Early Childhood

Our Brookes family wishes you a peaceful holiday season. To help you find joy throughout the new year, we’ve created a special gift for you: a free printable calendar full…

We could all use a little more joy in our lives—and the activities in today’s post will help you infuse more fun and positivity into your routines with young children.…

Over the summer, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) published a final rule on Supporting the Head Start Workforce and Consistent Quality Programming. (Read a summary here.) The new requirements…

Mealtimes in early learning settings are about more than just eating. They present rich opportunities for connection, learning, and positive food experiences. The new guidebook Meaningful Mealtimes shows early childhood…

It’s never too early to set the stage for healthy emotional development! If you work with or care for infants and toddlers, you play a major part in preparing them…

Developmental screening and assessment are critical steps toward recognizing children’s strengths and needs and helping them make progress—and families should be actively involved in the whole process. If the results…

As a home visitor, how can you be more culturally responsive when working with families whose cultural and linguistic backgrounds differ from your own? Today’s post provides some tips for…

Flexible thinking is an essential ingredient of problem solving. The more children develop flexibility in their thinking, the better they’ll be at considering a problem from multiple perspectives, adjusting their…

During a home visit with a baby and caregiver(s), what should professionals do to support infant mental health and infant–caregiver attachment? A home visit is the perfect opportunity to provide…

How can home visiting programs demonstrate improved outcomes for parents and children—and secure the funding they need to help more families? Collecting data and monitoring outcomes with a reliable tool…