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Parent Teacher Resources
Parent Resources || Teacher Resources || Home Schooling Resources
This part of the Children's Department website is designed to highlight and promote the numerous resources of the Haverhill Public Library's Parent-Teacher Collection. The P-T collection is located on the second floor in the center of the Children's Department. P-T resources have neon yellow stickers on their spines.
In addition to books, the collection includes free videos, workbooks, books with cassettes, and other resources collected in binders.
One will find parenting handbooks, bibliographies of good books for children, curriculum support, and homeschooling support on these shelves.
Early Childhood Resource Centers
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Parent/Teacher Videos
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Did you know that the Haverhill Public Library Children's Department is an Early Childhood Resource Center (ECRC)?
What is an Early Childhood Resource Center (ECRC)?
An ECRC is a place that features a variety of resource materials for the
early childhood community. Materials are available on loan (at no cost) to
teachers, students, administrators, child care providers, parents and anyone
interested in the care and education of young children. The ECRC is sponsored by
the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.
Where are there other Early Childhood
Resource Centers (ECRC)?
There are 6 Resource Centers in Massachusetts:
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Northeast area: Haverhill Public Library 99 Main Street Haverhill, MA 01830-5092 978-373-1586/1588 x630 Contact: Leslie Todd, Head of Youth Services |
Boston area: Child Care Resource Center 130 Bishop Allen Drive Cambridge, MA 02139 617-547-1063 x226 Contact: Jena Mottola
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Southeast area: Brockton Public Main Library 304 Main Street Brockton, MA 02301 508-580-7890 Contact: Sharon Quint, Children's Librarian
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Islands Area: The Cape Cod Children's Place Center Forest Avenue P.O. Box 1935 North Eastham, MA 02651 508-240-3310
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Central area: UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center Pediatric Family Resource Library 55 Lake Ave. North Worcester, MA 01655 508-856-3334 This site has Child/Parent/Family Resources Contact: Nancy Harger The Child Care Connection Contact: Joanne Gravell
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Western area: Preschool Enrichment Team 293 Bridge St., Suite 322 Springfield, MA 01103-1435 413-736-3900
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As an ECRC, the Haverhill Public Library Children's Department has the following materials available to anyone in Massachusetts who is involved in the field of Early Childhood Education.
- Anno’s Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno
- Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
- Bread Around the World by Cynthia Rothman
- Can’t You Sleep Little Bear by Martin Waddell
- Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
- The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
- Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak
- Cookie’s Week by Cindy Ward
- Dinosaur Roar by Paul and Henrietta Stickland
- The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
- Duckat by Gaelyn Gordon
- Each Orange Had 8 Slices by Paul Giganti
- Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
- Freight Train by Donald Crews
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
- Have you Seen My Duckling? By Nancy Tafuri
- Hearing Things by Allan Fowler
- A House is a House for Me by MaryAnn Hoberman
- How Do You Know It’s Summer by Allan Fowler
- How Many? By Judy Nayer
- How Much is a Million? By David Schwartz
- I Went Walking by Sue Williams
- It the Dinosaurs came Back by Bernard Most
- If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
- If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff
- In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
- Is Your Mama a Llama? By Deborah Guerino
- It looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
- The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel
- Jamberry by Bruce Degen
- Jump Frog, Jump! By Robert Kalan
- The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don & Audrey Wood
- Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
- Mama, do You Love me? By Barbara M. Joosse
- The Mitten by Jan Brett
- Mooncake by Frank Asch
- More or Less? By Judy Nayer
- More Spaghetti, I Say by Rita Gelman
- Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
- The Mystery of Magnets by Melvin Berger
- The Napping House by Audrey Wood
- Nine Ducks Nine by Sarah Hayes
- Numbers Every Day by Kari Jenson Gold
- Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
- The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
- Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
- Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
- Short, Tall, Big or Small? By Kari Jenson Gold
- Smelling Things by Allan Fowler
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola
- The Sun’s Family of Planets by Allan Fowler
- Ten Little Mice by Joyce Dunbar
- Things that Go! By Marie Linney
- Think about the Weather by Cynthia Rothman
- This is the House that Jack Built by Pam Adams
- Time for Bed by Mem Fox
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- What comes Next by Kari Jenson Gold
- What’s the Shape? By Judy Nayer
- What’s the Weather Today? By Allan Fowler
- A World of Homes by Kari Jenson Gold
ECRC Videos
A Rainbow of my Own
Blueberries for Sal
Caps for Sale
Charlie Needs a Cloak
Click, Clack, Moo
Far Ago & Long Away
Five Lionni Classics
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
How much is a Million?
In the Small, Small Pond
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Martin’s Big Words
Make Way for Ducklings
The Napping House
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Owen
So You Want to Be President
The Snowy Day
Stone Soup
Strega Nona
Waiting for Wings
Weslandia
When the Wind Stops
Where the Wild Things Are
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
Zin! Zin! Zin!
All of the above videos include public performance rights for school and library use.
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care
1-2-3 Magic
A Circle of Inclusion
A Classroom with Blocks
A Hospital Trip with Dr. Bip
ABCs of Inclusive Child Care
Americans with Disabilities Act Teleconference
Anti-bias Curriculum
Autism & the New Law: Resources for treatment: hope for a cure
Babies & Books: a joyous beginning
Be Cool, play it safe! : a children’s safety video
Building bridges to Kindergarten: transition planning for Children
Child Development Resources: early intervention on the move
Computer Learning for Young Children
Contrasting Teaching Styles, work time—the art area
Curriculum for Preschool & Kindergarten; a discussion with Lillian Katz
Developing the Young Bilingual Learner
Developmentally Appropriate Practice; Children birth through age five
Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Curriculum-the role of the teacher
Different and the same: helping children identify and prevent prejudice
Discover I.D.E.A.: supporting achievement for children with disabilities
Early Childhood Education at its Best
Educating Peter
Family Day Care Health & Safety
Far Ago and Long Away: innovative storytelling
How to Decide
Identifying, reporting and handling disclosure of the sexually abused child
It Starts with a Book – and you!
Kindergarten Here I Come
Learning to Play, Playing to Learn; Recreation as a related service
Lovaas, TEACCH & the Public System
Observing Young Children: learning to look, looking to learn
Quality Child Care: making the right choice for you & your child
Ready to Learn
Regular Lives
Safe from the Start
Setting up the Learning Environment
So You Have Asthma Too
Start Seeing Diversity: the basic guide to an anti-bias classroom
Straight from the Heart: Stories of Mothers Recovering from
Addiction
Stuttering and Your Child: A Videotape for Parents
Success by 6: the kidpower hour
Success by 6: unlock the potential
Supporting Children in Resolving Conflicts
Supporting Children’s Active Learning: Teaching Strategies for Diverse Settings
Taking Charge of Your TV
Talking from Infancy: How to Nurture and Cultivate Early Language Development
Teaching the Whole Child in the Kindergarten
The Creative Curriculum
The Full Cost of Quality in Early Childhood Programs
The IEP: A Tool for Realizing Possibilities
The New Massachusetts Statewide Test: Questions & Answers
The New Room Arrangement as a Teaching Strategy
The School-Age Child Who Stutters
The Story of Family Literacy is a Story of Families and Their Success
The World is a Dangerous Place: Images of the Enemy on Children’s Television
What Are Drugs?
What Are Feelings?
What Do I Say Now? How to Help Protect Your Child from Sexual Abuse
What Do I Tell My Children?
What’s Up MAC?
White House Conference on Early Childhood Development and Learning
With Love & Wisdom Kit: A Parenting Program; birth-6 months
With Love & Wisdom Kit: A Parenting Program; 15-24 months
NEW DVD's:
The Early Childhood Resource Center has recently purchased some DVD’s to add to our Parent-Teacher collection. These free DVD’s are great for parents and teachers. They are perfect for a classroom situation as they include public performance rights which allows you to show them to a group.
The stories are based on actual books by popular authors and hit the mark for preschool ages as each story runs between 6-10 minutes.
Some of the titles are: Stories about Growing Up –Leo the Late Bloomer, A Weekend with Wendell, and Joey Runs Away.
Favorite Fairy Tales -Chicken Little, The Emperor’s New Clothes, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
The William Steig Library - Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, The Amazing Bone, Doctor De Soto, Brave Irene, and Getting to Know William Steig.
People at Work Series—Trashy Town. The Paperboy, and Miss Nelson is Back.
Mercer Mayer Frog Stories— A Boy, A Dog & A Frog, Frog on his Own, and Frog, Where are You?
These DVD’s may be borrowed for one week. Come stop by our Parent-Teacher section and see what other great resources we have from the current Baby Talk Magazine to Mailbox the idea magazine for teachers.
Check it out! 3 new kits have been added and are available to anyone interested:
Toileting Kit (2) - includes:
Parent materials
Children's books
Video
Various brochures, reprints and other information
It's Potty Time singing bear!
Bedtime/Bedwetting Kit
- includes:
Parent materials
Children's books
Video
Various brochures, reprints and other
information
Bedtime Bear!
Anger - Parenting Advice Kit
- includes:
Parent materials
Children's books
Various brochures, reprints and other
information
Puppets for role playing!
Sponsored by
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Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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