Early Childhood Development, Teaching and Learning

Learn teaching practices to help children develop a varied emotional vocabulary and identify feelings in themselves and others. Practice talking with families about children's emotional literacy.

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.

Watch this video that explains how to observe babies and record what is seen in an objective way that will help staff understand the meaning of the child's behavior.

This in-service suite offers ideas teachers can use to engage children in classroom activities and routines. Learn how giving simple tasks to children keeps them involved.

Find out how teachers can engage children in learning by following the children’s lead.

Learn ways to help children use positive behaviors during classroom transitions..

This in-service suite shows how schedules and routines help to promote children’s learning. Explore guidelines to create a daily classroom schedule that children can learn to follow.

This in-service suite shows how to create expectations for classroom behavior that preschool children can learn.

This in-service suite describes five steps teachers can follow to generate meaningful classroom rules and teach them to children.

Learn ways to redirect a child’s challenging behavior before it escalates.