Early+Childhood

=Resources=

**[|Early Language Development Standards]**
WIDA is pleased to release the E-ELD Standards for use by early childhood practitioners, including child care, Head Start, preschool/prekindergarten educators, and caregivers.The purpose of the E-ELD standards is to provide a developmentally sound framework for supporting, instructing, and assessing dual language learners (DLLs), ages 2.5-5.5 years

[|Advancing the Language Skills of Young Latino Children] Fresh Evidence: What Works, New Journalism on Latino Children
===[|Expanding and Improving Early Education for Hispanics] **National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics**, La Comisión Nacional para la Educación de la Niñez Hispana===

[|Resources for Supporting Preschool ELLs] This list of resources was developed by ISBE to help support preschool teachers with ELLs.
==[|Resources for Preschool teachers collected by Colorin Colorado] This site has a webinar series related to teaching ELLs and multiple links for both teachers and parents. There are many resources available in Spanish as well as links to other parent resources in multiple languages.== =[|8 Strategies for Preschool ELLs' Language and Literacy Development]by Karen Ford from Colorin Colorado= ==[|Strategies for Diverse English Language Learners: Preschoo]l Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld Professor of TESOL Molloy College==

[|Addressing Emergent Literacy Skills in English-Language Learners]
This feature article by Maria Adelaida Restrepo & Mary Towle-Harmon in ASHA Leader, Sept. 23, 2008 was recommended by Tricia Blanco.
 * [|Reading Tips for Parents of Preschoolers] **

By: Reading Rockets This resource includes PDF tip sheets for parents written in multiple languages
==[|White Teacher Second Edition] Vivian Gussin Paley This book written based on the experiences of a "white teacher" teaching low income African Americans promotes insight and gives strategies for teaching minority students.==