Primary

Links
Kindergarten Learning Project: http://www.readnowbc.ca/klp.php

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) [|http://www.naeyc.org/]

The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) [|http://nieer.org/]

The Ministry’s full day kindergarten website: [|http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/early_learning/full_day_kindergarten.htm]

The Ministry of Education developed this guide to support teachers, principals and others in creating high quality full day programs for Kindergarten. It sets expectations for full day Kindergarten programs in British Columbia, summarizes current research findings, and suggests effective practices that can be put to immediate use in schools and Kindergarten classrooms. This guide is intended to help educators ensure that Kindergarten students benefits from experiences that reflect current knowledge about children’s learning and development. This guide builds on the philosophy of [|The Primary Program: A Framework for Teaching], and shares a vision of children as presented in the [|British Columbia Early Learning Framework]. Dr. Marilyn Chapman, Department of Early Childhood Education, UBC Faculty of Education was the lead writer for this document.
 * Full Day Kindergarten Program Guide** (PDF, 1.74MB)

The Ministry is updating the Primary Program: A Framework for Teaching (2000) [|http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/primary_program/primary_prog.pdf] to include the latest research and best practices to support children’s learning and development. The updated Primary Program will be available for the 2010/2011 school year.

[|http://www.ontario.ca/en/initiatives/early_learning/ONT06_023401] Ontario has recently released The //Full-Day Early Learning-Kindergarten Program (Draft version)// [|http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/kindergarten.html]

Play in the Early Years [|http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/pdf/playintheearlyyears.pdf]

Webcasts
Kindergarten Early Learning Assessment [|http://tinyurl.com/ydwfxz2]

Articles
Canadian Council on Learning Let the children play: Nature’s answer to early learning [|http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Reports/LessonsInLearning/LinL20061010LearninPlay.htm]

Books
Emergent Curriculum in the Primary Classroom [|Carol Anne Wein]

Emergent Curriculum in the PrimaryClassroom: Interpreting the Reggio Emilia Approach in Schools [|http://tinyurl.com/y9egquh]

Are You Listening? Fostering Conversations That Help Young Children Learn Burman, Lisa ISBN 9781933653464 [|http://tinyurl.com/yhk7oln]

Designs for Living and Learning: Transforming Early Childhood Environments [|http://tinyurl.com/ydxgqqv]

Learning Together with Young Children: A Curriculum Framework for Reflective Teachers [|http://tinyurl.com/y9leayp]