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Encyclopedia

The Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre collaborates in the development of the Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development, created by the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development. Here are the articles:

Brain

• Attention and Early Brain Development
  by Greg D. Reynolds and John E. Richards (PDF, 290 KB)
• Childhood Trauma and Adult Stress Responsiveness
  by Christine Heim (PDF, 511 KB)
• Memory and Early Brain Development
  by Patricia J. Bauer and Thanujeni Pathman (PDF, 290 KB)
• Stress and Early Brain Development
  by Megan R. Gunnar, Adriana Herrera and Camelia E. Hostinar (PDF, 520 KB)
• Visual Perception and Early Brain Development
  by Teresa Farroni and Enrica Menon (PDF, 296 KB)

Child care

• Child-Care Policy: A comparative perspective
  by Rianne Mahon (PDF, 289 KB)
• Early Childhood Education and Care Systems in the OECD Countries: the Issue of tradition and Governance
  by John Bennett (PDF, 302 KB)
• Other articles from the Encyclopedia on Child care (0-5 years)

Language

• Parents' role in fostering young children's learning and language development
  by Catherine S. Tamis-Lemonda and Eileen T. Rodriguez (PDF, 314 KB)
• Other articles from the Encyclopedia on Language

Learning through play

• Commentary on Smith and Pellegrini and Hirsh-Parsek and Golinkoff
  by Nina Howe (PDF, 273 KB)
• Learning through play
  by Peter K. Smith and Anthony Pellegrini (PDF, 289 KB)
• Play's potential in early literacy development
  by James F. Christie and Kathleen A. Roskos (PDF, 300 KB)
• Why play=learning
  by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff (PDF, 301 KB)

Parenting skills

• Parents' role in fostering young children's learning and language development
  by Catherine S. Tamis-Lemonda and Eileen T. Rodriguez (PDF, 314 KB)
• The role of parents in children’s school transition
  by Philip A. Cowan and Carolyn P. Cowan (PDF, 290 KB)
• The role of parents in early childhood learning
  By Susan H. Landry (PDF, 273 KB)
• Other articles from the Encyclopedia on Parenting skills

School transitions

• Commentary on Rimm-Kaufman, Cowan and Cowan, Dockett and Perry, and Kamerman, by Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch, Carolyn Gosse and Robert Pianta (PDF, 309 KB)
• The role of parents in children’s school transition
  by Philip A. Cowan and Carolyn P. Cowan (PDF, 290 kb)
• The role of School and Communities in Children's School Transition
  by Sue Dockett and Bob Perry, Feb. 15, 2008 (PDF, 92 KB)
• School Readiness and International Developments in Early Childhood Education and Care
  by Sheila B. Karmerman (PDF, 293 KB)
• Other articles from the Encyclopedia on School transition

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