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Teaching Early and Elementary STEM
Alissa Lange; Laura Robertson; Jamie Price; Amie Craven · East Tennessee State University · 2021
This Open Access Educational textbook, "Teaching Early and Elementary STEM", was written to support pre-service early childhood and elementary teachers in their journey to become facilitators of science, technology, engineering, and math, or “STEM,” and "integrated STEM" in their future classrooms. Students who read and use this text will deepen their understanding of “STEM” and “integrated STEM,” learn what early childhood and elementary students need to know and be able to do in relation to STEM, and understand ways to create activity plans and implement current research-based approaches to teaching and pedagogy. This text arose out of our Early/Elementary STEM Collaboration project, which started in 2017 with the intention of increasing the quality of teacher preparation in STEM across early childhood and elementary education. The team is composed of math and science education professors, classroom in-service teachers, and pre-service teachers in pre-school through fifth grade. We are driven by the values of collaboration, strengths-based approaches to teaching and learning, constructivist philosophy of teaching and learning, and applied STEM experiences to increase access and equity. Our model of preparing pre-service teachers has been published elsewhere in more detail (Robertson, Nivens, & Lange, 2019). We built this open access product to include the following: 1) completely new content that includes input from our team as well as examples of integrated STEM learning experiences; 2) adaptations of existing resources, and; 3) compilations of existing free resources (e.g., Next Generation Science Standards).
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Trauma Informed Behaviour Support: A Practical Guide to Developing Resilient Learners
Kay Ayre; Govind Krishnamoorthy · University of Southern Queensland · 2020
If we want to impact the world of children who have experienced trauma then we must change not only ourselves and our classroom, but we must change our schools, our organisations, and our systems of care for children. We must all speak out for these children who have no voice to bring awareness of new educational and mental health approaches to children who will become tomorrow’s failed adults unless they receive our understanding and our help. For whatever reason you have been attracted to this book, you have come to the right place. You may at times put it down and wonder if the challenge is too great, but trust me it is not. If you stay engaged with this book and with a child who has experienced trauma then you will learn new understandings, new ideas and new ways to reach the mind, the heart and the soul of young people who need our support and our love.
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Parenting and Family Diversity Issues
Diana Lang · Iowa State University · 2020
This book has been created for students and all individuals who work with children and families (e.g., educators, parents, caregivers, direct support workers, etc.) in diverse contexts. It is imperative to understand how and what factors may influence child outcomes across the lifespan. Therefore, key concepts related to parenting, child-rearing, care-giving, and parenting education are outlined in this textbook to provide historical, theoretical, and practical perspectives across vast settings and developmental domains.
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Public Health 101
Erin Calderone · Glendale Community College
In the contents: 3.02: Early Community Health Measures · 8.5.01: Early Childhood Development and Education · 9.06: Childhood Health
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Children's Programs Administration
Jennifer Marta & Hannah Knott · Coalinga College
In the contents: 1.15: Early Childhood Skill Checklist · 1.16: Early Childhood Narrative Assessment · 1.18: Early Childhood Program Overview
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Abnormal Psychology
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
In the contents: 6.60: Reactive Attachment Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood (313.89) · 6.62: Feeding Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood (307.59) · 6.73: Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (299.1)
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Lifespan Development A Psychological Perspective 4e
Martha Lally & Suzanne Valentine-French · College of Lake County
In the contents: 04: Early Childhood · 4.01: Prelude to Early Childhood · 4.08: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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CH DEV 034 Observing And Recording Children's Behavior
Ancelma Sanchez · East Los Angeles College
In the contents: 01: Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education (Peterson and Elam) · 1.2.07: Measuring High-Quality in Early Care and Education Classrooms · 2.07: Measuring High-Quality in Early Care and Education Classrooms
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Infant and Toddler Care and Development
Kim Laplante · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
In the contents: 7.03: Adverse Childhood Experiences · 13.03: Early Communication with Eye Gaze · 18.05: The Early Months of Social Development
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Child Growth & Development Remix 2026
Kim Martin · Copper Mountain College
In the contents: 01: Perspectives on Early Childhood · 1.01: Childhood Defined · 08: Early Childhood Development
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Introduction to Psychology (Lumen - Complete)
LibreTexts
In the contents: 4.04: Early PsychologyStructuralism and Functionalism · 12.08: Introduction to Stages of Development in Childhood · 12.10: Childhood- Physical and Cognitive Development
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The Developing Child
Heather Carter · Pittsburg State University
In the contents: 10.07: Promoting Creativity in Middle Childhood · 13.5.01: Early Research on Attachment · 14: Physical Development in Early Childhood
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TED 1200 - Child and Adolescent Development
Mary Y Bonnell · Prince George's Community College
In the contents: 04: Early Childhood · 4.01: Introduction to Early Childhood · 4.21: Childhood Stress and Development
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CCSF Nutrition Textbook: Introduction to Nutrition — Science and Everyday Application
Jonathan Siekmann · City College of San Francisco
In the contents: 12.03: Nutrition for Lactation in Early Infancy · 13: Nutrition During Childhood Adolescence and Older Age · 13.01: Lifespan Nutrition During Childhood and Adolescence
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PSYC 40: Lifespan Development
Michelle Pilati · Foothill College
In the contents: 05: Early Childhood · 5.01: Early Childhood - What Will You Learn · 5.02: Physical Development During Early Childhood
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Human Development Life Span (NWTC)
LibreTexts
In the contents: 02: Early Childhood · 2.01: Introduction to Early Childhood · 2.06: Childhood Stress and Development
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Child Developmental Psychology - Topical Approach
Bakhtawar Bhadha · Pasadena City College
In the contents: 8.02: Nutrition in early childhood · 8.03: Nutrition in middle childhood · 8.15: Illnesses and conditions in childhood
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A People’s History of Structural Racism in Academia
Susan Rahman, Prateek Sunder, and Dahmitra Jackson · CC ECHO
In the contents: 2.19: Early Childhood Education
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Developmental Planning in Preschool & Kindergarten
Amber Tankersley · Pittsburg State University
In the contents: 01: Foundations in Early Childhood Curriculum- Connecting Theory and Practice · 1.04: Incorporating 21st Century Technology in the Early Childhood Education
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Lifespan Development
OpenStax · LibreTexts
In the contents: 05: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood (Ages 3 to 6) · 5.01: Physical Health and Growth in Early Childhood · 5.02: Motor Development and Physical Skills in Early Childhood