Early Childhood Development, Teaching and Learning

Learning environments are everywhere. They include the home, outdoors, classrooms, and more. Discover ways to use the environment to support all children's school readiness.

This resource provides guiding questions for exploring how a curriculum fosters children's thinking skills and a deeper understanding of concepts.

This vignette provides guidance for supporting children who do not qualify for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) services.

Review information about the laws and regulations related to supporting children who do not qualify for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) services.

Use this tool to determine your program's readiness for planning and implementing an Early Head Start or Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership program.

Learn ways to support home visitors who work with families of children who are dual language learners (DLLs). Explore strategies to support DLLs’ learning in the Big Five for All areas of early literacy.

Learn ways to update school readiness goals to align with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF). Find out how to identify child assessment data to measure progress.

Discover how to use the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF) tools to plan professional development. Find ways to help staff in supporting children’s development and learning in the ELOF domains.

When you read with children, they connect the words they hear to the pictures on the page and things in their world. Learn why story time is important for children’s brain development.