Early Childhood Care & Education: Websites

Includes links and a description of the Montessori method.

Brief overview of Waldorf education from Americans for Waldorf Education.

Information about the NAREA organization and the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education.

Information on news, services, research and membership.

"ZERO TO THREE is a national nonprofit organization that informs, trains and supports professionals, policymakers and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers."

Advocacy information; accreditation information; links to many national organizations.

Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (Bright from the Start) is responsible for meeting the child care and early education needs of Georgia's children and their families.

Besides describing Friedrich Froebel's approach to Kindergarten, this website has links to those who influenced and were influenced by him and women who took the Kindergarten movement around the world.

Information about Jean Piaget.

A short overview of Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development.

Short descriptions of the Erikson's Eight Stages of Development.

Audio and video of Abraham Maslow as well as a bibliography of his books and articles.

Brief description of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences.

Contributors to this blog are Montessori educators. Each article describes a child behavior, development or a classroom situation and how the Montessori teacher views the behavior/development or deals with the classroom situation.

Brief information about the B.F. Skinner Foundation.