Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

•  http://www.esdtoolkit.org/

• Partnership for Sustainable Development-Nepal March 2011 Newsletter, including announcement of International Mud Day Celebration- 29th June 2011, click here.

Information for Parents, Teachers, and Other Child Advocates

• Information on Bullying from the American Psychological Association’s Information Sheet. Click Here.
• Tips for handling bullying and cyber-bullying from the Anti-Defamation League. Click Here.
• Link to the Anti-Defamation League website. Click Here.
• Teaching a Child to Become Independent with Daily Routines
  The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) has published a new Family Tool to help family members and caregivers understand what self-help skills can be expected from young children and to provide tips for helping children learn how to become more independent with daily routines. It is available online at http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/documents/teaching_routines.pdf Source: Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning - Retrieved October 21, 2010
• PreK-3rd: Putting Full-Day Kindergarten in the Middle
  A policy brief from the Foundation for Child Development reviews the evidence about the effectiveness of full-day kindergarten in enhancing children's academic achievement and calls for full-day kindergarten to be an integral part of the education reform debate. PreK-3rd: Putting Full-Day Kindergarten in the Middle (June 2010) can be accessed online at http://www.fcd-us.org/sites/default/files/FINAL%20Kindergarten%20Brief.pdf
  Source: Foundation for Child Development - June 18, 2010\

Meetings and Conferences of Interest to OMEP Members

• List of 2011-2012 Conferences, Click Here

Calls for Proposals

• OMEP-USA 2011 Film Festival: Call for Films. Deadline extended to September 20, 2011.
• OMEP-USA Poster Session: Call for Proposals. September 10, 2011 deadline

OMEP-USA Children's Day November 20

• Children's Day Activity Packet - Nov. 20, 2009
• Children's Day Activity Packet - Nov. 20, 2008
• Children's Day Activity Packet - Nov. 20, 2005
• Children's Day Activity Packet - Nov. 20, 2004
• Children's Day Activity Packet - Nov. 20, 2003
• Children's Day Song
• Children's Day Poster - 2008
• Children's Day Poster

Agendas

• Fall 2010 Board Membership Meeting Agenda
• OMEO-USA Fall 201 Board Meeting Agenda

Reports

• 2011 World Assembly Report
• Presidents Report to the Board
• For information about OMEP-USA's Eight Regions, click here.
• Report on World OMEP Haiti Relief Project, click here.
• Create Your Own World, By Edna Ranck and Jean Simpson
• WORLD FORUM ON EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION, Honolulu, Hawaii, 3-6 May 2011
• World OMEP Newsletter # 52
• To download the Annual Report for 2010 please go to http://www.omep.org.gu.se/publications/annual_report/
   

Especially for College Students

• Especially for Students in Elementary, Middle, and High School

Clean Water Project by Preschool Teacher in Kenya, click here.

Scholarship and Other Awards

• Gwen Coe Scholarship Award

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