What is the purpose of classroom observations? What defines a high-quality observation? What are research-based observation tools, and how are they used? This tip sheet answers these questions and more.
Infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) is a growing field that pulls from the science of early brain development as well as from research on attachment, school readiness, and trauma, among other areas of study.
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.
We worked with the Children’s Theatre Company to bring you a set of tip sheets that present theater-based games and activities for use in your work with young children.
Children engage in different kinds of play at different stages. Play is fun, but it’s so much more: it supports children’s physical, cognitive, and social-emotional growth. Learn about encouraging children to take part in all kinds of play.
In partnership with MacPhail Center for Music, we created a set of tip sheets exploring music as a tool to help children build emotional regulation skills.
This tip sheet discusses developmental milestones and Early Childhood Indicators of Progress (ECIPs). Developmental milestones and ECIPs are two different sets of early learning guidelines.