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resources for Christian education of children under the age of 6 years


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    Adventist EDGE - Southern Union Conference Kindergarten-Grade 12
    The NAD Southern Union's Office of Education website includes resources for administration, early childhood, elementary, secondary, distance learning, and library/information services.

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    Pacific Union Early Childhood Education and Care Resources Preschool-Grade 2
    The Pacific Union Conference Office of Education has developed an Early Childhood Education and Care Division. Website information is specifically targeted for Seventh-day Adventist early childhood programs and professionals. Resources include: Enrichment...

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    Adventist Early Childhood Education Preschool-Grade 2
    Should Adventist formal education include pre-schools? The author thoughtfully discusses factors that impact decision making regarding early childhood education in the light of current research, and the Adventist philosophy of education. An overview worth...

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    Adventist Elementary Education - Our Fathers Plan for No Child Left Behind Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This devotional takes a fresh look at what God's plan is for No Child Left Behind in our Adventist Elementary education.

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    Building Enrollment in the Early Childhood Program Preschool-Kindergarten
    Enrollment is the life blood of an early childhood program. These 2012 NAD presentation handouts include a call log for prospective parents, census sheets, classroom evaluation forms, and a parent preschool evaulation form.

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    Cooking up a Marketing Plan 0-2 years-Kindergarten
    What better time to attract prospective students than before they are of school age? Schools already have nearly all the necessary facilities, so offering preschool activities, classes, and groups is an excellent low-cost way to attract area families and provide a positive introduction to the school's offerings.

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    Early Childhood Developmental Learning Standards 0-2 years-Preschool
    "The North American Division Early Childhood Developmental Learning Standards outline benchmarks and skills that young children acquire during the birth-to-five-year period. These standards were developed through a Seventh-day Adventist world view...

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    Early Childhood Education - Risk Management Loss Control Guidelines 0-2 years-Preschool
    According this comprehensive guide's statement of purpose, "the purpose of the standards contained in this document is to provide minimum guidelines of health and safety to be followed in the operation of Seventh-day Adventist early childhood programs."

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    Early Childhood Education and Care - General Session 0-2 years-Preschool
    This 2018 NAD convention ECEC session involved "brain research and how it relates to the mental and spiritual formation in children." The file is titled Making a Difference - The Brain, Jesus and Early Childhood!

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    Early Childhood Education and Care Start-up Kit 0-2 years-Preschool
    Published by the Atlantic Union Conference, this 196 page document contains information, lists, sample forms, and more related to starting up an early childhood education center.

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    Early Childhood Education Start Up Package 0-2 years-Preschool
    Provided by the Southern Union Office of Education, this 38-page document provides guidelines for the opening of an early childhood education and care program. A similar Spanish version is also available.

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    ECE Checklist for Program Evaluation 0-2 years-Preschool
    From the Pacific Union Conferences, this checklist is for the evaluation of early childhood education programs.

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    ECE Daily Sheets 0-2 years-Preschool
    Provided by the Pacific Union Conference, these daily sheets can be used to ensure communication between providers and families.

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    ECE Director Evaluation - Teacher Perceptions of Director Sample 0-2 years-Preschool
    This twelve-item sample form can be given to early childhood education teachers in order to collect their perceptions of the center director.

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    ECE Program Starter Packet - Columbia Union Conference 0-2 years-Preschool
    Although specific to early childhood education centers in the Columbia Union Conference, this guide will help those considering starting up their own program.

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    ECE Sample Parent Handbook - Pacific Union 0-2 years-Preschool
    From the Pacific Union Conference, this is an example of a comprehensive parent handbook for use in early childhood education programs.

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    ECE Sample Parents' Handbook - Southern Union 0-2 years-Preschool
    Use this comprehensive document as an example while creating your own handbook for center families.

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    ECEC Staff Evaluation Sample 0-2 years-Preschool
    Designed for employees of early childhood education centers, this comprehensive sample form could be used as a check list when observing and/or as a self-evaluation and evaluation form.

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    ECEC: Achieving Excellence Through Continuous Improvement and Quality Assurance 0-2 years-Preschool
    This review of the Seventh-day Adventist accreditation tools for Early Childhood Education convers topics such as purpose, plan, practice, and product.

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    Growing with Early Childhood Education Kindergarten-Grade 2
    In this TEACH Journal article, the author becomes conscious of the changes that have affected not only early childhood education, but also herself.

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    Growing Your Preschool Program - First Impressions Count! 0-2 years-Preschool
    From the 2018 NAD convention, "this presentation looks at all of the following areas of an ECEC program and how each impacts first impressions: What to ask prespective parents on the telephone, on-line presence, tour of the program and classrooms, curb...

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    Guidance Techniques That Work 0-2 years-Grade 4
    Adapted from a Texas Childcare Quarterly article, this article outlines techniques that help a teacher distract and redirect children so children are more likely to make good decisions about how to act in certain situations.

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    Health and Safety Standards - Seventh-day Adventist Early Childhood Programs 0-2 years-Preschool
    This document contains rationale and detailed standards in the area of health and safety as well as physical environment.

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    I Am Going to Video You! Behavioural Management in Early Childhood Settings 0-2 years-Grade 3
    This TEACH Journal article lays out excellent discipline strategies for early childhood education teachers.

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    JAE Editorial: Early Childhood Education Preschool-Grade 1
    In this guest editorial, Linda Caviness addresses the importance of focussing on early childhood education. This issue provides information for early childhood educators, while affirming the importance of the mother as the primary educator. Articles include:...

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    Living and Learning Preschool-Grade 2
    Living and Learning is a compilation of worship stories for young children. This devotional contains stories that share lessons about faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, love, and much more. Each short reading...

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    Maximising the Potential of the Third Teacher - Indoor Developmental Play Environments - 3-8 years Preschool-Grade 2
    The educators of Reggio Emilia call the environment the "third teacher" because it "speaks to children about what they can do, how and where they can do it and how they can work together" (Paiman & Terrani, 1998, p.1). They...

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    New Ways to Talk About Children Preschool-Grade 6
    This chart will help you "think of positive sides of qualities that are often assumed to be problems in classrooms. As you go through the process, you will experience the renewal of your sense of the child’s potential. Children prosper in our...

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    Parent Conference Summary Sheet Preschool-Grade 2
    Designed for early childhood education but also useful in elementary, this sheet will help teachers organize their thoughts in preparation for parent teacher conferences.

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    Parent Teacher Conference Suggestions for the Teacher Preschool-Grade 2
    Intended for early childhood education teachers, these tips will also help elementary teachers prepare to meet with parents in a respectful and productive manner.

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    Pre-kindy Purposes, Benefits and Strengths - Reflections During Maternity Leave 0-2 years-Kindergarten
    "This paper seeks to explore the purpose, benefits and strengths of [preschool] programs by focusing on one teacher’s reflections on her experience teaching in a highly multi-cultural, city ASA primary school’s pre-kindy."

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    Preschool Progress Report Preschool
    This comprehensive progress report form covers spiritual, physical, and personal development, as well as classroom work/play habits, computer skills, health and safety, and readiness skills.

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    Promoting Critical Thinking in Early Childhood - Inquiring Minds Want to Know 0-2 years-Kindergarten
    Lee explains the importance and benefits of understanding how young children develop inquiry skills, and notes that “if we, as educators, can harness the natural curiosity of children, we will help them develop critical thinking skills and facilitate...

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    Read Aloud - Why It Can Change You and Your Classroom 0-2 years-Grade 8
    Reading aloud to your students will change their lives in ways that seem too incredible to be real. Based on Mem Fox’s Reading Magic, this 2012 NAD Teachers Convention presentation challenges teachers to make this part of their classroom routine and...

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    Reflections on a Secure Attachment 0-2 years-Kindergarten
    "Relationship provides the grounds for our continued existence. Supportive relationships based on protection and comfort in times of distress provides optimum foundations for individuals to grow and learn. Crucial relationships in early years are usually...

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    School or Center Safety and Emergency Comprehensive Plan Template - Southern Union 0-2 years-Grade 12
    Use this detailed document to form your own safety/emergency plan for a school or early childhood education program.

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    Signed and Sealed, but Not Delivered - A Socio-Political View of the Promises and Trials of Universal Education Tertiary-Lifelong
    "The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has prioritized the issue of equal access to education. That priority includes the empowerment of women through girls’ education and gender equality, education in emergencies and post-crisis education,...

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    Sing a Song of Special Days - Using Multiple Intelligences with Mixed-age Grouping Preschool-Grade 2
    Spaulding writes of the benefits of using mixed age grouping to help students develop leadership and empathy for others. Integrating Howard Gardner’s Eight Multiple Intelligences with mixed-age grouping, Spaulding provides practical suggestions for “special...

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    STEM for Preschool & Early Childhood Preschool-Grade 1
    View the presentation of this 2018 NAD convention breakout session for "ways to incorporate STEM into your program...see how one educator has effectively integrated STEM into her Early Childhood classroom by purchasing inexpensive STEM materials that...

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    Teachers' Perception of Preschool Play in Urban and Suburban Schools in Montemorelos, Mexico 0-2 years-Kindergarten
    Although there is no doubt about the importance of play for the healthy and complete development of preschool children, different social, political and educational forces seem to conspire in favor of forgetting play at the preschool level and replacing it...

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    Teachers' Perception of the Process of School Integration of Children with Special Educational Needs 0-2 years-Kindergarten
    School integration of children with special educational needs is a current and valid practice. However, there are still strong obstacles to its full implementation, since accepting diversity implies a transformation of institutional cultures and educational...

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    The Education of Jesus - A Model for Our Times Kindergarten-Tertiary
    The Holy Scriptures do not give us much information about the education and childhood of Jesus Christ. However, the little data that the Gospels provide us with and the help of archaeological discoveries are sufficient to recreate how the instruction of the...

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    To Be or Not to Be: Adventist Early Childhood Education Preschool-Grade 1
    Christine Gillan answers the frequently asked question, "Are we ignoring Ellen White's counsel in providing early childhood education and day care centers?"

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    Totally Tots Blog Preschool-Grade 3
    While this blog is named to focus on early childhood education, it includes sections that teachers can use for all elementary classrooms. Sign up for an e-mail notice to get weekly ideas, or check out the “Crafty Corner” or “Simply Made”...

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    Transforming Urban Communities One Child at a Time 0-2 years-Kindergarten
    This article describes an innovative approach to early-childhood education using Creation Kids Village as a model (the outreach ministry of the Celebration Adventist Church in Orlando, Florida). In presenting this model, the authors seek “to stimulate...

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    When the Whole World Was Talking - World Forum on Early Care and Education, 2009 0-2 years-Grade 4
    The author reflects on the significance and weight of the conversations held at the Eighth World Forum on Early Care and Education. Children are our future and how they are treated and educated in their early years begins to mark out a path for them.

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    Why Should Our Children Study in an Adventist School? Grade 5-Lifelong
    In 1880, a teacher in Oakland, California, remarked to the White couple, who hoped to establish a small school in that city: "If the parents knew the wickedness that is practiced here, there would be a fear that neither you nor I can imagine." Today,...

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    Working with Challenging Behaviors in Preschool 0-2 years-Kindergarten
    Read the presentation of this 2018 NAD convention breakout session, which identified "typical behaviors of preschool ages based on the work of Dr. Arnold Gesell in order to identify atypical behaviors. Presenter [discussed] several philosophies of behavior...