Mill Valley School District

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Resource

Curriculum Units 

NYC Pre-K Units of Study

Boston Public Schools K1 Units of Study 

Literacy

Video-based courses: Cox Campus: Literacy, Meaningful Conversations, Language, dual-language, interactions, brain-building

Book: Literacy Beginning: Fountas & Pinnell 

Blog Post: NAEYC: Promoting Preschoolers’ Emergent Writing 

Blog Post: NAEYC: Preschool Interactive Writing Instruction: Inviting Emergent Writers to Share the Pen

Book: The Literacy Continuum- Expanded Edition  (F&P)

Math

Website: DREME (Development and Research in Early Math Education)-Stanford Univ.

Website: Erikson Institute Early Math Collaborative

(Videos, teaching strategies, and professional learning  resources)

Social and Emotional Learning and Development

Books:

• Conscious Discipline: Building Resilient Classrooms (Becky Bailey)
• Reaching and Teaching Children Exposed to Trauma (Sorrels)

Websites:

• CSEFEL (Center on the Social/Emotional Foundations for Early Learning) National Teaching Pyramid
  • Self-paced modules
  • Training KIts 
• Social Stories in Special Education - Watson Institute 
• Conscious Discipline
• National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (Pyramid)

Classroom Environment

Book: The Learning Center Book (Isbell)

Child and Brain Development

Book: Yardsticks: Child and Adolescent Development Ages 4 - 14 ( Wood)

Websites:

• English – All About Young Children (website on development by months)
• Preschool Least Restrictive Environment Part B (preschool special ed planning support by PLF domains)

Playing to Learn

Book:

• Purposeful Play (Mraz, Porcelli and Tyler)
• The Learning Center Book (Isbell)

Videos:

• Characteristics of playful experiences that lead to deeper learning on Vimeo (Video-characteristics of play to learn experiences)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RutPXAwy8w (video-plan, do, review)
• Using Literature To Teach Math (using literature to teach math)

Article:

• Academics vs. Play: The False Dilemma That Some Principals Face | NAEYC (academics v. play)

Teacher-Child Interactions

Books: 

• Coaching with Powerful Interactions (Judy Jablon)
• The Intentional Teacher (Epstein)

Videos

• Supporting Oral Language Development in a Language-Rich Environment

One-hour webinars:

• Teacher-Child Interactions: The Key to Learning!
• Feedback Loops with Teachers and Children: The Parallel Process in Action

Assessment

Books:

• The Power of Observation: Birth to Age 8 
• California Preschool Learning Foundations - Child Development (CA Dept of Education)

General

PBS Teaching Preschoolers Resources

Pre-Kindergarten | Florida Center for Reading Research

Classroom Videos (Pre-K, Bilingual Pre-K, K, Bilingual K)