Resources

Listed below are additional resources that will provide more information about early

childhood education. An asterisk(*) denotes a reference used for development of Virginia’s Foundation Blocks for Early Learning.

Adams, M. J., Foorman, B. R., Lundberg, I., Beeler, T. (1997). Phonemic awarenessin young children: A classroom curriculum.Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.

Anderson, R. C., Hiebert, E. H., Scott, J. A., Wilkinson, I. A. G. (1985). Becoming a nation of readers: The report of the commission on reading.Champaign, IL:Center for the Study of Reading, Washington, DC: National Institute of Education.

Armbuster, B. B., Lehr, F., Osborn, J. (2001). Put reading first: The researchbuilding blocks for teaching children to read.Washington, DC: National Institutefor Literacy, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and U.S.Department of Education.*

Burns, M. S., Griffin, P., Snow, C. (Eds.). (1999). Starting out right: A guide to promoting children’s reading success. Washington, DC: NationalAcademy Press.*

Clements, D. H., Sarama, J., DiBiase, A. M. (Eds.). (in press). Engaging youngchildren in mathematics: Findings of the 2000 National Conference on Standards for Preschool and Kindergarten Mathematics Education. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.*

Copley, J. V. (2000). The young child and mathematics. Washington, DC: NationalAssociation for the Education of Young Children.*

Dichetelmiller, M., Jablon, J., Marsden, D., Meisels, S. (2001).The work sampling system preschool through third grade omnibus guidelines.New York: Rebus.*

Early Childhood-Head Start Task Force. (2002). Teaching our youngest: A guide for preschool teachers and child-care and family providers.Washington, DC: U.S.Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.*

International Reading Association. (2001). Second language literacy instruction.Newark, DE: International Reading Association.*

Kilpatrick, J., Swafford, J., & French, B., (Eds.). (2001). Adding it up.Center for Education Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council. Washington, DC: NationalAcademy Press.*

McCall, R. M., & Craft, D. H.(2000).Moving with a purpose:Developingprograms for preschoolers of all abilities.Champaign, IL:Human Kinetics.*

MyTeachingPartner. (2004).Building language, literacy, and social relationships.Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia.Available online at

National Association for the Education of Young Children. (2002). Early childhood mathematics: Promoting good beginnings. Joint position statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.

National Association for the Education of Young Children. (1995). Responding to linguistic andcultural diversity recommendations for effective early childhood education.Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.*

National Association for Sport and Physical Education. (2000).Appropriatepractices in movement for youngchildren ages three-five.Washington, DC:American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.*

National Council for Social Studies for Early Childhood and Elementary School ChildrenPreparing for the 21st Century. (1988).A report from NCSS task force on earlychildhood/elementary social studies.Silver Spring, MD:NationalCouncil for the Social Studies.*

National Council of Teachers of Math. (2000). Principles and standards for school mathematics.Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.*

National Reading Panel. (2000). Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction.Washington, DC: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.*

National Research Council. (1996).National Science Education Standards.WashingtonDC:NationalAcademy Press.

National Science Teacher Association. (1998).NSTA pathways to the sciencestandards:Guidelines for moving the vision into practice (elementary ed.).Arlington, VA:National Science Teacher Association.

Neuman, S. B., Copple, C.,Bredekamp, S. (2000). Learning to read and write: Developmentally appropriate practices for young children.Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Neuman, S. B.,Dickinson, D. K. (2001).Handbook of early literacy research.New York: Guilford Press.

Raver, C., Knitzer, J. (2002).Ready to enter:What research tells policymakers about strategies to promote social and emotional school readiness among three and four-year old children.New York: NationalCenter for Children in Poverty.*

Snow, C. E., Burns, M. S.,Griffin, P. (Eds.). (1998). Preventing reading difficulties in young children.Washington, DC: NationalAcademy Press.*

Zins, J. (2004).Building academic success on social and emotional learning: What does the research say?New York:Teachers Press, Columbia University.*