Curriculum

• Introduction to Education (BETA) (2021, UofK, CC BY-SA)
• Introduction to Curriculum for Early Childhood Education (College of the Canyons)
• Early Childhood Literacy: Engaging and Empowering Emergent Readers and Writers, Birth - Age 5 (2021, VIVA, CC BY-NC-SA)
• Mathematics Methods for Early Childhood (2021, Stramel, CC BY)

Development

• Infant & Toddler Development (2020, NWTC, CC BY)
• Contemporary Families: An Equity Lens (2020, OpenOregon, CC BY)
• Parenting & Family Diversity Issues (2020, Iowa State, CC BY-NC-SA)
• Lifespan Development (Lumen Learning)
• Child Growth and Development (College of the Canyons, CC BY)

Music

• Music and the Child (SUNY Open Textbooks)

Preschool

• Nemours Childhood Wellness Policy Workbook: Creating an Environment for Preschoolers to Develop Healthy Habits for Life (OER Commons)

Theory

• Educational Learning Theories, 2nd ed. (Dalton State College/Galileo)

Pedagogy

• The ELC: An Early Childhood Learning Community at Work  (2021, SUNY, CC BY-NC)
• Observation and Assessment (College of the Canyons, CC BY)
• Health, Safety, and Nutrition in Early Childhood Education (College of the Canyons, CC BY)
• Role of Equity and Diversity in Early Childhood Education (College of the Canyons, CC BY)

• The Whole Child: A Caregiver's Guide to the First Five Years (Wayne State University/Annenberg Learner)

A video instructional series in early childhood development for college and high school classrooms, caregivers, and parents; 13 half-hour video programs and coordinated books

• Seasons of Life (University of Michigan/Annenberg Learner)

A video instructional series in developmental psychology for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 5 one-hour video programs, 26 half-hour audio programs, and coordinated books .

• Early Childhood Competencies and Care (University of Massachusetts Boston)

This course is designed to provide early childhood education professionals with the knowledge and skills to assess their own level in terms of the eight core competencies, across the infant-toddler, preschool and out-of-school age range.

• First Year Teacher Program (Center for Effective Reading Instruction/WETA)

The 10 modules include video segments featuring teachers using effective strategies and techniques in the classroom on subjects such as phonemic awareness, phonics, speech sounds, and text comprehension.

• Education and Teacher Training Courses (edX Harvard University)

EdX offers online education courses covering a broad range of topics from educational policy and history to curriculum design and teaching techniques. Explore case studies in teaching and learn about how technology is increasing access to quality education on an unprecedented scale.

• The Learning Classroom: Theory Into Practice(Annenberg Learner)

This is an online college course developed for students preparing to be teachers, as well as inservice K-12 classroom teachers and other educators.

• ASCCC-OERI ECE/Child Development
• Early Childhood Education (College of the Canyons)
• Pressbooks Directory
• LibreText Early Childhood Education Collection of OER Textbooks
• Directory of Open Access Books: Early Childhood Education

• Child Development Journal A multidisciplinary, not-for-profit, professional association with an international membership of approximately 5,500 researchers, practitioners, and human development professionals. This site provides free access to some of the articles published in this journal.
• Child Development Research “Child Development Research is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of child development research.”
• Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP) Journal Open-access, peer-reviewed, bilingual Internet journal in early care and education.
• CALiO E-Publications From The Child Abuse Library Online (CALiO) of the National Children's Advocacy Center (NCAC), “full-text of publications that do not require fee or password. Many of the publications included in this collection were published by state and federal government agencies, and are in the public domain. Others were funded by foundations or other organizations for open access.”
• PBS Learning Media California A public media system-wide repository of digital media learning objects, including videos, images, podcasts, and documents.
• ​Child Development Institute Parent resources related to child development, psychology, health, parenting, learning, media, entertainment, family activities, professional experts organizations, and other useful websites.
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development One of the National Institutes of Health, NICHD "conducts and supports laboratory research, clinical trials, and epidemiological studies that explore health processes; examines the impact of disability and disease; and sponsors training programs for scientists, health care providers, and researchers​."

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