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Field 205: Early Childhood Education 
Preparation Resources

The resources listed below may help you prepare for the CEOE test in this field. These preparation resources have been identified by content experts in the field to provide up-to-date information that relates to the field in general. You may wish to use current issues or editions to obtain information on specific topics for study and review.

Standards

  1. CAEP 2018 K-6 Elementary Teacher Preparation Standards (Initial Licensure Programs)
  2. Head Start Program Performance Standards
  3. OK Full (Subject Matter) Competencies for Licensure and Certification (2009)
  4. NAEYC Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators (Revised 2019)
  5. Standards for the Assessment of Reading and Writing
  6. Standards for the Preparation of Literacy Professionals 2017
  7. Standards for Reading Professionals 2010

Journals

  1. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
  2. Early Childhood Education Journal
  3. Early Childhood Research and Practice
  4. Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  5. Journal of Early Childhood Research
  6. Young Children, National Association for the Education of Young Children
  7. Young Exceptional Children, Council for Exceptional Children
  8. ZERO TO THREE Journal

Other Resources

  1. Banks, J. A. (2015). Cultural diversity and education: Foundations, curriculum, and teaching (6th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

  2. Bear, D., Invernizzi, M., Templeton, S., & Johnston, F. (2019). Words their way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction. (7th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

  3. Brewer, J.A. (2014) Introduction to early childhood education: preschool through primary grades. (6th ed). Boston: Pearson.

  4. Carpenter, T.P., Fennema, E., Franke, M.L., Levi, L., & Empson, S.B. (2015). Children's mathematics: cognitively guided instruction. Portsmouth: Heinemann.

  5. Casper, V. & Theilheimer, R. (2010). Early childhood education: Learning together. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

  6. Cohen, L. E., & Waite-Stupiansky, S. (2019) STEM in Early Childhood Education. New York, NY: Routledge.

  7. Denny, T. (2008). Improve Literacy Instruction with Classroom Research, First Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

  8. David Elkind (2007). Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children. Boston: Da Capo Press.

  9. Follari, L. M. (2011). Foundations and Best Practices in Early Childhood Education (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

  10. Hynes-Berry, M., Grandau, L. (2019). Where's the math? books, games, and routines to spark children's thinking. La Vergne: National Association for the Education of Young Children.

  11. Hyson, M. (2014). The Early Years matter: Education, care, and the well-being of children, birth to 8. New York: Teachers College.

  12. Gordon, A. & Williams Browne, K. (2015). Beginning Essentials in Early Childhood Education (3rd ed.). Boston: Cengage Learning

  13. Kissinger, K. (2017). Anti-bias education in the early childhood classroom hand in hand, step by step. New York: Routledge.

  14. Marian C. Marion (2003). Using Observation in Early Childhood Education. Boston: Pearson.

  15. Meyer, A., Gordon, D., and Rose, D. (2014). Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice, First Edition. Westfield, MA: CAST, Inc.

  16. Miller, D. (2012). Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades, (2nd ed). Portsmouth, NH: Stenhouse Publishers.

  17. Mindes, G. & Jung, L. A. (2014). Assessing Young Children. (5th ed). Boston: Pearson.

  18. Morrison, G. S. (2017). Early Childhood Education Today, Fourteenth Edition. NY, NY.: Pearson.

  19. The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) (2021). Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth Through Age 8. (4th ed.). Washington, DC: NAEYC.

  20. Oklahoma State Department of Education. (2006). Standards of Performance and Conduct for Teachers. Oklahoma City, OK.

  21. Oklahoma State Department of Education. (2016). Oklahoma Academic Standards. Oklahoma City, OK.

  22. Recchia, S. (2013). Inclusion in the early childhood classroom: What makes a Difference. New York: Teachers College Press.

  23. Souto-Manning, M. (2013). Multicultural Teaching in the Early Childhood Classroom: Approaches, Strategies and Tools, Preschool-2nd Grade. New York: Teachers College Press.

  24. Vacca, R., Vacca, J., and Mraz, M. (2019). Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum, Twelfth Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

  25. Wright, W. (2019). Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners: Research, Policy, and Practice (3rd ed). Philadelphia, PA: Caslon, Inc.

Online Resources

  1. CAST, Universal Design for Learning — www.cast.org
  2. Education Week — www.edweek.org
  3. Edutopia — www.edutopia.org
  4. The National Center for Literacy Education – American History — ncte.org
  5. Oklahoma State Department of Education, Reading and Literacy Resources — sde.ok.gov
  6. Oklahoma State Department of Education, Mathematics Resources and Guidance — sde.ok.gov
  7. Reading Rockets; Launching young readers! — www.readingrockets.org
  8. Teaching/Writing — scholarworks.wmich.edu
  9. WIDA – Government — wida.wisc.edu
  10. ZERO TO THREE — www.zerotothree.org

Professional Organizations

  1. The Council for Exceptional Children
  2. International Literacy Association
  3. National Association for the Education of Young Children
  4. National Education Association
  5. National Head Start Association
  6. ZERO TO THREE
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