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Organizations
PCPI--Parent Cooperative Preschools International
A non-profit international council dedicated to the family and the community.  ICPC and all member schools are members of PCPI.
IAEYC--Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children
Provides support to early childhood teachers and families through an early childhood conference each March.  Also, provides funding for schools seeking accreditation by NAEYC. 
NAEYC--National Association for the Education of Young Children
Promotes excellence in early childhood education.  Provides support to schools, teachers and families.  Many cooperative schools have been accredited by NAEYC

Articles
About Co-ops:

Opt to Co-op:  The Benefits of Cooperative Preschools--By Karen Finucan Clarkson

Best Kept Secret:  Cooperative Preschool Programs--By E. Kim Coontz

The Role of Parent Involvement In Cooperative Preschool Programs--By E. Kim Coontz

Choosing a School:

What Kids Really Learn in Preschool--By Barbara Salomon

Ten Signs of a Great Preschool--By Irene Daria-Wiener

Ten Signs of a Great Preschool--NAEYC article

The Power of Preschool--Ellen Booth Church

What You'll See in the Classroom--Diane Trister Dodge & Toni S. Bickart

Top 10 Signs of a Good Kindergarten Classroom--NAEYC article

Ready for Kindergarten? -  Ellen H. Parlapiano

Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum and Learning Through Play:

Defining "Developmentally Appropriate" - by Ellen Booth Church

Preschool--Academics or Play? - NAEYC article

How Children Learn--By Karen DeBord and Mary Ann Johnson

What Are They Learning? 
Seeing the concepts and skills children can learn through play--By Kathy Reschke

What Your Child Learns from Play--By Rebecca Hughes

Circle Time & Free Play--Diane Trister Dodge & Toni S. Bickart

Ages & Stages:

Especially for 2 Year Olds--Diane Trister Dodge & Toni S. Bickart

What's Happening at 2--Marian Edelman Borden

The Transition from 2 to 3--Diane Trister Dodge & Toni S. Bickart

What's Happening at 3--Marian Edelman Borden

What's Happening at 4--Marian Edelman Borden

What's Happening at 5--Marian Edelman Borden

Helping Your Preschool Child--U.S. Department of Education

Reading & Writing:

Helping Your Child Become a Reader--U.S. Department of Education

First Steps to Reading and Writing--Diane Trister Dodge & Toni S. Bickart

The Meaning of Preliteracy--Susan B. Neuman

Social Skills:

Three Key Social Skills--Diane Trister Dodge & Toni S. Bickart

Classroom Conversations--Ellen Booth Church

What Pretending Teaches Kids--Kim Flodin

Let's Make Believe--Deborah Skolnik

Learning to Share--Kellye Crocker Carter

"It's Mine" - Linda Bernstein

Learning to Lose--Nancy Mattia

I'm Sorry--Vicky Mlyniec