RESOURCES

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• School Readiness Newsletters
• Research
• Training and Other Resources
   

SCHOOL READINESS NEWSLETTERS

2009

• Winter - Fairfax Futures' Ready! newsletter (PDF - 478 Kb)

2008

• Fall - Fairfax Futures' Ready! newsletter (PDF - 575 Kb)
• Spring - Fairfax Futures' Spring Ready! newsletter (PDF - 574 Kb)
• Winter - Fairfax Futures' Ready! newsletter (PDF - 473 Kb)

2007

• Fall - Fairfax Futures' Ready! newsletter (PDF - 513 Kb)
• Winter - Fairfax Futures' Ready! newsletter (PDF - 442 Kb)

2006

• Fall - Fairfax Futures' Ready! newsletter (PDF - 631 Kb)
• Spring - Fairfax Futures' Ready! newsletter (PDF - 477 Kb)

RESEARCH

Carolina Abecedarian Project
> http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~abc/

Chicago Longitudinal Study
> http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/cls/index.htmlx
> http://www.nap.edu/openbook/0309069882/html/

HighScope
> http://www.highscope.org/Research/homepage.htm

Rand Research in Education
> http://www.rand.org/research_areas/education

TRAINING AND OTHER RESOURCES

Paving the Way to Kindergarten, (PDF)

• Click here to download Paving the Way to Kindergarten, English Version (PDF),

Helping Your Child Love to Learn is full of tips to help parents make the most of their child's early learning experiences.

• Click here to download Helping Your Child Love to Learn, English Version (PDF), Spanish Version (PDF)
   

Fairfax Futures' Early Learning Symposium Summaries:

• 2007
• 2006
• 2005

American Child Care Association
> http://www.americanchildcareassociation.com/

Education Week
> http://www.edweek.org

Fairfax County Early Learning Guidelines
> Fairfax County Early Learning Guidelines (PDF - 518 Kb)

Fairfax County Office for Children
> http://www.co.fairfax.va.us/ofc/Default.htm
> http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/childcare/training.htm

George Mason University
> http://www.cehd.gmu.edu

Governor Kaine's Start Strong Initiative
> http://www.education.virginia.gov/Initiatives/EarlyChildhood/StartStrong

Head Start
> http://www.headstartinfo.org

HighScope
> http://www.highscope.org

National Association for the Education of Young Children
> http://www.naeyc.org/

National Association for Family Child Care
> http://www.nafcc.org

National Child Care Association
> http://www.nccanet.org/

National Child Care Information Center
> http://www.nccic.org/

Northern Virginia Association for the Education of Young Children
> http://www.nvaeyc.org/

Northern Virginia Community College
> http://www.nvcc.edu

Reading is Fundamental
> http://www.rif.org/

VISSTA
> http://www.vcu.edu/vissta/

Virginia Department of Social Services
> http://www.dss.virginia.gov/family/cc/provider_training.html

U.S. Department of Education - Literacy
> http://www.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/index.html

Voices for Virginia's Children
> http://www.vakids.org/

Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts
> http://www.wolf-trap.org/institute/index.html

Zero to Three
> http://www.zerotothree.org/

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