Monday, December 03, 2007
Zero to Three...
When was the last time you visited the Zero to Three website? Never been there? Allow me to introduce you to a great resource for both parents and early care professionals.
Zero to Three is a national nonprofit multidisciplinary organization that advances our mission by informing, educating and supporting adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers. Their mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families.
There is a great deal of information, news, and articles about children aged (you guessed it) zero to three.
I encourage you to register at this site to take advantage of all the resources. There are a couple of resources that I specifically want to point out...
First is the Baby Brain Map. The Brain Map was adapted in 2006 by ZERO TO THREE from BrainWonders, a collaborative project (1998-2001) between Boston University School of Medicine, Erikson Institute and ZERO TO THREE.
To use the map, you need to select an age range from the pull-down menu and click on it. Depending on the age range, different hotspots on the brain will appear. Click on a hotspot to reveal questions to find out how a baby's brain develops during this period of brain growth. You'll also learn what you can do to enrich a very young child's development. This is a wonderful tool for finding answers to all types of developmental questions.
The second tool I want to point out is the School Readiness Interactive. This is a new interactive learning tool designed to help parents and caregivers encourage their young children's early learning.
This Tool Includes:
When was the last time you visited the Zero to Three website? Never been there? Allow me to introduce you to a great resource for both parents and early care professionals.
Zero to Three is a national nonprofit multidisciplinary organization that advances our mission by informing, educating and supporting adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers. Their mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families.
There is a great deal of information, news, and articles about children aged (you guessed it) zero to three.
I encourage you to register at this site to take advantage of all the resources. There are a couple of resources that I specifically want to point out...
First is the Baby Brain Map. The Brain Map was adapted in 2006 by ZERO TO THREE from BrainWonders, a collaborative project (1998-2001) between Boston University School of Medicine, Erikson Institute and ZERO TO THREE.
To use the map, you need to select an age range from the pull-down menu and click on it. Depending on the age range, different hotspots on the brain will appear. Click on a hotspot to reveal questions to find out how a baby's brain develops during this period of brain growth. You'll also learn what you can do to enrich a very young child's development. This is a wonderful tool for finding answers to all types of developmental questions.
The second tool I want to point out is the School Readiness Interactive. This is a new interactive learning tool designed to help parents and caregivers encourage their young children's early learning.
This Tool Includes:
- Core information about how children develop school readiness skills and how parents and care givers can nuture and support these skills in young children.
- Video clips that show children learning these skills through everyday interactions with their parents.
- Parent-child activities which provide fun ideas for helping children develop school readiness skills.
- Frequently asked questions that offer answers to common questions about learning.
Lots of information on this site. Make sure to search through the "Professionals" section and check out all the articles that are available. Bookmark this site as one of your favorites. I'm sure that you will find plenty that you will want to use.
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 5:49 PM 
