Playful Learning and Joyful Teaching in Preschools
Discover how play connects with the Framework for Effective Practice. Learn practical strategies for engaging in guided play to foster curiosity, joy, and lifelong learning.
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Learning Environments
Learning environments are nurturing spaces that support the development of all young children. They include classrooms, play spaces, areas for caregiving routines, and outdoor areas. Learning environments are well-organized and managed settings. They offer developmentally appropriate schedules, lesson plans, and indoor and outdoor chances for choice, play, exploration, and experimentation. Learning environments include age-appropriate equipment, materials, and supplies. They integrate home cultures and are flexible to support the changing ages, interests, and characteristics of a group of children over time. In home-based programs, the learning environment includes the home, community, and group socialization spaces.
Joyful and Engaging Environments for Infants and Toddlers
In this webinar, learn practical strategies for engaging in guided play. Also, discover how guided play supports nurturing and responsive environments for all infants and toddlers.
Highly Individualized Teaching with Infants and Toddlers
This webinar provides practical strategies and tools to support highly individualized teaching and learning in ways that are beneficial to their development and learning.
Early Social Interactions Build Connections in the Brain
Back-and-forth social interactions build babies' language skills and strengthen language regions in their brains.
Creative and Playful Learning in Family Child Care
Family child care offers mixed-age groups where siblings can be cared for together. The provider’s schedule, location, culture, and language are often a match for family needs.
Creative Learning Environments
This podcast is a part of the Research on the Go series and focuses on creative learning environments for infants and toddlers.
Designing Environments
Learn about features of the physical and social classroom environment that maximize young children's engagement and learning.
Early Essentials Webisode 7: Environments
In this webisode, find out how environments impact adults and children. Discover ways to make environments welcoming learning spaces for infants, toddlers, and their families.
Early Essentials Webisode 7 Practice Moment: Environments that Support Learning
Use this video to find ways to reflect and deepen practices to create welcoming environments for infants, toddlers, and their families.
Nature-Based Learning and Development for Administrators
Learn how to use the natural world as a learning tool to improve outcomes for young children in your center.
