It is the intention of the Lolie Eccles Early Education Center to provide additional support and resources that you and your children may thrive. Here are links to some resources for further education, as well as a few specific articles that are important to our early childhood community.
- NAEYC for Families
- Healthy Children by the American Academy of Pediatrics
- U.S. Department of Education Early Learning Resources
- PBS Parents
- Early Childhood News
- The Children’s Center
Play Is Important for Learning
- Play and Children’s Learning
- How to support children’s approaches to learning? Play with them!
- 5 Essentials to Meaningful Play
- Back to Basics: Play in Early Childhood
- Want to get your kids into college? Let them play!
Learning & Development
- Teaching Emotional Intelligence in Early Childhood
- Building Social and Emotional Skills at Home
- Read Together to Support Early Literacy
- Uncharted Territory: Ten Technology Tips for Preschool Parents
Dealing with Difficult Things
- Dreading that day care drop-off? Here at 8 tips to make it easier.
- Reality Bites: Biting at the Center
- Dealing with Tragic Events: Advice from Fred Rogers
Mission Moments
The YWCA’s Lolie Eccles Early Education Center is committed to creating spaces in our classrooms that are inclusive, diverse, and representative of our broader community. We welcome families of all kinds, and prioritize the following principles and learning.
- Reading Your Way to a Culturally Responsive Classroom
- Gender Identity and Expression in the Early Childhood
- Classroom: Influences on Development within Sociocultural Contexts
- Supporting Gay and Lesbian Families in the Early Childhood Classroom