The webisodes in this series offer key messages and helpful resources to get staff started with the youngest children and their families. Managers can use Early Essentials to design orientation experiences or staff can participate on their own.
Find out how adults can support infants’ and toddlers’ motor development. Learn ways to promote daily, individualized opportunities for movement and active play.
Discover more about infant and toddler language development. Hear tips on how to support this development, including for children who are dual language learners.
Explore what school readiness means for infants and toddlers. Learn how secure relationships with adults supports children’s development and learning.
Use this video to explore the rapid growth and development that occurs in the first three years of life. Explore its influence on later development and learning.
Explore the Early Essentials video series. Learn what Early Head Start, Migrant and Seasonal Head Start, and child care staff can do to support infant and toddler development and learning.
Welcome to the Office of Head Start (OHS) Caring Connections podcasts. These podcasts are designed to offer you important tidbits of information that focus on topics relevant to your work with infants, toddlers, and their families.
In this webisode, learn more about responsive interactions with infants and toddlers. Discover ways to use everyday routines as opportunities to engage in these interactions.
Find out how music can support infants’ and toddlers’ learning in all domains. Learn how adults can adapt songs to fit children’s age and development.
Watch this video podcast that introduces viewers to using focused observation with infants and toddlers and gives them an opportunity to “try out” some of the techniques discussed.