Head Start Educating Kids, Empowering Families, Changing Communities
Head Start Educating Kids, Empowering Families, Changing Communities
Office of Head Start
Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards Webinar
Watch this webinar about the new uniform administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for federal awards. These requirements went into effect Dec. 26, 2014.
Assessment of Young Dual Language Learners
Watch this presentation and listen to common questions that arise when assessing young dual language learners.
Training and Technical Assistance Centers
The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Office of Head Start and Office of Child Care are collaborating to more effectively provide training and technical assistance (TTA) across early care and education (ECE) programs.
Why Do We Need a Planned Language Approach?
Language competency is crucial to children’s schoo l success. Planned Language Approach (PLA) ensures that decisions about program policies, curriculum, and instruction are based on key language development research, prenatal to adult. PLA also takes into consideration the vast cultural and linguistic diversity of children in the United States, as reflected in Early Head Start and Head Start enrollments.
Approaches to Learning Preschool
Domain: Social and Emotional Development
The Gift of Language
Language is one of the most important gifts you give your child. But how do you give it? The answer is simple. Speak your language with your child at home every day!
Language at Home and in the Community for Families
Here are eight things you can do every day to help your child learn your family’s language and become successful in school!
Language at Home and in the Community for Teachers
The easiest, most important thing is for parents and family members to use their home language every day. Many families worry that using their home language will confuse their children or make it more difficult for them to learn English. Help parents understand that children can learn more than one language at the same time.
Environmental Health and Safety Tool
This baseline tool is one aspect of the work that OHS is doing in partnership with the Office of Child Care to understand the current capacity of the EHS-CCP grantees and their partners and to identify technical assistance or other supports needed .