Links

The following links are intended to help people that wish to learn more about child care and early education in Mansfield.

• Mansfield Public Library 
• Great Kids CT
• Mansfield Board of Education
• Community Conversations 
• Connecticut Department of Education
• Discovery 2011 - An Initiative of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund 
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
• Eastern Connecticut State University E-Clips: #1  Five Predictors of Early Literacy
• Eastern Connecticut State University E-Clips: #2  Introducing Technology to Young Children
• Eastern Connecticut State University E-Clips: #3  Involving Families
• Eastern Connecticut State University E-Clips: #4  The Importance of Play
• Eastern Connecticut State University E-Clips: #5  Guiding Young Children's Behavior
• Eastern Connecticut State University E-Clips: #6  Supporting Childrens's Individual Needs 
• Supporting Children's Physical & Outdoor Play: A Project for Head Start Body Start
• TIMPANI: Toys that inspire Mindful Play and Nurture Imagination
• 2011 TIMPANI Toy Study  
• Selecting Classroom Materials and Planning the Schedule 

 

Articles

• Full-day and Half-day Kindergarten in the United States: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99
• Investing in the Early Years: Great Returns over the Short and Long Haul from Connecticut Voices for Children

 

 Selecting Classroom Materials and Planning the Schedule

Resources

• Mansfield Family Resource Guide
• Early Childhood Town Data Profiles
• Community Connection For Child Care!
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Kids Succeed
• New England Assistive Technology (NEAT) Resource & Education Center
• Pre[k] Now
• Ready, Set, Grow ... CT Kids!
• SmartStart from the State of North Carolina
• Search 211childcare

Places to go

• Lutz Children's Museum

Parenting Sites

• Net Mom
• Kids Who Read
• Get Ready to Read
• Literary Mama
• Work / Life Connections at UConn
• CT Parent Power
• Healthy Kids, Healthy Care
• Help Me Grow - Prenatal to Three
• Tolerance.org
• Parenting.com
• Connecticut Parenting Education Network
• Search 211childcare

Safe Surfing Guides

• Yahooligans!
• Parent's Guide to the Internet (US Department of Education)
• SafeKids
• KidsClick (web search)

Video

• Connecticut: Creating a Results-Based Early Childhood System