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Subject Directories

• Early Childhood Education On Line  (a directory from the University of Maine)
  
  
• International Montessori Index
  
  
• Peggy's Early Childhood Care and Education Resources
  
  
• School Zone: Early Childhood Ed Resources
  
  

Associations

• Center for Career Development in Early Care and Education (Wheelock College)
  
  
• Child Care Law Center
  
  
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
  
  
• National Center for Children in Poverty
  
  
• National Child Care Information Center
  
  
• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
  
  
• Zero to Three
  

Databases

• ERIC Clearing House on Early Childhood Education
  

Electronic Journals & Newsletters

• Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
  
   
• ECRP: Early Childhood Research & Practice (University of Illinois) "peer-reviewed electronic journal emphasizes articles reporting on practice-related research and development, and on issues related to practice, parent participation, and policy"
  
   
• Journal of Early Childhood Research
  

General Resources

• Afterschool.gov "A resource both for kids and for adults who run after-school programs for kids."
  
  
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site  ("a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.")
  
  
• Child Care Nutrition Resource System (USDA) also Child Care Nutrition Program, Washington State also by USDA
  
  
• Early Childhood.com (Excelligence Learning Corporation)
  
  
• Games Kids Play (Jeff Nieboer)
  
  
• National Network for Childcare Nutrition Database
  
  
• Preschool Education
  
  
• Ready Web - electronic resources on school readiness sponsored by ERIC and the University at Urbana - Champaign