Using Music with Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families
Once children are born, music and singing have important impacts on their early development, supporting brain development and skills across all areas of multiple learning areas.
Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development
Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development is one of the five central domains of the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF). Resources here explore how children use their senses to understand and respond to the world, and how they develop fine and gross motor skills. This collection also features resources around children's health, safety, and nutrition.
Other ELOF domains include Approaches to Learning; Social and Emotional Development; Language and Literacy; and Cognition.
Tummy Time Information for Families
Share this resource with families to help them do tummy time activities with their baby.
Tummy Time Activities During Home Visits
Home visitors and others who work with families can use this resource to share information about tummy time, include tummy time in daily routines, and assess a family’s home to make sure tummy time is safe.
Preschool Play for Physical Development
Identify playful learning activities that can support preschoolers’ motor and physical development. Explore scaffolding strategies and techniques for managing physical play.
Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development for Infants and Toddlers
View this Teacher Time webisode to learn how to help very young children use their senses to understand and direct their daily experiences. Explore ways to help support children’s gross and fine motor development.
Physical and Motor Development for Preschoolers
Watch this webisode to learn how physical and motor development impact preschoolers' learning. Hear from an expert about how these skills develop.
Healthy Home Visiting: Tummy Time Podcast
Listen to this podcast for home visitors on helping families promote tummy time with their babies.
Let's Talk About Movement
Find out how adults can support infants’ and toddlers’ motor development. Learn ways to promote daily, individualized opportunities for movement and active play.