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Shows the many good things that toddlers can do with their hands including waving, hugging, and playing--but not hitting.
"Psychologist Martine Agassi helps young children understand that violence is never okay, that they can manage their anger and other strong feelings, and that they're capable of positive, loving actions. ": Free Sprit Publishing
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2010.
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Colorado's Early Childhood Systems Building Inventory includes recommendations and best practices, compiled, gleaned, or otherwise distilled from the early childhood (EC) systems work that has been in progress in Colorado for the last 12 years; much of it residing in Colorado's Early Childhood Councils (EC Councils).
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2010.
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Colorado's Early Childhood (EC) Councils were established in 2007 through State legislation (HB07-1062) as a network of community-based collaboratives that can help to build a "comprehensive system of early childhood councils to increase and sustain the availability, accessibility, capacity, and quality of early childhood services throughout the state." Research has demonstrated the value of high quality early childhood care and education in preparing...
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[2013]
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The Colorado Early Learning and Development Guidelines (Guidelines) describe the trajectory of children's learning and development from birth to 8 years old in Colorado. They include a broad description of children's growth to ensure a holistic approach to creating positive early childhood environments. For each age level, this document addresses approaches to learning, health and physical development, social and emotional development, language, literacy,...
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2013-
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The Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act (the READ Act, House Bill 12-1238) focuses on early literacy development for all students with special attention for students at-risk for not achieving reading proficiency by third grade. Importantly, the READ Act focuses on identifying students with significant reading deficiencies (SRD), engaging parents in the development of reading improvement plans, and providing funding to support interventions...
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2013.
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The Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act (the READ Act, House Bill 12-1238) required the Colorado State Board of Education to develop rules to guide the creation of a resource bank for districts in support of implementation of the READ Act. The resource bank contains lists of approved interim and diagnostic reading assessments and lists of recommended (optional) instructional programs, professional development programs, and summative...
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2013.
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Colorado's Next Generation Quality Rating & Improvement System (QRIS) is a method to assess, enhance and communicate the level of quality in early education and care for all licensed providers in Colorado. QRIS provides standardized criteria for all childcare providers in Colorado to be rated for quality, and provides incentives and supports to providers that wish to raise the level of quality care available at their facility.
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