Northeast Cooperative Preschool & Kindergarten

Organizations

Indiana Council of Preschool Cooperatives (ICPC)
Parent Cooperative Preschools International (PCPI)
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children (IAEYC)

Articles

About Parent Cooperative Preschools:

Best Kept Secret: Cooperative Preschool Programs—By E. Kim Coontz (PDF)
The Role of Parent Involvement In Cooperative Preschool Programs—By E. Kim Coontz (PDF)

Choosing a School:

Ten Signs of a Great Preschool—By Irene Daria-Wiener
Ten Signs of a Great Preschool—NAEYC article
The Power of Preschool—Ellen Booth Church
What You’ll See in the Classroom—Diane Trister Dodge & Toni S. Bickart
Top 10 Signs of a Good Kindergarten Classroom—NAEYC article
Ready for Kindergarten? - Ellen H. Parlapiano

Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum and Learning Through Play:

Defining “Developmentally Appropriate” - by Ellen Booth Church
Preschool—Academics or Play? - NAEYC article
How Children Learn—By Karen DeBord and Mary Ann Johnson
What Are They Learning? Seeing the concepts and skills children can learn through play—By Kathy Reschke
What Your Child Learns from Play—By Rebecca Hughes
Circle Time & Free Play—Diane Trister Dodge & Toni S. Bickart

Ages & Stages:

Especially for 2 Year Olds—Diane Trister Dodge & Toni S. Bickart
What’s Happening at 2—Marian Edelman Borden
The Transition from 2 to 3—Diane Trister Dodge & Toni S. Bickart
What’s Happening at 3—Marian Edelman Borden
What’s Happening at 4—Marian Edelman Borden
Helping Your Preschool Child—U.S. Department of Education

Reading & Writing:

Helping Your Child Become a Reader—U.S. Department of Education
First Steps to Reading and Writing—Diane Trister Dodge & Toni S. Bickart
The Meaning of Preliteracy—Susan B. Neuman

Other:

Three Key Social Skills—Diane Trister Dodge & Toni S. Bickart
Classroom Conversations—Ellen Booth Church

Family Fun
Night - 3/18
Spring Break - 3/31