Child Development:

• Harnessing the Incredible Learning Potential of the Adolescent Brain
• Why Daydreaming is Critical to Effective Learning
• Playing Music Affects the Developing Brain
• Benefits of Music Lessons
• Should Children Be Held Back for Kindergarten?
• Redshirting in Kindergarten Still Subject to Debate
• This is Your Brain on Reading
• The Surgeon Who Became an Activist for Baby Talk
• Music Lessons Are the Best Thing
• Finland youngsters are in charge of the classroom
• Decline of Play in Preschoolers; Rise in Sensory Issues
• Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills
• How to Teach Frustration Tolerance to Kids
• Executive Function Understood: Science, Skill building, Success
• Ten Amazing Facts About Bilingualism

Social & Emotional Learning

• Yale School of Emotional Learning: Mood Meter
• Great Schools.org - Tools for Families

Child Behavior:

• Managing Aggressive Behavior in Young Children
• Top Ten List for Managing Your Child's Behavior
• Why Do Toddlers Bite? Finding the Right Response
• When Anxiety in Children Looks Like Anger, Tantrums, or Meltdowns
• 18 Important Things That Kids With Anxiety Need to Know
• Mindfulness for Children: Ways to Strengthen Mind, Body, Spirit
• Anxiety in Kids: How to Turn it Around and Protect Them For Life

   

  Pre-SchoolTeachers:

• Fostering Essential Dispositions in Young Children
• Redesigning the Toddler Room
• Reflections from the Field videoseries
• Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards
• How to Help Your Students Deal with Grief and Loss

Early Literacy:

• I is for Infant
• Building Literacy Every Day
• The Five Finger Rule - Picking appropriate books
• Ultimate Guide to ReadingComprehension

   

  Early Math:

• Bedtime Math
• Greg Tang Math
• Top Marks Math Games
• Using Patterns to Boost Math Skills

   

  Other Resources:

• Connecticut 2-1-1 Child Care
• When should kids start riding in the front seat?
• Child Passengers Safety Laws in CT
• Common Sense on Cyber bullying

   

  Fun for Kids:

• ABCYA
• PBS Kids
• Pete the Cat
• Star Fall
• StarS'mores

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