The 2026 CLASS® Conference is designed for coaches and other professionals working across Minnesota's mixed delivery system. The system includes center- and family-based child care, Head Start, public pre-K programs, special education and more.
We all know it’s important for children to understand math concepts like counting, measuring, and patterns before kindergarten. The good news is, you can introduce these ideas seamlessly into daily routines. Our new online course shows you how.
Focusing on three big ideas ("math mantras"), participants in this course will learn to build young children's understanding of the preschool math concepts they need most. Learn to integrate early math into existing routines with interactive content.
During a classroom observation, a trained observer watches a teacher work and takes notes on their practices. Teachers are invested in the best outcomes for children in their classrooms. They must love observations, right? The answer is…complicated.
Our program quality team conducts classroom observations in preschool programs throughout Minnesota. En route, they enjoy stopping by roadside attractions that add a quirky flair to many of our state’s small towns. Here are a few of our team’s favorites--many of them the “world’s largest” of their kind!
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.
Margarita Milenova, PhD, program quality specialist, was certified as an anchor for the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales Third Edition (ECERS-3), a tool for measuring the quality of early childhood classrooms.