About Resources for Early Childhood
The Resources for Early Childhood (REC) project is a collaboration between the Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science, and Reading and the Ohio Department of Education's Office of Literacy and Office of Early Learning and School Readiness. The REC website seeks to support Ohio's early childhood teachers, parents, teachers of early childhood teachers, and children by providing peer-reviewed, web-based resources to assist with instructional planning, professional learning, and the implementation of the Ohio early learning standards for mathematics, science, English language arts, and social studies. REC's instructional resources have been reviewed by at least two members of the REC Review Board using the ORC Rubric. REC, which began serving the Ohio early learning community in July 2006, continues to grow. The home page serves as a portal to the many features you will find on the REC website. They include Early Childhood Bookshelf recommendations as well as Family Connection resources. Early Childhood Building Blocks—best-practice articles—are published each month to support educators and enrich their teaching. In addition, the Interdisciplinary Planning section, called Let's Learn: Inquiry Projects for Ohio's Young Learners, documents the work of teams of educators from many Ohio preschools and children's centers, featuring new inquiry-based projects that followed children’s interests as they progressed. Be sure to investigate them all! For more information about these and other REC projects, contact Nancy Brannon, Early Childhood Resource Specialist, at nbrannon@ohiorc.org. Early Childhood Review CommitteeThe Early Childhood Committee works in similar ways to the ORC Review Boards in mathematics, science, and reading. The committee is composed of educators from around Ohio who have varied experience and expertise working with young children. This dedicated group assists in decisions regarding resource screening criteria, reviews resources for inclusion on the website, recommends new resources and features for the website, offers strategies for communicating and disseminating best practices, suggests evaluation strategies, reviews evaluation information, and provides other support for REC as needed. Early Childhood Review Committee Members
Bridgett Applegarth
Bright Beginnings
Cambridge, Ohio Cindy Berndt
Meadow Park Children’s Center
Columbus, Ohio Cynthia Bertleson
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio Karen Crockett
Ohio State University Children’s Center
Columbus, Ohio Rebecca Esbaa
Ray Williams Early Childhood Center
Whitehall, Ohio Terri Gampp
Alexander Graham Bell School
Columbus, Ohio Colleen Hawksworth
Action for Children
Columbus, Ohio Danielle Heape/Hittle
Indianola Informal Elementary
Columbus, Ohio Britta Krell
Creative Play Center
Worthington, Ohio Razia Malik
Ray Williams Early Childhood Center
Whitehall, Ohio Sarah Matheny
Indianola Informal Elementary
Columbus, Ohio | Martha Maurer
HARCATUS Head Start
Dennison, Ohio Frank McGowen
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio Gay McQuirt
Retired, Alexander Graham Bell School
Columbus, Ohio Cecelia Peirano
Ohio State School for the Blind
Columbus, Ohio Jennifer Ramsey
TCCC
Athens, Ohio Fran Rodstrom
Knox County ESC
Mount Vernon, Ohio Pam Swanson
Ray Williams Early Childhood Center
Whitehall, Ohio Teresa Watterman
Ray Williams Early Childhood Center
Whitehall, Ohio Karen Williams-Mughan
Indianola Informal Elementary
Columbus, Ohio Deborah Zurmehly
Ohio University
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