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Infant and Toddler Care and Development:
A List of Useful Resources

Infant/Toddler Tips  

TIPS - Table of Contents


All books and videos listed here may be borrowed from the 
Wisconsin Child Care Information Center (CCIC)
Phone: 608-224-5388     800-362-7353
Fax: 608-224-6178

Email: ccic@dpi.state.wi.us

Web site: www.dpi.state.wi.us/ccic

Books
  • Behavior Guidance for Infants and Toddlers
    Alice Sterling Honig 
    Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA), 1996.

  • Caring Spaces, Learning Places
    Jim Greenman. 
    Redleaf Press, 1996.

  • Creative Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers
    Amy Laura Dombro, Laura J. Colker and Diane Trister Dodge
    Teaching Strategies, 1997.

  • A Guide to Setting Up Environments
    Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development
    The Program for Infants and Toddlers
    California Department of Education, 1990.

  • Infant/Toddler Environmental Rating Scale
    Thelma Harms, Debbie Cryer and Richard Clifford. 
    Teachers College Press, 1990.

  • Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers
    Janet Gonzales-Mena and Dianne Widmeyer Eyer 
    Mayfield, 1997.

  • 1, 2, 3...The Toddler Years 
    Irene Van der Zande Santa Cruz 
    Toddler Care Center, 1995.

  • Prime Times 
    Jim Greenman, Anne Stonehouse 
    Redleaf Press, 1996.

  • Reflecting Children's Lives 
    Deb Curtis and Margie Carter 
    Redleaf Press, 1996.

  • The RIE Manual 
    Magda Gerber, Editor 
    Resources for Infant Educarers, 1979.

  • Your Self-Confident Baby 
    Magda Gerber and Allison Johnson 
    John Wiley and Sons, 1998.

  • A Trainer's Guide To The Creative Curriculum 
    Diane Trister Dodge, Sharon E. Yandian, 
    Donna Bloomer 
    Teaching Strategies, 1998.
Videotapes
  • Caring For Infants And Toddlers 
    Produced by Chip Donohue and Clark Thompson, UW-Madison School of Education Extension Programs Madison, WI: 
    UW Board of Regents, 1992. 
    5 tapes, 29 minutes each. Series is shown periodically on Public TV stations.
  • Food For Thought 
    Minneapolis, MN: Health Partners, 1997. 
    14 minutes. How reading to infants and toddlers affects brain development.
  • Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale: Video Observations 
    By Thelma Harms and Debby Cryer 
    New York: Teachers College Press, 1990. 
    24 minute video + video guide and training workbook + instructors guide. For use with book of same title--see above.
  • The Program For Infant/Toddler Caregivers 
    Produced by the California State Dept. Of Education and the Center for Child and Family Studies, Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development Sacramento, CA: 
    CA State Dept. Of Education.
    CCIC has the following tapes from this series:
    • Ages Of Infancy: Caring For Young, Mobile & Older Infants 1990 
      26 minutes + booklet. 
      How issues of security, exploration, identity evolve; specific things caregivers can do to adapt to the child's stage of development.
    • Discoveries Of Infancy: Cognitive Development And Learning 1991 
      32 minutes + booklet. 
      Ways caregivers can help infants and toddlers learn through learning schemes, cause/effect, object permanence, understanding space, imitation.
    • Essential Connections: Ten Keys To Culturally Sensitive Child Care 1992
      36 minutes + booklet. 
      10 recommendations about program structure and interpersonal interactions, to strengthen child's connections to family and home culture.
    • First Moves: Welcoming A Child To A New Caregiving Setting 1986 
      27 minutes + booklet 
      Practical steps to introduce child to new setting and ease separation pain. 
    • In Our Hands 
      14 minutes + booklet 
      Meeting the 4 fundamental needs: close relationships, health/safety, connection to family, knowledgeable and responsive caregivers.
  • Respectfully Yours: Magda Gerber's Approach To Professional Infant/Toddler Care, 1987. 
    58 minutes + booklet 
    Philosophy based on respect for the child, careful observation, appropriate equipment.
  • Time With Toddlers: Training For Caregivers 
    By Margie Carter and Kidspace Child Care Center 
    Produced by Jan Reed Kidspace Child Care Center, 1991. 
    23 minutes + trainer's guide 
    Typical toddler behavior in group settings, from child's perspective; recommended caregiving interactions.
  • Toddler Curriculum: Making Connections 
    With Dr. Alice S. Honig 
    Produced by Jean Chase, 
    South Carolina ETV 
    Washington, DC: NAEYC, 1991, 20 minutes. How children 12 to 36 months develop and learn, how DAP curriculum helps newfound skills.


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Rev. 3/26/02
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These tip sheets developed by WCCIP, March 1998 with funding from the WI Dept. of WFD, Office of Child Care, and DHFS
 

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