OER and the Early Childhood Education Transfer Model Curriculum

The following provides examples of existing OER that can be used for the indicated courses. Please find all potential OER identified for the discipline at Open Educational Resources and CDEV/ECE (Child Development and Early Childhood Education) and available OER for all disciplines at OER by Discipline. Please note that the structure presented here aligns with the Early Childhood Education TMC.

If any errors are detected, please contact the ASCCC-OERI.

Required “Core” Courses:

For additional OER/ZTC resources, please view the CDEV/ECE OER by Discipline page. Listed below will be OER Textbooks mainly.

Child Growth and Development (C-ID CDEV 100)

• Understanding the Whole Child: Growth and Development Conception through Adolescence (Saddleback College) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
• Child Growth and Development – LibreTexts (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)
• Child Growth and Development (Zaar) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• The Whole Child: Development in the Early Years – (Budzyna and Buckley) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Infant and Child Development: From Conception Through Late Childhood – Simple Book Publishing (Parnes and Pagano) (CC BY-NC-SA)

Child, Family, and Community (C-ID CDEV 110)

• Child, Family and Community (Laff and Ruiz) – LibreTexts (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)
• Child Family Community: The Socialization of Diverse Children (ASCCC OERI, 2022) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Children, Families, Schools, and Communities [Revised Edition] – (Giovannini) (CC BY-NC-SA)

Principles and Practices of Teaching Young Children (C-ID ECE 120)

• Principles and Practices of Teaching Young Children (Stephens et al.) – LibreTexts (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)
• ECE Principles and Practices Prek-4 (Angelaccio) (CC BY)
• Introduction to Early Childhood Education (Barresi) (CC BY)

Introduction to Curriculum (C-ID ECE 130)

• Introduction to Curriculum for Early Childhood Education (Paris and Beeve) (LibreTexts) (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)

Observation and Assessment (C-ID ECE 200)

• Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education (Peterson and Elam) (LibreTexts) (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)
• Observando y Asesorando en Ambientes Educativos by Gonzalez Cuadros (CC BY-NC)

Practicum in Early Childhood Education (C-ID ECE 210)

• Practicum Fieldwork OER Handbook Folder – Google Drive (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)
• The ELC: An Early Childhood Learning Community at Work – Milne Open Textbooks (CC-BY-NC)
• Introduction to Field Placement (Jones) (CC BY-NC-SA)

Health, Safety, and Nutrition (C-ID ECE 220)

• Health, Safety, and Nutrition (Paris) (LibreTexts) (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)

Teaching in a Diverse Society (C-ID ECE 230)

• The Role of Equity and Diversity in Early Childhood Education (Esquivel, Elam, Paris, & Tafoya) in LibreTexts (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)
• Dimensiones de Diversidad en la Educación Temprana (González Cuadros)

This page last updated on December 13th, 2022.