Early Childhood Development, Teaching and Learning

Learn about ways that coaches help teachers around the teaching of STEAM—science, technology, engineering, art, and math.

Watch this Coaching Corner webinar to increase your understanding of curriculum fidelity. Learn how practice-based coaching can support curriculum fidelity. Identify teaching practices and strategies to support it in the classroom.

Learn about the importance of building relationships with infants, toddlers, and their families in Head Start programs.

Learn teaching practices to encourage language development in English and home languages for children who are learning more than one language. Practices include having responsive conversations, teaching new vocabulary, and building relationships with parents that support language development.

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.

Learn how self-care and professionalism are important for staff who work with infants, toddlers, and their families.

Review criteria to select and evaluate interactive media for use with young children in early childhood settings. Learn effective teacher-child interactions that expand children's learning when they are using media.

Discover the impact of stress and the way that mindfulness practices can help teachers become more resilient. Try a mindfulness practice with children in your program.