resources for early childhood intervention practitioners, parents, and other caregivers of children, birth to five years of age, with identified disabilities, developmental delays, and those at-risk for poor outcomes

WonderBaby.org, a project funded by Perkins School for the Blind, is dedicated to helping parents of young children with visual impairments as well as children with multiple disabilities. Here you'll find a database of articles written by parents who want to share with others what they've learned about playing with and teaching a blind child, as well as links to meaningful resources and ways to connect with other families.

Early Learning: Talk, Read, and Sing Together Every Day!

The earliest years of a child's education-from birth through 3rd grade-set the foundation upon which future learning is built. In recent years, state policymakers have emphasized the need to improve children's reading skills early on because a lack in this essential skill is a strong predictor of low student performance and increased high school dropout rates. By 2012, a total of 32 states plus the District of Columbia had policies in statute aimed at improving 3rd-grade literacy, with 14 of those states requiring retention of students on the basis of reading proficiency. Yet, while the emphasis on reading proficiency is critical, research shows that the development of mathematics skills early on may be an even greater predictor of later school success. Early knowledge of math not only predicts later success in math, but also predicts later reading achievement even better than early reading skills.

 complete revision of the Pragmatics Profile of Every Communication Skills, the Pragmatics Profile contains two separate interview forms - each of them taking full account of the increasing variety of complexity of the different communicative and social setting that children encounter as they grow older and enter formal education The Pragmatics Profile of Everyday Communication Skills in Pre-School Children is for use with pre-school children, from the age of nine months; The Pragmatics Profile of Everyday Communication Skills in School-Age Children is for use with school-age children, up to the age of 10 years. Both profiles may be used as part of an initial assessment and as an aid to planning intervention. They are straightforward to administer, taking approximately 30 minutes to complete, and have been designed for obtaining structured qualitative information on a wide range of client groups including children with learning disabilities, hearing loss or physical difficulties, and those whose first language is not English. The Pragmatics Profile for each of the two age ranges falls into four sections, covering: Communicative Functions; Responses to Communication; Interaction and Conversation; Contextual Variation;

This is a wonderful article looking at light wavelengths from screens and specific strategies to come off of the "high" of screen stimulus.

Great ideas for getting picky eaters to try new foods

Visual supports for children with autism

Welcome to the Tech for Tikes, created by the Johns Hopkins Center for Technology in Education (CTE). More than ever, technology to promote learning and development is available everywhere. From tablets, to PCs, to toys, technology that blends education and entertainment now is a staple of the childhood experience. Here's a good source for determining what's appropriate and useful when families ask about apps.

A joint position statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media at Saint Vincent College