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PreKorner™:
Early Childhood Education Resources
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Welcome
to PreKorner™, the child learning Web site dedicated to
early childhood education, and designed for you—our parents, preschool
teachers, and child care providers devoted to preschool education. PreKorner™
provides access to child activity resources, teaching strategies and ideas,
and early childhood education research, as well as links to exploratory
reports and news of interest.
 The PreKorner™
resources are conceptualized and developed as focus areas, and the number
of areas as well as the selection available in each continue to expand
over time. Whether you work in a preschool classroom, child care center,
home education setting, or just occasionally need a new children's activity
or accompanying research, you'll find the resources useful and effective.
We now have
early childhood learning material available in two broad focus areas—literacy
and numeracy. In each, you'll find articles related to the focus, accompanying
research briefs (our Research Précis), as well as activity and
lesson design and sequencing suggestions. Beneath the focus selections,
take a look at special articles, activities and other preschool resources.
While here,
don't forget to sign up to receive PreKorner™
Updates by e-mail. They're free, short, only occasional, and your
e-mail address is never shared. Our promise.
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Focus Area: Early Childhood Literacy and Reading
Readiness.
A
reading child is a learning child. But what are some ways you can
help your child learn to read, and just as importantly, learn to
enjoy reading? Check out some ideas and strategies at the
focus overview page Early Childhood Literacy and Reading Readiness.
While you're there, read some of the accompanying articles, and
try out one or more of the activities from the Children's
Literature Activity Series developed by our child learning specialists.
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Focus Area: Early Childhood Numeracy.
What
can you do to help prepare your young child for the challenges of
the mathematics curriculum that lies ahead? Go to the focus overview
page Early
Childhood Numeracy to access research-based approaches you can
use to help your children build a foundation for concepts related
to number and operations. Evidence, standards, what and why you
teach as you do—it can all come together. Enjoy these new selections!
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Special: Learning Through Play.
Play
is the child's work, but you can help by exploring ways to help
your child learn through the most natural means possible. How can
you put "play" to work producing real learning gains? Check out
five ideas and strategies in our article Play With Me!
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Work
with school age students also? Browse the K-12
resources at LearningLeads™.
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