Early Childhood

Every early childhood educator knows about the importance of healthy social-emotional development—especially in the formative first years of school. As a new year of learning gets started, we’re sharing some helpful…

Working with young children and families is a challenging job—whether you’re an educator, an early interventionist, or a care provider. Busy schedules, paperwork, classroom management issues, conflict with colleagues, worries…

Consistent collaboration among team members is one important key to success in early childhood programs. Excerpted and adapted from the new edition of Building Blocks for Teaching Young Children in…

Top early childhood organizations agree: Developmental screening is one of the best things you can do to get a child off to a great start in school and life. But…

We’re excited to announce that Life Skills Progression™ (LSP), the widely used outcome and intervention planning instrument for use with families at risk, will be available in an updated new…

Early math skills—such as counting, sorting, making pat­terns, and sequencing—are an important part of kindergarten readiness and provide a strong foundation for a child’s future development in math. In today’s…

Waiting is a skill every child (and adult!) must develop—but for some children, delaying gratification is harder and can lead to challenging behavior. Directly teaching kids how to wait is…

In early childhood programs, coaching can be a highly effective strategy for supporting both colleagues and families as they enhance their knowledge, develop new skills, and promote healthy development of…

In an inclusive early childhood classroom, how can you be sure that all young children successfully participate in daily activities and learn expected behaviors? Today’s post gives you 15 tips…

*Today’s blog post has been adapted from the second edition of Engaging Young Engineers. Applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles is one way to ensure that all children in…