News
A new preschool curriculum protects against toxic stress in early childhood
CEED's partner organization The Family Partnership created a preschool curriculum that centers on storytelling. Why? Because storytelling supports young children's executive function and self-regulation skills, which can be negatively affected by toxic stress.
Margarita Milenova achieves ECERS-3 anchor status
Margarita Milenova, PhD, program quality specialist, was certified as an anchor for the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales Third Edition (ECERS-3) after four days of rigorous in-the-field testing. ECERS-3 is a tool for measuring the quality of early childhood classrooms. In this Q & A, Milenova explains how the tool is used in classroom observations and what it means to be an ECERS-3 anchor.
What does it take to be a princess/superhero/mom?
The Surgeon General issued an advisory on parental burnout. What has changed so that being a parent is now a mental health risk?
Practitioner resources
Tip sheet: screening, assesssment, and evaluation in early learning
Early childhood professionals are often responsible for monitoring how children are growing and learning. Screening, assessment, and evaluation are different activities that can be part of that process. These three terms can be easy to mix up. Our latest tip sheet aims to clear up the confusion!
Tip sheets: theater exercises for social-emotional learning
Theater games and activities can be highly engaging for young children. They can also be a great way to work on social and emotional learning. Download our latest tip sheets, created in partnership with the Children's Theatre Company, and learn why!
Tip sheets: storytelling/story acting
Storytelling/story acting is a special teaching strategy that harnesses the power of stories to help children build language and social-emotional skills. Download our tip sheets to learn more.