Early Childhood Development, Teaching and Learning

Children’s learning begins at home. Parents and family members can create nurturing, responsive, and engaging spaces for young learners.  Find out how to help families support their child’s learning at home.

Use the resources on this page to strengthen preschool teaching practices.

Explore the resources on this page, which may be useful to Head Start directors, education managers, coaches, teachers, and others who work with preschoolers.

Use the resources on this page to strengthen infant and toddler teaching practices

Children learn by doing. Use these resources to find out how children’s learning experiences build on their natural interests and curiosity about the world and lead to learning and development.

Use this learning module in professional development settings. Learn more about ongoing child assessments, and find out how to gather data and share it with families. 

Find resources about how to select and implement a research-based curriculum. Learn  ways teachers, family child care providers, and home visitors can put research-based curriculum and teaching practices to work.

Discover ideas for learning science involving families in children's activities at home and other settings.

Explore these resources that provide information on using observation as part or your ongoing assessment of infants and toddlers.

Learn more about how to plan math activities in the classroom. Also, share these activities with parents to use at home with their children.