Little Scientists: Building Early STEAM Skills
Learn more about how to support Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) learning. Find out how STEAM skills help children analyze information, think creatively, and solve problems.
Early Childhood Development, Teaching and Learning
Daryl Greenfield: Encouraging Our Youngest Scientists at Work
Hear from Daryl Greenfield as he talks about the ELOF and how cognition for infants and toddlers develops into scientific reasoning for preschoolers.
Brenda Jones Harden: Supporting Intentional Interactions in Home Visiting
Hear from Brenda Jones Harden as she takes a look at how the ELOF relates to the work that home visitors do with parents, families, and their children.
Marvelous Explorations Through Science and Stories (MESS)
Discover ideas for learning science involving families in children's activities at home and other settings.
Using the ELOF to Inform Assessment
Support your program in reviewing how well an assessment instrument assesses children’s skills, behaviors, and knowledge in the ELOF domains.
Finding the Math
Learn more about how to plan math activities in the classroom. Also, share these activities with parents to use at home with their children.
Early Experiences Build the Brain
Explore in this News You Can Use how the connections within the brain are created and made strong, the negative impact of chronic stress at an early age, and how caring adults can help even in difficult situations.
Babbling Babies: Early Language Development
Learn about the importance of language and literacy development for infants in this BabyTalks video. Listen as the presenter shares information about topics such as key stages in language development and how social interactions support language growth.
Preschool Teachers
Teachers know and understand the broad range of content areas and the developmental expectations (i.e., social and emotional, cognitive, expressive and receptive language, motor, adaptive, and English language development) appropriate for young children as outlined by the Head Start Early Learning Framework. Teachers consider what they want children to know, understand, and be able to do using the five essential domains.
Infant and Toddler Caregivers
For infants and toddlers, school readiness refers to their developing capacity to self-regulate, demonstrate curiosity, communicate effectively, and develop close, secure relationships. Good health and proper nutrition support this developing capacity. This happens within the context of nurturing, culturally responsive relationships with parents, caregivers, extended family, and community.