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“Bring a Principal to Your Head Start” Celebration
Explore “Bring a Principal to your Head Start” Celebration
The Foundations for School Readiness: Fostering Developmental Competence in the Earliest Years
Use this resource to support staff as they help infants and toddlers develop the characteristics and skills they will need for later success in school and life.
What Does School Readiness Mean for Programs Serving Infants and Toddlers?
Learn what school readiness means for infants and toddlers. Explore two key resources that focus on school readiness characteristics.
From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development
Learn about three key developmental tasks for children birth to 5: self-regulation, communication and learning, and getting along with peers.
Heart Start: The Emotional Foundations for School Readiness
Find out about seven characteristics that prepare young children for school: confidence, curiosity, intentionality, self-control, relatedness, capacity to communicate, and cooperativeness.
From Research to Practice: Implications for Programs
Explore the critical link between infants’ and toddlers’ social and emotional development and their early learning. Learn how this connection can help self-regulate, communicate and learn, and get along with peers.
Social and Emotional Development Connect to Other Areas of Development
All areas of children’s development, including social and emotional, influence each other. Learn how infants’ and toddlers’ development unfolds within the context of their relationships with caring adults.
Relationships Facilitate Learning
Discover how infants and toddlers learn through relationships with caring adults. Learn ways secure relationships help children feel safe, secure, and confident, while supporting their learning.
Curriculum Is Delivered Through Relationships
A research-based curriculum aligned with the Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF) can support children’s learning. Find out how infants and toddlers learn through play and interacting with caring adults.
