Resources for School-Age Children

Family Child Care Cognitive Development Lesson 7 Apply Resources for School-Age Children Create Your Own	WWW.VIRTUALLABSCHOOL.ORG ACTIVITY ID: 19856 Name Certifier Date
There are many resources to help you be more culturally competent and responsive in your program. Explore each resource provided below. Then, in the spaces below, identify two resources or ideas from the resources which are new to you. Share these resources or ideas with your trainer, or coach, family child care administrator. Children's Books That Teach Respect, Kindness, and Empathy This list can offer ideas for enriching your classroom library. It is compiled by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/booklists/?booklistId=4 The Internet TESL Journal: For Teachers of English as a Second Language This journal offers articles, research papers, lesson plans, classroom handouts, teaching ideas, and links for teachers that work with English Language Learners. Many of the lesson plans, classroom handouts, and teaching ideas can easily be adapted for your specific programmatic activities. http://iteslj.org Language Castle This website, blog, and book (Many Languages, One Classroom: Teaching Dual and English Language Learners) offer suggestions for supporting school aged children who are learning English. https://languagecastle.com/ HeadStart.gov: Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness While the focus of this website is on early childhood providers many of the resources are also relevant for school aged children. This website has a variety of tools. This includes a downloadable Program Preparedness Checklist: Serving Dual Language Learners and their Families. It also offers information on appropriate assessment, planning, and teaching of children who are learning English. https://www.headstart.gov/culture-language Reading Rockets: Articles Related to English Language Learners Reading Rockets is a national multimedia literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. This specific page provides a wealth of information about how to best serve the literacy needs of English Language Learners. https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/english-language-learners Teaching Exceptional Children This is a journal designed specifically for teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, and other practitioners who work with children and youth with disabilities or who are gifted. The journal publishes articles that share innovative and successful methods and materials based on current evidence-based practice for use in a wide variety of educational programs and settings. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/tcx New Resource or Idea #1: New Resource or Idea #2:

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There are many resources to help you be more culturally competent and responsive in your program. Explore each resource provided below. Then, in the spaces below, identify two resources or ideas from the resources which are new to you. Share these resources or ideas with your trainer, or coach, family child care administrator.

Children's Books That Teach Respect, Kindness, and Empathy

This list can offer ideas for enriching your classroom library. It is compiled by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/booklists/?booklistId=4

The Internet TESL Journal: For Teachers of English as a Second Language

This journal offers articles, research papers, lesson plans, classroom handouts, teaching ideas, and links for teachers that work with English Language Learners. Many of the lesson plans, classroom handouts, and teaching ideas can easily be adapted for your specific programmatic activities.
http://iteslj.org

Language Castle

This website, blog, and book (Many Languages, One Classroom: Teaching Dual and English Language Learners) offer suggestions for supporting school aged children who are learning English.
https://languagecastle.com/

HeadStart.gov: Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness

While the focus of this website is on early childhood providers many of the resources are also relevant for school aged children. This website has a variety of tools. This includes a downloadable Program Preparedness Checklist: Serving Dual Language Learners and their Families. It also offers information on appropriate assessment, planning, and teaching of children who are learning English.
https://www.headstart.gov/culture-language

Reading Rockets: Articles Related to English Language Learners

Reading Rockets is a national multimedia literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. This specific page provides a wealth of information about how to best serve the literacy needs of English Language Learners.
https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/english-language-learners

Teaching Exceptional Children

This is a journal designed specifically for teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, and other practitioners who work with children and youth with disabilities or who are gifted. The journal publishes articles that share innovative and successful methods and materials based on current evidence-based practice for use in a wide variety of educational programs and settings.
http://journals.sagepub.com/home/tcx