Resources
Downloadable Resources
Download engaging and educational resources designed specifically for kids to support their social and emotional development.
Additional Resources
Looking for other helpful resources? Listed below are a handful of groups and programs in Nebraska also dedicated to early childhood development.
We Care for Kids
We Care for Kids ensures Nebraska families have access to quality early childhood education, offering information on its importance for school readiness and family support. It also builds support for early childhood educators who strengthen Nebraska’s economy.
CASEL
CASEL is a framework that builds social and emotional skills across five key areas, creating fair learning environments and aligning practices across four main settings to support students’ social, emotional and academic growth.
Getting Ready
The Getting Ready program helps young children (ages 5 and under) get ready for school by working closely with families and teachers to support learning and development. Through strong partnerships between parents, educators and children, this approach builds skills and confidence for everyone involved.
TAPP
Teachers & Parents as Partners (TAPP) is a proven, research-based intervention aimed at establishing parent-teacher relationships to help ensure the success of your child.
Early Learning Network
The Early Learning Network aims to understand how policies and practices can close opportunity gaps and support early learning achievements as children move from preschool to elementary school and beyond.
First Five Nebraska
First Five Nebraska drives public conversation on early childhood, aiming to give more Nebraska children a strong start and bright future. They collaborate with officials, business leaders, educators, and community partners to promote effective, innovative early childhood policies and solutions.
Nebraska Children
Nebraska Children is an organization that leverages funds from both public and private sectors, pools talent from all around the communities we work with, and structure initiatives around a collective impact effort.
CHIME
CHIME (Cultivating Healthy Intentional Mindful Educators) is a program that provides education and guidance on how to incorporate mindfulness and reflective practice into your daily routine, teaching, and caregiving.
Pyramid Model
This link will bring you to a training course that utilizes The Pyramid Model, research-based strategies and resources from the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations of Early Learning (CSEFEL), focusing on the social and emotional development and school readiness of children.
Buffett Early Childhood Institute
The Buffet Early Childhood Institute conducts collaborative research to deepen understanding about early care and education, and develop innovative, research-based solutions on behalf of all young children, their families, and the educators who work with them.
CYFS UNL
The Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families & Schools (CYFS) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) seeks to foster collaboration among the University of Nebraska’s vibrant, interdisciplinary research
community in the social, behavioral and educational sciences.