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Internet Resources for Education

Early Childhood Development & Education

Australian Resources | Overseas Resources | Electronic Journals
Discussion Groups / Email Lists

Life at 1
Website of a new ABC TV program which follows 11 one-year-old Australians as they develop.
Browse information and links that relate to the topics raised in the program.

Queensland Resources

• Early Childhood Education Information from Education Queensland
• The Early Years: Overview of information and resources QSA website
  Provides information about the development of curriculum materials to be used in the introduction of the Preparatory Year in Queensland.
• Early Years Curriculum Guidelines The new guidelines are available to download from here
• Resource links Provides links to early childhood information
• Child Care in Queensland
  Information relating to child care from the Queensland Department of Families

Australian Resources

• Early Childhood Australia Provides information on policies, publications and useful websites.
• AECA Research in Practice Series List of titles held at TSV JCU - Word document
• Kaleidoscope: Changing images of childhood ECA Conference, 28 September - 1 October 2005 Brisbane
• ECA Code of Ethics
  Information on the code of ethics for the early childhood profession is also provided.
• Early Childhood Australia: Queensland Branch
• ECA WebWatch
  Subscribe to Early Childhood Australia's free fortnightly e-newsletter with links to high-quality, current and useful information on other websites across the world.
• Child Safety JCU page of links
• Children's Issues JCU page of links, includes Rights of the Child
• Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services: Child Care Home Page | Publications
• Community Infonet: Child Care in Queensland Government information relating to child care in Queensland
• Creche and Kindergarten Association of Queensland (You may need to use Internet Explorer to view this site)
• Early Childhood Curriculum and Teaching An Australian Curriculum Studies Association policy statement. Select the link from the Policies and Papers pull-down menu, or open the frame
• Early Childhood Education
  Information about the education of children aged 4-8 compiled by the Education Department, Western Australia
• Childcare and Early Learning from South Australian Education Department
• Early Childhood Teachers' Association Queensland-based
• Early Years Strategy
  Victorian SOFWeb site on literacy and numeracy
• National Childcare Accreditation Council
  Government site which includes information on the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System
• New in Early Childhood An EdNA service - quality links for those working with children 0-8 years old
• Preschool Curriculum Guidelines (Queensland). Check Tropicat for library holdings.
• QSA information
• Education Queensland: Preschool Curriculum Guidelines
• Towards the Development of a National Agenda for Early Childhood
  A consultation paper was released in February 2003 by the Commonwealth Task Force on Child Development, Health and Wellbeing to start discussion and debate about the development of a National Agenda for Early Childhood. Among other developments, a range of Early Childhood Initiatives have been announced.
• Understanding Children Series List of titles held by JCU [Word doc.]

Overseas Resources

• ABC of ECD: An Early Child Development Knowledge Base
• Alliance for Childhood Partnership of individuals and organizations committed to fostering and respecting each child's inherent right to a healthy, developmentally appropriate childhood
• Bernard van Leer Foundation Seeks to enhance opportunities for children growing up in circumstances of social and economic disadvantage
• British Association for Early Childhood Education
• Child Forum
  New Zealand site designed to help bridge the gaps between practice, research and policy from birth to school-leaving age
• Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting (CEEP)
  Successor to the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE)
• Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development Consortium working for children at risk in third-world countries
• Early Childhood Educators' Web Corner
• Earlychildhood.com Articles and Web links to assist teachers with curriculum planning. Includes arts and crafts ideas.
• Education World: Early Childhood Center Selection of links to other resources
• Effective Provision of Pre-School Education Longitudinal UK study
• EFL Playhouse: A resource for teachers of young children
• Foundation Stage U.K. site which provides early years practitioners with information on the preschool years
• Idea Box Early Childhood Education & Activity Resources
• National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators (U.S.)
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (U.S.)
• Early Years Are Learning Years: Make Them Count!
  EYLYs are short information pieces designed as communication tools for use by adults involved
  with children on a daily basis to make sure the early years are learning years.
• National Child Care Information Center
  A national clearinghouse and technical assistance centre that links parents, providers, policy-makers, researchers, and the public to early care and education information.
• Internet Links A starting point for information about child care
• National Childminding Association (U.K.)
• National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education (U.S.)
• National Network for Child Care (U.S.)
  Research-based, reviewed articles and other resources
• National Parent Information Network An ERIC resource
• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
• New Zealand
• Early Childhood: NZ Ministry of Education
• Early Childhood Curriculum
• Early Childhood Education New Zealand government site
• The Perpetual Preschool
  Teaching, administrative and curriculum ideas for preschool education
• Preschool and Kindergarten Activities from EnchantedLearning.com
• Preschool Zone U.S. site full of information and activities, organised by theme with teaching ideas, links, clip-art and more
• ReadyWeb :a resource for parents and educators
  ReadyWeb is an electronic collection of resources on school readiness sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education.
• Sesame Workshop The home of Sesame Street
• U.K. Qualifications & Curriculum Authority: Early Years
  Includes learning outcomes, early learning goals, childcare
• Under5s Preschool Website Offers crafts, games and activity sheets, planning pages, themed topic webs
• The Whole Child Provides child development information, short articles, tips and activities
• World Association of Early Childhood Educators
• Zero to Three Major U.S. resource on the first three years of life

Electronic Journals

• Australian Journal of Early Childhood 1999+ on InfoTrac Expanded Academic Index. Also held in print at TSV and CNS 372.21 P4.
• Child: Care, Health and Development Blackwell Synergy
  Available only to James Cook University users. Check Tropicat for exact URL.
• Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
• Early Childhood News: the Professional Resource for Teachers and Parents. Selected fulltext articles are available.
• Early Childhood Research & Practice An Internet journal on the development, care, and education of young children; Edited by Lilian G. Katz
• Early Childhood Research Quarterly via ScienceDirect
  Available only to James Cook University users. Check Tropicat for exact URL.
• Nursery World
  Website for the magazine of the same name. Selected articles from the current and previous issues.
• Scholastic Early Childhood Today on ProQuest. JCU staff and students only.
• Scholastic Early Childhood Today Homepage
• YC: Young Children via ProQuest
  Peer reviewed journal from the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Available only to James Cook University users. Also held in print at TSV/CNS 372.2 P1.
• YC: Young Children Home page of the journal

Discussion Groups, Email Lists & Newsletters

• Education Queensland Discussion Lists Click on Subscribing to a discussion list and select the Preschool to Year 3 list
• ECA Webwatch
  Subscribe to a free, monthly e-newsletter with links to high-quality, current and useful information on other websites across the world.
• EdNA Early Childhood News
  This is a monthly service identifying relevant quality sites, new to EdNA Online, for those working with children 0-8 years old.
  To join, send an email to join-earlychildhood@edna.edu.au or use the form at the end of the page.
• CAFCA-chat Information about the list, and instructions on how to join
  CAFCA: Communities and Families Clearinghouse Australia, part of the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
• Electronic Discussion Groups Information on lists for Education [to be updated - Oct.2005]

• ECAP Electronic Discussion Lists
  ECAP -- Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative at the University of Illinois -- hosts several lists
• Education World Early Childhood Community Sign up for the newsletter
• ECEOL-L:
  Early Childhood Education On Line. Subscribe to the ECEOL-L Listserv
• Early Childhood Literacy Discussion Listserv (ECL-DL) Information on this list
• Kidcare List: National Network for Child Care
• Montessori Online Discussion Groups and Forums
• NAEYC Technology & Young Children Interest Forum
  NAEYC: National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Zero to Three: Dialogue with Your Colleagues
  Scroll to the link at the foot of the page to "Network and communicate with others who are working on behalf of infants, toddlers and their families".

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Links checked October 2005; Page updated January 2006 by lbcy,
Information and Research Support, James Cook University.