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Actividades Clave Para el Desarrollo Motriz del Niño Preescolar
Phyllis S. Weikart
Spanish language version of a High/Scope manual on motor development for preschool children. High/Scope translation with some cultural and linguistic adaptations.
Languages Available:
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Spanish
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Format:
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Training manual and activities
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Purchasing Information:
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Editorial Trillas
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Length:
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136 pages
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Date:
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1997
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All the Way with the Mentor Program!
California Early Childhood Mentor Program
A videotape used for recruitment targeted at early childhood students from underrepresented groups. The videotape could also be used to introduce beginning and prospective students to the wide variety of training options. Includes a presenter's guide. Both videotape and guide are available in Spanish and English.
Languages Available:
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Spanish and English
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Format:
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Videotape and guide
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Purchasing Information:
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California Early Childhood Mentor Program
25555 Hesperian Blvd
Hayward, CA 94545
Telephone: 510-723-6638
Fax: 510-723-7515
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Length:
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Videotape is 25 minutes long
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Date:
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1995
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Ambientes Para el Aprendizaje Activo: Compendio de Lecturas
High/Scope translation with some cultural and linguistic adaptations.
Languages Available:
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Spanish
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Format:
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Training manual and activities
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Purchasing Information:
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Editorial Trillas
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Length:
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60 pages
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Date:
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1998
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Aprender a Vivir Juntos en la Escuela
Junta de Andalucía
Curriculum project for socio-personal development for early childhood and primary grades. Un proyecto para el desarrollo socio-personal en el primer ciclo de la educación primaria.
Languages Available:
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Spanish
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Format:
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Training manual available online in PDF format
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Purchasing Information:
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Junta de Andalucia
Convelería de Educación y Ciencia
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Length:
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90 pages
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Date:
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1992
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Aprendiendo con Inteligencia Emocional
Dr. Carmen Márquez de Alcalá
Curriculum guide focused on the socio-emotional development of young children.
Languages Available:
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Spanish
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Format:
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Training manual
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Purchasing Information:
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Capital General, Suite 606
Avenida Alterial Hostos, 239
Hato Rey, PR 00918
Telephone: 787-274-1998
E-mail: carmenmp@hotmail.com
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Length:
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259 pages
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Date:
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2001
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Bananas, Inc.
Downloadable information and activities for child care providers and parents. Lending library of videotapes in Spanish and English for Alameda County, California.
Languages Available:
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English, Spanish and other languages
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Format:
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Purchasing Information:
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Banana's Inc.
5232 Claremont Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618
Telephone: 510-658-7353
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The Child Care Group (Relationship-Centered Child Care)
Portfolios:
Families and Caregivers: Establishing Relationships
Families and Caregivers: Partnering with Parents
The Child's Experience in Care: Caring for Children in Family Groups
The Child's Experience in Care: Helping Each Child Feel Uniquely Cared About
The Child's Experience in Care: Creating a Home-Life Environment
Leadership: Achieving the Vision
These portfolios contain program guides, desk references, and samples of classroom materials. Each portfolio addresses a key component of Relationship-Centered Child Care.
Languages Available:
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English (soon available in Spanish)
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Format:
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CD-ROM
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Purchasing Information:
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The Child Care Group
Product Sales Department
1221 River Rend, Suite 250
Dallas, TX 75247
Toll-free: 1-888-824-4538
Fax: 214-905-2439
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Date:
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1999
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The Child's Experience In Care: Caring For Children In Family Groups
The Child Care Group
This guide focuses on ways to establish and manage family groups.
Languages Available:
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English
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Format:
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Training manual
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Purchasing Information:
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The Child Care Group
Product Sales Department
1221 River Rend, Suite 250
Dallas, TX 75247
Toll-free: 1-888-824-4538
Fax: 214-905-2439
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Length:
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78 pages, plus desk reference
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The Child's Experience In Care: Creating A Home-Like Environment
The Child Care Group
This guide offers information and tips on creating a more home-like environment for center-based child care and features many photographs to illustrate the design ideas presented.
Languages Available:
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English
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Format:
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Training manual, plus CD-ROM
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Purchasing Information:
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The Child Care Group
Product Sales Department
1221 River Rend, Suite 250
Dallas, TX 75247
Toll-free: 1-888-824-4538
Fax: 214-905-2439
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Length:
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84 pages, plus CD-ROM
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Child Health Record
Head Start
A record to document a child's complete health history including medical, dental, dietary and developmental information.
Languages Available:
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English and Spanish
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Format:
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Text
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Purchasing Information:
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Catalog No: 2 English; 2S Spanish
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Criando a Nuestros Niños: Educando a Niños Latinos en un Mundo Bicultural/Raising Nuestros Niños: Bringing Up Latino Children In A Bicultural World
Gloria G. Rodriguez
Languages Available:
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English and Spanish
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Format:
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Book
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Purchasing Information:
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AVANCE, Inc. Online Bookstore
Telephone: 210-270-4630
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Length:
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358 pages
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Date:
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1999
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Cuatro Pasos (Second Helping)
An Advanced Enrichment Course for Family Child Care Providers
Path Finders
32 hours of advanced training for family child care providers designed to enhance quality childcare and stimulate professional growth.
Languages Available:
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English and Spanish
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Format:
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Training manuals and trainers guide
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Purchasing Information:
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Path Finders
600 SW 29th Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
Telephone: 954-587-6735
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Length:
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4 manuals, 1 trainers guide, approximately 300 pages
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Date:
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1993
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El Currículo Creativo
Languages Available:
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English (with Spanish subtitles)
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Format:
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Videotape
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Purchasing Information:
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Teaching Strategies
P.O. Box 42243
Washington, D.C. 20015
Toll-free: 1-800-637-3652
Telephone: 202-362-7543
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Length:
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Videotape is 37 minutes long
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El Currículo Creativo Para Educación Preescolar
Diane Trister Dodge and Laura Colker
A comprehensive, child-development based curriculum that shows teachers how to create an effective learning environment for preschool and kindergarten children.
Languages Available:
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English and Spanish
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Format:
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Training manual
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Purchasing Information:
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Teaching Strategies
P.O. Box 42243
Washington, D.C. 20015
Toll-free: 1-800-637-3652
Telephone: 202-362-7543
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Length:
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380 pages
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El Currículo Creativo Para Niños de Cero a Tres Años
Amy L. Dombro, Laura J. Colker, and Diane Trister Dodge
Languages Available:
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English and Spanish
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Format:
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Training manual
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Purchasing Information:
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Teaching Strategies
P.O. Box 42243
Washington, D.C. 20015
Toll-free: 1-800-637-3652
Telephone: 202-362-7543
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Length:
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379 pages
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Un Currículo Integrado Para Preescolares
Carmen M. Cintrón de Esteves, María Isabel López de Cruz, and Germie Corujo Martinez
A complete training text for preschool and early childhood teachers and trainers
Languages Available:
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Spanish
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Format:
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Training manual and activities
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Purchasing Information:
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First Book Publishing of Puerto Rico
P.O. Box 22025
San Juan, PR 00931-2025
Telephone: 787-757-4020
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Length:
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389 pages
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Date:
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1997
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El Desarrollo del Lenguaje Oral
Asociación Mundial de Educadores Infantiles (AMEI)
Training program on language development, including activities for children 0-6.
Languages Available:
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Spanish
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Format:
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Online downloadable document
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Purchasing Information:
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Date:
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1998
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The Directors' Magazine
ChildCare Information Exchange
Languages Available:
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English
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Format:
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Magazine
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Purchasing Information:
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Child Care Information Exchange
P.O. Box 3249
Redmond, WA 98073
Toll-free: 1-800-221-2864
Fax: 425-867-5217
xchange.com" www.ChildCareExchange.com
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Early Childhood Training Workbook
Janet Gonzalez-Mena
Languages Available:
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English
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Format:
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Videotape
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Purchasing Information:
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Magna Systems, Inc.
101 North Virginia Street, Suite 105
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Toll-free: 1-800-203-7060
Fax: 815-459-4280
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Length:
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30 minutes
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Date:
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2001
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La Educación de los Niños Pequeños en Acción: Manual Para los Profesionales de la Educación Infantil
Mary Hohmann and David Weikart
Spanish language version of Educating Young Children: Active Learning practices for preschool and child care programs. High/Scope translation with some cultural and linguistic adaptations.
Languages Available:
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Spanish
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Format:
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Training manual
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Purchasing Information:
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Editorial Trillas
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Length:
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646 pages
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Date:
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1999
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Educating Young Children: Active Learning Practices for Preschool and Child Care Programs
M. Hohmann and D.P. Weikart
The complete manual based on High/Scope's approach to early childhood education. Covers all aspects of teaching and setting up an early childhood environment, including family involvement. High/Scope translation with some cultural and linguistic adaptations.
Languages Available:
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English and Spanish
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Format:
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Training Manual
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Purchasing Information:
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N-P1111 $39.95
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Length:
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560 pages
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Date:
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1995
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Enhancing the Skills of Early Childhood Trainers
Training of Trainers Training Pack
Kate Torkington with Cassie Landers
A five-part training pack using participatory training methods to engage early childhood professionals in practicing an active learning approach in a variety of cultural settings.
Languages Available:
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English
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Format:
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Training manual
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Purchasing Information:
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UNESCO Publishing
Sales Division
1 rue Miollis
70032 Paris Cedex 15, France
ISBN 92-3-103130-9: US$30
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Date:
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1995
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Estándares de Calidad para la Acreditación de NAFCCF
Languages Available:
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Spanish and English
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Format:
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Workbook
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Purchasing Information:
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The National Association for Family Child Care Foundation
525 SW 5th Street, Suite A
Des Moines, IA 50309-4501
Telephone: 515-282-8192
Fax: 515-282-9117
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Length:
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75 pages
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Date:
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1998
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Las Experiencias Clave de High Scope Para el Nivel Preescolar: Compendio de Lecturas
High/Scope translation with some cultural and linguistic adaptations.
Languages Available:
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Spanish
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Format:
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Training manual and activities
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Purchasing Information:
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Editorial Trillas
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Length:
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82 pages
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Date:
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1998
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La Guardería Infantil: Manual del Maestro
Janis Bey Dorr
Complete manual that can be used by center-based and family child care providers, covering all areas of care, including bilingual and cultural issues. Includes a bibliography of resources.
Languages Available:
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Spanish and English
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Format:
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Training manual
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Purchasing Information:
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Community Day Care Center of Lawrence, Inc.
190 Hampshire Street, Room 302
Lawrence, MA 01840
Telephone: 978-686-4288
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Length:
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207 pages
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Date:
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1986
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A Guide to Training Minority Child Care Workers
Susan Kalt Cortes and Jacqueline Lowe
Languages Available:
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English
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Format:
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Training manual
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Purchasing Information:
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Community Care Center of Lawrence, Inc.
190 Hampshire Street, Room 302
Lawrence, MA 01840
Telephone: 978-686-4288
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Length:
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52 pages plus an Appendix
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Date:
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1986
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El Hablar y el Jugar: El Lenguaje es la Clave (Talking and Play: Language is Key)
Angela Notari-Syverson, Mary Maddox, Kevin Cole
Addresses the needs of early childhood professionals and paraprofessionals who work with young children with language disabilities, including those from linguistic minority backgrounds.
Languages Available:
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English and Spanish
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Format:
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Videotape
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Purchasing Information:
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Washington Research Institute
150 Nickerson Street, Suite 305
Seattle, WA 98109
Telephone: 206-285-9317
Fax: 206-285-1523
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Date:
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1999
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Interacción Adulto-Niño: Compendio de Lecturas
High/Scope translation with some cultural and linguistic adaptations.
Languages Available:
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Spanish
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Format:
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Training manual and activities
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Purchasing Information:
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Editorial Trillas
PERLINK www.trillas.com.mx
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Length:
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76 pages
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Date:
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1998
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Introducción a la Literatura Infantil y Juvenil
Isabel Schon and Sarah Corona Berkin
A Spanish language children's literature book that presents different types of books and identifies the characteristics of a good book. Also contains a bibliography.
Languages Available:
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Spanish
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Format:
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Book
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Purchasing Information:
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International Reading Association
Toll-free: 1-800-336-7323, ext. 266
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Length:
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192 pages
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Date:
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1996
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Jugando en el Pidi: Active Learning, Early Child Development and Interactive Radio Instruction
Andrea Bosch and Cecilia Crespo
This program, developed for use in rural Latin America provides practical support to adult caregivers around early child development.
Languages Available:
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English and Spanish (with Quechua and Aymara)
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Format:
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Audiotape series (20) and guides
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Purchasing Information:
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Education Development Center, Inc.
1250 24th Street,NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20037
Telephone: 202-466-0540
Fax: 202-223-4059
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Date:
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1995
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Language Is the Key: A Multilingual Language Building Program for Young Children
Angela Notari-Syverson, Mary Maddox, and Kevin Cole
A training manual to accompany a series of videotapes on language development designed for early childhood educators and families working with young children with language disorders. Specifically targeted for children with diverse native languages.
Languages Available:
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Spanish, Korean, and English
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Format:
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Training manual and 2 videotapes
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Purchasing Information:
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Washington Research Institute
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Length:
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92 pages; each videotape is 20 minutes long
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Date:
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1999
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Linking Our Voices Facilitators Manual: A Training Program for Head Start Policy Councils
A videotape to prepare staff, community members, and families on how to become Policy Council members.
Languages Available:
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English and Spanish
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Format:
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Videotape, manual, and transparencies
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Purchasing Information:
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Catalog No: 601 English;
601S Spanish
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Date:
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1996
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Making a Difference: An Orientation Guide for Entry Level Teaching Staff
Tasha Davidson
This orientation manual is designed to give entry-level child care staff an overview of center operations and expectations.
Languages Available:
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Spanish and English
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Format:
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Training manual
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Purchasing Information:
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Child Care Careers Institute
165 Brookside Avenue
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Telephone: 617-522-0100
Fax: 617-522-3526
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Date:
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2001
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Making a Difference: A Supervisor's Manual
Costanza Eggers-Piérola
A companion to the staff orientation guide, this manual gives supervisors and center directors' tips for recruiting and supporting their Latino staff.
Languages Available:
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English
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Format:
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Training manual
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Purchasing Information:
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Child Care Careers Institute
165 Brookside Avenue
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Telephone: 617-522-0100
Fax: 617-522-3526
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Date:
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2001
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Mental Health in Head Start: It's Everybody's Business Discussion Guide
Head Start
This guide was developed to facilitate the effective use of the videotape. It provides an overview of the contents of the videotape and offers suggestions on how to introduce and discuss it with various audiences.
Languages Available:
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English and Spanish
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Format:
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Text
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Purchasing Information:
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Catalog No: 906-1 English; 906-1S Spanish
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Mental Health in Head Start: It's Everybody's Business-Videotape
Head Start
This videotape provides an overview of the Head Start Mental health program and discusses the development of positive activities for the mental well-being of staff, parents and children in the program. Local reproduction of the videotape is authorized.
Languages Available:
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English and Spanish
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Format:
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Videotape
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Purchasing Information:
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Catalog No: 906 English;
906S Spanish
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Multicultural Principles for Head Start Programs
Head Start
A booklet illustrating principles of multicultural practice for agencies to incorporate in their services for related children and families.
Languages Available:
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English and Spanish
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Format:
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Booklet
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Purchasing Information:
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Catalog No: 77 English;
77S Spanish
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Música Amiga-Pedagogía Creadora a Través de la Canción
Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy
A set of four audiocassette tapes, books and facilitators guide focusing on language acquisition and phonemic awareness thru Latin American song and poetry.
Languages Available:
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Spanish
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Format:
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Teacher's guide, 10 books, 10 audiocassette tapes
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Purchasing Information:
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Del Sol Publishing, Inc.
29257 Bassett Road
West Lake, OH 44145
Toll-free: 1-888-335-7651
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La Nueva Organización del Salón Como Estrategia Educativa
Diane Trister Dodge
Spanish-version of New Room Arrangements As a Teaching Strategy.
Languages Available:
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English and Spanish
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Format:
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Videotape and guide
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Purchasing Information:
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Teaching Strategies, Inc.
Toll free: 1-800-637-3652
Telephone: 202-362-7543
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Length:
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Videotape is 15 minutes long
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Perfil de Aplicación del Programa High Scope: Nivel Preescolar
High/Scope translation with some cultural and linguistic adaptations.
Languages Available:
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Spanish
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Format:
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Training manual and activities
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Purchasing Information:
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Editorial Trillas
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Length:
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48 pages
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Date:
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1998
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Primera Semana de la Creatividad Preescolar
Pierre Heron
A videotape presenting the activities of a preschool neighborhood program in Colombia designed to integrate creative development in the education of young children. Presenta las actividades realizadas en la Primera Semana de la Creatividad Preescolar en los barrios del suroriente de Santafé de Bogotá, evento organizado con dos objetivos fundamentales: Brindar un espacio de integración e intercambio para las diferentes modalidades de educación preescolar y reflexionar sobre la experiencia creativa, como elemento esencial para el desarrollo del niño.
Languages Available:
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Spanish
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Format:
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Videotape
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Purchasing Information:
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Attn: Johana Camargo Vargas
Centro de Investigaciones y Educación Popular (CINEP)
Cra 5 No 33A-08
Santafé de Bogotá Colombia
Telephone: 011-571-2858977
Fax: 011-571-2879089
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Length:
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Videotape is 13 minutes long
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Date:
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1991
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Program for Infant and Toddler Caregivers
WestEd
Handouts, guides, transparencies, and videotapes available in Spanish translation and in English on a variety of infant/toddler caregiving topics.
Languages Available:
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English and Spanish
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Format:
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Videotape, text, and transparencies
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Purchasing Information:
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California Department of Education (CDE)
CDE Press
Sales Office
P.O. Box 271
Sacramento, CA 95812-0271
Toll-free: 1-800-995-4099
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Raising Nuestros Niños/Bringing up Latino Children in a Bicultural World
Gloria G. Rodriguez
A comprehensive book about childrearing in the Latino culture, including traditions, tips for families and teachers to help the children's development, and understanding the role of the family and the community in a child's learning.
Languages Available:
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Spanish and English
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Format:
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Book
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Purchasing Information:
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AVANCE, Inc. Online Bookstore
Telephone: 210-270-4630
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Length:
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378 pages
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Date:
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1999
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La Rutina Diaria: Compendio de Lecturas
High/Scope translation with some cultural and linguistic adaptations.
Languages Available:
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Spanish
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Format:
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Training manual and activities
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Purchasing Information:
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Editorial Trillas
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Length:
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80 pages
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Date:
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1998
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Second Report of the Bilingual Instructors' Study Group
Margarita Perez and Ana Vaisenstein
Contains a pre-college curriculum to improve literacy skills in Spanish within the context of early childhood.