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

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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.

Web Sites

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
  http://www.aap.org
  
• Children's Defense Fund
  http://www.childrensdefense.org
  
• The CIVITAS Academy
  http://www.civitas.org
  
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
  http://www.cpsc.gov
  
• Early Head Start National Resource
  Center (Link to West Ed's Center for Child and Family Studies)
  http://www.ehsnrc.org
  
• I Am Your Child Foundation
  http://www.iamyourchild.org  
  
• National Association for Family Child
  Care (NAFCC)
  http://www.nafcc.org
  
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
  http://www.naeyc.org
  
• National Information Center for Children
  and Youth with Disabilities
  http://www.nichcy.org
  
• National Child Care Information Center
  http://www.nccic.org
  
• National Parent Information Network
  http://www.npin.org
  
• Program For Infant/Toddler Caregivers
  http://www.pitc.org
  
• US Department of Education
  http://www.ed.gov
  
• Zero to Three
  http://www.zerotothree.org

Rev. 3/26/02