Werklund School of Education
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Early Childhood Education
Child Development and Early Childhood Education
From the ASCCC OER Initiative (Academic Senate for California Community Colleges).
Licence: CC BY-NC
Child, Family, and Community – Spring 2021 version
This textbook is a presentation of how and why children grow, develop, and learn including how we change physically over time from conception through adolescence. It has been shared via Google Drive. Other versions and formats of this resource are available.
Licence: CC BY
ECE Textbook Collection (English and Spanish)
CDTC has made available in Spanish five of the CAP 8 ECE course textbooks. College of the Canyons (through the Open Educational Resources) provided the English textbooks used for translation (Description from website).
Licence: CC BY
EDU 109 – Music for the Young Child
From Hostos Community College, this book takes a holistic approach to the study of music, drawing from diverse fields such as music education, ethnomusicology, sociology, and cognitive sciences. The book takes into account many different perspectives on a child’s development rather than approaching it by focusing on only one subject.
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
The ELC – An Early Childhood Learning Community at Work
The ELC professional development model was designed to improve the quality of teacher candidates’ Practicum field placements and align teaching in field placements with Learning Standards used in the teacher education program.
Licence: CC BY-NC
Infant and Toddler Education and Care (LibreTexts)
This text on Infant and Toddler Education and Care is available through LibreTexts.
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Introduction to Careers in Child Development
This book contains academic and career information in the field of early childhood education and child development. It can be used as a textbook for child development and related courses.
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Introduction to Childhood Studies (LibreTexts)
Introduction to key concepts in the study of childhood from multidisciplinary perspectives. It examines the historical and socio-cultural constructions of “the child” and childhood, exploring topics such as child development, cultural notions of adolescence, children as social agents, children’s rights and challenges facing children in both local and global contexts.
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Introduction to Curriculum for Early Childhood Education (LibreTexts)
Learn how to effectively plan curriculum for young children.
Licence: CC BY
Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education (LibreTexts)
This text focuses on the appropriate use of a variety of assessment and observation strategies to document child development and behaviour. Child observations will be conducted and analyzed.
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Parenting and Family Diversity Issues
This book has been created for students and all individuals who work with children and families (e.g., educators, parents, caregivers, direct suppor