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Developing Early Childhood Programs
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early childhood activity programs
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early childhood education
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education, preschool
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education, primary
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kindergarten
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Books
The Instant Curriculum: 750
developmentally appropriate learning activities for busy teachers of young
children. LB1139.35.A37 S36 2005
Bright Beginnings: an effective
literacy-focused PreK program for educationally
disadvantaged four-year-old children. LB1139.5 L35 S65 2003
Reference Materials on the
The Educator's Desk Reference: A Sourcebook of Educational Information and Research (EDR) BA Ref LB1028.26 .F74 1989
Encyclopedia of Education, Second
Ed. Vol 1 – 8. BA
Ref. LB15 .E47 2003
The Giant Encyclopedia of Art &
Craft Activities for children 3 to 6: More than 500 art & craft activities
written by teachers for teachers. BA
Ref. LB1139.35 .A37 G52 2000
Reference Materials on the
Tahlequah Campus
A
Critical Dictionary of Educational Concepts. Ref. LB 15.B29
Encyclopedia
of Learning & Memory. Ref. BF 318.E53
The Language of Learning: A
Guide to Education Terms. Ref. LB 15.M32
E-books
An Introduction to Music in Early Childhood Education, c2006
Creative Teaching: English in the Early Years and Primary Classroom, c2007
Critical issues in early childhood education,
c2005
Diversity and difference in early childhood education: issues for theory
and practice, c2006
Early Childhood
Qualitative Research, c2007
Learning through Talk in the Early Years: Practical Activities for the
Classroom, c2005
Thinking games to play with your child: easy ways to develop creative and
critical thinking skills, c1997
Understanding assessment and evaluation in
early childhood education, c2005
E-journals
Early childhood education journal
Early childhood research & practice
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Academic
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a general database that contains article citations and full-text articles covering
many academic subjects.
ERIC (
Professional
Development Collection - this database is designed for professional educators and provides
a highly specialized collection of high quality education journals, including
more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.
Education
Full Text
– this database is part of Wilson's Omnifile Full
Text, it provides access to domestic and international English-language
periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Citation coverage goes back to 1983.
Full text articles are available from 1996 to the present. Contains
a thesaurus.
Suggested
Keywords for Early Childhood Research
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best describe the topic you plan to research. If you are unfamiliar with the
terminology of your assigned topic you may wish to refer to sources such as
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the following terms individually or in combination with one another:
development
early childhood
early childhood education
kindergarten
activity programs
education and preschool (combine terms using and)
education and primary
head start
social, physical, emotional, educational
education and child
"student-centered learning" (enclose phrases in quotation marks) OR
"student centered learning"
teach* (truncate to search for all forms: teaching, teachers, etc)
diversity
"cognitive style"
"learning modalities"
"learning strategies"
"learning motivation"
"thinking skills"
"classroom techniques"
"learning styles "
culture
gender
"multiple intelligenc*"
student
children
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