Gryphon House Resources
Helpful Resources for Every Early Educator. Find book lists, author interviews, excerpts, and articles that connect theory and best practice in early childhood education.
Featured Resources
About the Book: Early Childhood Director’s Guide to Solving Everyday Challenges
Early Childhood Program Directors have to wear many hats on any given day. Whether they're filling in for one of the toddler classrooms or they're having to do maintenance to repair something that has broken in the center, early childhood directors face a wide array of challenges. If you don’t have a clear handle on these, your day could be full of frustration.
In The Early Childhood Director’s Guide to Solving Everyday Challenges, author Thomasa Bond, EdD, seeks to alleviate these frustrations by sharing positive resolutions to real-world scenarios that have occurred at actual child care centers. Learn more about her new book below and how directors can avoid mistakes, oversights, and incidents by learning through others’ mistakes.
Featured Resources
Self-Care Tips for Teachers: Taking Your Own Advice
Teachers are usually so focused on making sure the young children in their classrooms are physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy that this leaves little time to check in with their own physical, mental, and emotional state. While teachers are constantly advising children on how to regulate their emotions, they sometimes can forget to take their own advice! Cathryn O’Sullivan, EdM, author of School-to-Home Connections: Simple Strategies for Early Childhood Educators, shares quick self-care tips for teachers that they can do in their classrooms with their kiddos without having to think too deeply about implementation.
Featured Resources
Why Nature Engagement Increases Quality of Life for Children of Differing Abilities
The belonging and connection found in nature is important for all children, but perhaps especially important for children of differing abilities. Ruth Wilson, PhD, author of Naturally Inclusive: Engaging Children of All Abilities Outdoors shares why nature serves as a strong contributor to quality of life for children of differing abilities.
Featured Resources
Rituals to Ease Transitions for Young Children
Dr. Sandra Duncan, coauthor of Inspiring Spaces for Young Children and author of Through a Child’s Eyes: How Classroom Design Inspires Learning and Wonder, discusses three ritual-related activities that can aid children in their transition back into the classroom. When returning to the classroom from an extended holiday break, many children can experience a feeling of disruption and displacement. Rituals and recurring activities can help children gain a sense of stability and predictability, ultimately making their transitions back to school less stressful. Through Duncan’s recommended exercises, children can regain their sense of structure and belonging within the classroom.
Communication and Language
Three Tips to Support Language Learning in Young Children
According to this article by Education Week, the average cognitive performance of children ages 3...Books to Support Early Literacy
This list of resources will help teachers build a strong literacy foundation for children that...Books for Supporting Communication and Language Development in Infants, Toddlers, and Two-Year-Olds
It’s never too early to teach and practice language and communication skills! In this list of...Cultural Competence Self-Assessment
As early childhood organizations become increasingly diverse, Johnna Darragh Ernst, PhD, stresses...Connecting with Dual-Language Learners: Checklist for Language and Communication Skills
In Connecting Right from the Start: Fostering Effective Communication with Dual Language Learners,Books for Supporting Dual-Language Learners in Your Early Childhood Classroom
During October, we celebrate Bilingual Child Month! Today's early childhood classrooms are more...4 Tips for Supporting Dual-Language Learners (DLLs)
Dual-Language Learners (DLLs) are an asset to your classroom! Their presence will help prepare all...Is Your Classroom Culturally Competent?
We all would like to think that we are culturally inclusive teachers, especially when it comes to...Tips and Tools for Teaching Letter Recognition
It takes more than a song to teach children their ABC’s. In kindergarten and preschool, learning...Popular Activities & Resources
Activities By Topic
- Activities (1)
- Art & Music (24)
- Classroom Management (67)
- Communication and Language (24)
- Cooking (2)
- Events (3)
- Fine Arts Activity (2)
- For Educators (202)
- For Homeschool Families (38)
- Guest Post (2)
- Health and Safety (18)
- Infants (11)
- Lesson Planning (10)
- Literacy (5)
- Mathematics (4)
- Mentoring and Coaching (27)
- Movement and Play (1)
- Music (4)
- Outdoor Learning (8)
- Parenting (40)
- Program Administration (19)
- Quotes (38)
- Resource (420)
- Science Activity (14)
- Seasonal Learning: Fall (1)
- Social & Emotional Development (45)
- Special Needs and Inclusion (14)
- Summer Learning (4)
- Technology (9)