Course:LIBR529/Websites for LIBR529/Child development and early learning

Reports, Presentations and Policies on Child Development, Demographics, Early Learning and Literacy mentioned in LIBR 529.

2012 Ontario Report Card on Child and Family Poverty: http://www.campaign2000.ca/Ontario/reportcards.html

A.L.A. Association for Library Services for Children and Public Libraries. "Every child ready to read" overview http://www.everychildreadytoread.org/history

Babies: Born to be good. The Nature of Things | Season 2012-2013, Episode 2 | Oct 25, 2012 | 45:15 http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/Shows/The+Nature+of+Things/ID/2296544019/

or a Similar program which ran 60 minutes in the U.S. called "Born Good?" http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50135408n

“Becoming a nation of readers: the report of the Commission on Reading” by Anderson et al and the U.S. National Institute of Education is available online at http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED253865.pdf

Boivin, Michel, & Hertzman, Clyde. (eds) (2012). Early Childhood Development: adverse experiences and developmental health. Royal Society of Canada-Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Expert Panel (with Ronald Barr, Thomas Boyce, Alison Fleming, Harriet MacMillan, Candice Odgers, Marla Sokolowski, & Nico Trocmé). Available at https://rsc-src.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/ECD%20Report_0.pdf

Bookstart UK http://www.bookstart.org.uk/

The Brains of Babes. Parts 1- 3. Original broadcast: March 4, 11, 18, 2009.
http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2009/11/13/the-brains-of-babes-part-13-cd/

British Columbia Child Poverty Report Card (First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition,November, 2012) from http://www.firstcallbc.org/pdfs/EconomicEquality/First%20Call%20BC%20Child%20Poverty%20Report%20Card%202012.pdf

Canadian Child Care Federation and Canadian Language & Literacy Research Network. Language and Literacy: From Birth... For Life. Retrieved November 2012 from http://frombirthforlife.cllrnet.ca/index.php/Main_Page
"Changing the odds for children at risk" a presentation including Susan Neuman: http://newamerica.net/events/2008/changing_odds

Canadian Children's Book Centre: http://www.bookcentre.ca/

Center for Early Literacy Learning links: http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/links.php

Child and Family Research Institute; http://www.cfri.ca/

“Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health” from the Commission on Social Determinants of Health – Final Report for the World Health Organization is available online: http://www.who.int/social_determinants/thecommission/finalreport/en/index.html or if that link is broken: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/43943/1/9789241563703_eng.pdf

Clyde Hertzman's Governor General's Lecture on Early Childhood Development at the University of Saskatchewan in 2011 http://www.usask.ca/research/news/live-stream.php http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6Ff2WzpJ1c&feature=plcp

Clyde Hertzman’s presentation to the WHO at the United Nations on early childhood in three parts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJvxNO4ET1U&feature=endscreen&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBva4F4rti8&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73iz_5Qx51w&feature=relmfu

“Community development in a library context” with Annette DeFaveri which is available online at http://www.librariesincommunities.ca/audio/CD_in_a_Lib_context.wav

Community Plan for a public system of integrated early care & learning (Coalition of Childcare Advocates of B.C.): http://www.cccabc.bc.ca/plan/

Counting Kids and Tracking Funds in Pre-K and Kindergarten: Falling Short at the Local Level by Lisa Guernsey and Alex Holt Early Education Initiative September 2012 [U.S.] available online at http://earlyed.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/Counting_Kids_Tracking_Funds.pdf or video at http://learningmatters.tv/blog/podcasts/listen-lisa-guernsey-new-america-foundation/10522/

"Creating Safer Communities: to reduce crime, we must support families and provide opportunities for children" by by Carol Matusicky, former executive director of the BC Council for Families and past president of the BC Coalition for Safer Communities. Available online at http://www.bccf.ca/all/resources/creating-safer-communities.

Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel (2008) http://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/NELPReport09.pdf or http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/upload/NELPReport09.pdf

Dickinson, D.K., Griffith, J. A., Golinkoff, R.M. & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2012). How Reading Books Fosters Language Development around the World. Child Development Research, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/602807 Available online at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/cdr/2012/602807/

Disparities in Early Learning and Development: Halle, T., Forry, N., Hair, E., Perper, K., Wandner, L., Wessel, J., & Vick, J. (2009). Disparities in Early Learning and Development: Lessons from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study – Birth Cohort (ECLS-B). Washington, DC: Child Trends. http://www.childtrends.org/Files/Child_Trends-2009_07_10_FR_DisparitiesEL.pdf

Dr. Diane McGuinness addressing the Reading Reform Foundation Conference regarding the alphabet code at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkeLL49lLw4

Doherty-Sneddon, G. (2008). The great baby signing debate. The Psychologist (U.K.), 21, 300-303. search http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk or pdf at http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm/volumeID_21-editionID_159-ArticleID_1330

Early Learning for Every Child Today: A framework for Ontario early childhood settings Best Start Expert Panel on Early Learning Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services. January 2007 http://www.children.gov.on.ca/htdocs/English/topics/earlychildhood/early_learning_for_every_child_today.aspx

Early Literacy 101 with Martha Kovak, Early Literacy Specialist with the Early Years Centres, Simcoe County, Ontario. http://www1.e3.ca/?q=node/197

"Early Literacy Storytimes for Preschoolers in Public Libraries" prepared for the Provincial and Territorial Public Library Council by Heather McKend 2010: http://www.bclibraries.ca/ptplc/files/early_lit_storytimes_final_english_with_cip_electronic_nov10.pdf

The Early Years Institute: Helping communities value children: http://www.eyi.org/index.php

The Early Years Reports: Mustard, J Fraser et al (1999) The Early Years Study: Final Report: Reversing the real brain drain. Available online at http://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/02/07/early-years-study-reversing-real-brain-drain OR http://www.pcfk.on.ca/PDFs/Research_Ken/ReversingBrainDrain.pdf OR search keywords.

Mustard, J Fraser, Margaret Norrie McCain and Dr. Stuart Shanker. (2007) Early Years Study 2: Putting Science into action. Council for Early Child Development. Available online at http://www.research4children.com/data/documents/EarlyYears2PuttingScienceIntoActionpdf.pdf

Mustard, J.F., McCain, M.N., & McCuaig, K. (2011). Early Years Study 3: Making Decisions, Taking Action. Toronto: Margaret & Wallace McCain Family Foundation. Retrieved from http://pointsurlapetiteenfance.org/media/uploads/report-pdfs-en/i_115_eys3_en_2nd_072412.pdf OR search keywords.

Eliot, Lise. (2011) The Myth of pink and blue brains Published in the Best of Educational Leadership, August 2011 Volume 68 (32-36).Available online at http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/summer11/vol68/num10/The-Myth-of-Pink-and-Blue-Brains.aspx

Family literacy resources for new parents from ABC Canada and Natrell Baboo at: http://abclifeliteracy.ca/family-literacy-resources-new-parents

Family Place Libraries: Building strong communities through early childhood development, parent education and family support. http://www.familyplacelibraries.org/index.html

Fragile Lives, Fragmented Systems: Strengthening Supports for Vulnerable Infants http://www.rcybc.ca/Images/PDFs/Reports/Fragile%20Lives%20-%20FINAL%20Jan%202011.pdf

From Babbling to Books: Building Pre-Reading Skills. Video featuring Todd R. Risley, Sharon Landesman Ramey, and Julie Washington discussing research-based strategies for developing language and pre-reading skills in young children. Reading Rockets video Accessed online at http://www.readingrockets.org/webcasts/1002/

Featuring Todd R. Risley, Sharon Landesman Ramey, and Julie Washington discussing research-based strategies for developing language and pre-reading skills in young children.

From Neurons to Neighborhoods: the science of early childhood development published by the National Research Council Institute of Medicine which you can scan at http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309069882

Gadsden, V. (2012) Family literacy. Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Foundations of Education. Sage pp/ 337-340. doi: 10.4135/9781412963992.n155 http://knowledge.sagepub.com.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/view/foundations/n155.xml

Gervain, Judit & Janet Werker "Prosody cues word order in 7-month-old bilingual infants" online at http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v4/n2/full/ncomms2430.html#/affil-auth

Get Ready to Read: National Center for Learning Disabilities: http://www.getreadytoread.org/

Government of Canada. "Public investments in early childhood education and care in Canada." 2010. http://www.dpe-agje-ecd-elcc.ca/eng/ecd/ececc/early_childhood_education-eng.pdf

Government of Canada. "The well-being of Canada's young children" 2011. pdf available at http://www.dpe-agje-ecd-elcc.ca/eng/ecd/well-being/sp_1027_04_12_eng.pdf

Handbook of Language and Literacy Development: a roadmap from 0 to 60 months: http://www.theroadmap.ualberta.ca/home

"Head Start, Child Care, and Public Libraries: Partnerships to Support Young Children and Their Families" Joint memorandum from the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development, the Office of Head Start, and the Office of Child Care (2012) http://www.magnetmail.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?recipient_id=637137350&message_id=1954972&user_id=TransMgt&group_id=152073&jobid=10212894

Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R. (2004). Getting engaged through reading. Knowledge Quest, 33 (2). Retrieved from http://aasl.metapress.com/content/ ph91740131k84w34/

Harris, J., Golinkoff, R., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2010). “Lessons from the crib for the classroom: How children really learn vocabulary.” Retrieved from: http://www.brainandlearning.com.au/manage/files/RobertaGolinkoff/Lessons%20from%20Crib%20-FINAL1-10-10.pdf

Hollich, George. "Phonology & bilingual segmentation and ID speech semantics and frequency, grammar and requesting" Powerpoint presentation at: http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/ITSI/conferenceDocs/08/Hollich_Workshop_Promoting_Language_Development.pdf

"How poverty influences a child's brain development" by Ivan Semeniuk. Globe and Mail Published Friday, Jan. 25 2013, updated Thursday, Jan. 16 2014 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/brain/how-poverty-influences-a-childs-brain-development/article7882957/?page=1

The Human Early Learning Partnership (UBC): http://earlylearning.ubc.ca/

The Hurried Infant. Originally broadcast: February 16 & 23, 2009.
http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/features/2009/12/04/the-hurried-infant-part-12-cd/

International Reading Association & National Association for the Education of Young People. (1998). Learning to read and write: Developmentally appropriate practices for young children. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/ file/positions/PSREAD98.PDF.

Krashen, S., Lee, S., & McQuillan, J. (2012). Is the Library Important? Multivariate Studies at the National and International Level. Journal of Language and Literacy Education [Online], 8(1), 26-38. Available at http://jolle.coe.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Is-the-Library-Important.pdf

Krashen, Stephen. Protecting Students Against the Effects of Poverty: Libraries. New England Reading Association Journal (in press) available online at http: //www.sdkrashen.com/articles/protecting_students.pdf
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Krashen, S., Lee, S., & McQuillan, J. (2012). Is the Library Important? Multivariate Studies at the National and International Level. Journal of Language and Literacy Education [Online], 8(1), 26-38. Available at http://jolle.coe.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Is-the-Library-Important.pdf

The "Power of Reading" with Stephen Krashen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSW7gmvDLag

Kuhl, P. (2010). The linguistic genius of babies [video podcast]. retrieved January 9, 2014 from: http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies.html

"Learning to Talk and Listen: An oral language resource for early childhood caregiver" (2010) National Institute for Literacy (U.S.) Available at: http://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/LearningtoTalkandListen.pdf

Mem Fox tips on how to read aloud : http://memfox.com/for-anyone-interested/for-anyone-interested-a-read-aloud-lesson/

Meyer, M. & Baldwin, D. (2012). Social Skills Fuel Language Acquisition. Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy Development Retrieved from: http://literacyencyclopedia.ca/index.php?fa=items.show&topicId=246

Ministry of Child and Family Development (BC) Early childhood development; http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/early_childhood/index.htm

Mustard, J F. (1999). The Early Years Study: Final Report: Reversing the real brain drain. Retrieved from: http://www.pcfk.on.ca/PDFs/Research_Ken/ReversingBrainDrain.pdf

Mustard, J.F., Norrie, M, & Shanker, S. (2007). Early Years Study 2: Putting Science into action. Council for Early Child Development. Retrieved from: http://www.councilecd.ca/files/downloads/Early_Years.pdf

Mustard, J.F., McCain, M.N., & McCuaig, K. (2011). Early Years Study 3: Making Decisions, Taking Action. Toronto: Margaret & Wallace McCain Family Foundation. Retrieved from http://earlyyearsstudy.ca/media/uploads/report-pdfs-en/eys3_en_full_report.pdf OR from http://pointsurlapetiteenfance.org/media/uploads/report-pdfs-en/i_115_eys3_en_2nd_072412.pdf OR search keywords.

National Association for the Education of Young Children: NAEYC for families: Learning and Development. http://families.naeyc.org/learning-and-development

National Center for Family Literacy. http://www.famlit.org/

National Clearinghouse for English language acquisition website at http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/search/?cx=009395468658320509053%3Ais72in2vyqy&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&as_q=family+literacy on the topic of "Family literacy"

National Institute for Early Education Research http://nieer.org/

National Institute for Literacy. http://www.nifl.gov

National Literacy Trust. "Early Years Sector" http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/early_years

Neuman, S.B. & Roskos, K. (2005). “Whatever happened to developmentally appropriate practice in early literacy?” Beyond the journal. Young children on the web. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/Publications/ArticleExamples/02Neuman.pdf

"Newborn literacy program effective in increasing maternal engagement in literacy activities: an observational cohort study" by Stephanie Veldhuijzen van Zanten1*, Chrystal Coates2, Marilou Hervas-Malo3 and Patrick J McGrath Retrieved from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/12/100

Parent Child Mother Goose Program: http://www.nald.ca/mothergooseprogram/

Parents, Children, Libraries, and Reading by Carolyn Miller, Kathryn Zickuhr, Lee Rainie and Kristen Purcell May 1, 2013 from the Pew Internet and American Life Project at http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2013/05/01/parents-children-libraries-and-reading/

The "Perceptual Wedge Hypothesis" as the basis for bilingual babies' phonetic processing advantage: new insights from fNIRS brain imaging. Petitto LA1, Berens MS, Kovelman I, Dubins MH, Jasinska K, Shalinsky M. Brain Lang. 2012 May;121(2):130-43. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2011.05.003. Epub 2011 Jul 2. Available online at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21724244

Precious Minds: Videos: http://www.preciousminds.org/home/2007/10/1/streaming-versions-now-available.html

Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children by C.E. Snow, M.S. Burns and P. Griffin available online at http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=6023#toc

Reach out and Read: the doctor's "check up that comes with a story": http://www.reachoutandread.org/interstitial/?ref=%2f

Reading is Fundamental, Inc. http://www.rif.org/

Reading Rockets - Early literacy and preschool research topics, reports and policies http://www.readingrockets.org/research/topic/earlyliteracy/

Reading Rockets - Librarians page http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/professionals/librarians/

Seal, B. (2010, November 2). About baby signing. The ASHA Leader. http://www.asha.org/Publications/leader/2010/101102/About-Baby-Signing.htm

Secrets of storytelling: why we love a good yarn by Jeremy Hsu published in Scientific American, August 2008 or available online at http://pragmasynesi.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/the-secrets-of-storytelling-why-we-love-a-good-yarn/

Seven principles for Changing the odds for children at risk by Susan Neuman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6_3f5OQCg4

Taylor, D. (2005). Resisting the new word order: conceptualizing freedom in contradictory symbolic spaces. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 34:4, pp. 341-353. Retrieved from http://www.dennytaylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Reflections-on-the-Field.pdf

"This is what it looks like when men are allowed to take 480 days of paternity leave". http://www.buzzfeed.com/lynzybilling/this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-men-are-allowed-to-take-60-d#.gkxEkl6Lx

Time for Preschool: Early Education Report 2014. University of Toronto: OISE http://timeforpreschool.ca/media/uploads/pdfs/early-childhood-education-report2014-eng.pdf

We are the 10%: Poverty in Canada. Special broadcast on the Current with host Lorna Crozier. Aired on December 2, 2011. Podcast available online at http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/interviews/2011/12/02/child-poverty/

"When does learning begin?" TED talk by Annie Murphy Paul. "Baby's cry in the accent of their parents"" Available at http://www.npr.org/2013/06/21/179022386/when-does-learning-begin

Who's watching the kids by Marketplace on CBC TV Friday, February 22, 2013 available at http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/episodes/2013/02/whos-watching-the-kids.html

Zero to Three Foundation: National Center for Infants, toddlers and Families. http://www.zerotothree.org/

Zigler, E. & Bishop,-Josef, S. "The cognitive child vs the whole child" available online at http://udel.edu/~roberta/play/Zigler_Bishop.pdf