Additional Supplemental Resources

Websites

• Healthy Gender Development and Young Children 
  • The national center of parent, family, and community engagement offers these resources and tips for healthy gender development.
• CDC’s Information for Parents of Children Ages 4-11 
  • Your child will change a lot from ages 4 to 11. At a very young age, children develop the habits and behaviors that can affect their life-long health. Use the links below to guide your child in leading a healthier life.
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network 
  • This website provides information on early childhood trauma which generally refers to the traumatic experiences that occur to children aged 0-6.

Videos

• Vygotsky’s Theory of Cognitive Development

  • This video summarizes Vygotsky’s Theory of Social Development which argues that community and language play a central part in learning.
• Early Childhood Gross Motor Skills Development 
  • This video explains the progression of gross motor skill development in early childhood.
• Piaget – Stage 2 – Preoperational – Lack of Conservation 
  • This video shows a child being tested to see if she understands the law of conservation.

• The Theory of Mind Test 

  • Researcher Kadria Simons explains how the Theory of Mind test helps young children begin to understand other people’s thoughts and feelings

• A Class That Turned Around Kids’ Assumptions of Gender Roles! 

  • When a real-life firefighter, surgeon, and fighter pilot drop in on a classroom, these kids have their assumptions about gender roles turned around.
• Like A Girl 
  • “In my work as a documentarian, I have witnessed the confidence crisis among girls and the negative impact of stereotypes first-hand,” said Lauren Greenfield, filmmaker and director of the video. “When the words ‘like a girl’ are used to mean something bad, it is profoundly disempowering.
• InBrief: The Science of Resilience
  • This video is part two of a three-part sequence about resilience. The video overviews supportive relationships and active skill building from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child.
• How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifespan- TED talk 
  • Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect, and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on brain development. This unfolds across a lifetime to the point where those who’ve experienced high levels of trauma are at triple the risk for heart disease and lung cancer.