Linda's ECE World

Hello there hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend.

I did some thinking over the weekend because I was in bed sick I had the time to do that .  I decided to post my blog early  in the week so everyone would have time to respond.  I checked out the blogs I wanted to read and no one had posted to them until late Sunday night.  So I decided to work backward on the assignment list and do the blog first.  

This week we are to look through the web site and  explore the possibilities of what is posted there.  I like the National Institute for Early Education Research URL- http://www.nieer.org   There are many pages to this site all of them of  interest to me.  This week I looked at the teachers pages and the special education pages.  I am very interested in special ed for young children because I don't feel they get the notice they need and interventions are often delayed into grade school which means these kids fall behind.   There are two pages of articles under the special ed tab.  I have my weekend reading all prepared for me with this site. There are briefs as well as policy reports and a link to The Handbook On Early Childhood Intervention.  The handbook is pricey but something I believe every preschool teacher who is interested in special education should have access to.  I'm a bookaholic so I usually buy the texts I want for myself. 

The other page that I found interesting was the teacher page.  As with the other page there are research position papers, newsletters and policy briefs all about and for teachers.  I found a good paper discussing the thoughts about the degrees a teacher is to have to teach ECE, AA vs BA. and really what teachers need to know vs what they learn in a degree program.  It is quite informative.  Am I going to tell you what is in it?  No because you need to check this site out for yourself.  

Have a great week and thanks for visiting.