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.
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.
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.
Learn how self-care and professionalism are important for staff who work with infants, toddlers, and their families.
In this webisode, find out how environments impact adults and children. Discover ways to make environments welcoming learning spaces for infants, toddlers, and their families.
Use this video to find ways to reflect and deepen practices to create welcoming environments for infants, toddlers, and their families.
Use this video to guide reflection and enhance practices that support language development with infants, toddlers, and their families.