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Children 7/e Book Cover
Children, 7/e
John W. Santrock, University of Texas, Dallas
Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Web Links (Referenced in Text Margins)

Symbolic Thinking
(http://www.sesameworkshop.org/oops/0,1451,bert,00.html)

Explore young children's symbolic thinking during the early childhood years.
Lev Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist
(http://www.angelfire.com/on/pisd/archive/ILIKETHINKINGABOUTHINGSITKEEPSMEGOINGITSALLIHAVE... )

Vygotsky Links
(http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/chp.html)

Provides lists of various remote and local articles related to Vygotsky in both the cultural and historical contexts of psychology.
Scaffolding
(http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/scaffolding.html)

Read about the application of scaffolding to learning and the Internet, scaffolding and Vygotsky's theory, and constructivist exercises.
Cognitive Apprenticeship
(http://borg.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/v33n3/duncan.html)

Evaluates the importance of using a cognitive apprenticeship approach in classroom instruction. Includes applications to industrial and technical education.
Children's Eyewitness Testimony
(http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/gillund/eyewitness/p340conn.html)

Language Development
(http://www.healthtouch.com/)

Read about speech and language development from 4 to 6 years of age, provided by the American Speech - Language - Hearing Association (ASLHA).

(Please note, to locate this specific article, type in "Language Development" under the search option.)
Pragmatic Language
(http://www.kidsource.com/asha/language_tips.html)

Provides pragmatic language tips, examines adaptive language use, and evaluates conversation and narration skills in young children.
Literacy
(http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ECI/newsletters/97fall/)

Read about early childhood development and the America Reads Challenge, family literacy studies, parents as teachers, prevention of reading problems in children, and many more literacy topics.
Children's Writing
(http://www.naeyc.org/resources/position_statements/psread4.htm)

Supporting Young Children's Writing
(http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/ENCOURAGING_WRITING.html)

Early Childhood Education
(http://www.ume.maine.edu/ECEOL-L/)

Early Childhood Education Resources
(http://webster.commnet.edu/webpicks/weblist/educ_list.htm)

Reggio Emilia
(http://ericeece.org/reggio.html)

NAEYC
(http://www.naeyc.org/)

The web site of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) with information about this organization and position statements on many topics, such s curriculum guidelines, learning to read and write, prevention of child abuse, school readiness, technology and young children, and developmentally appropriate practice.
High/Scope: Active Learning
(http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EPTW/eptw11/eptw11e.html)

Read about the importance of emphasis on young children as active learners, who construct knowledge, which is underscored in the High/Scope approach to early childhood education.
Head Start Resources
(http://www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb/)

Links to a number of sites with information about Project Head Start and the education of at-risk children.
Poverty and Learning
(http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed357433.html)

This ERIC Digest report covers how many children are in poverty, what the costs are, and other issues.
Early Childhood Care and Education Around the World
(http://www.education-world.com/early_childhood/)









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