Novel Words, Birth to Five
Conversations help children develop varied vocabularies. Find out how to use everyday talks with children to help them learn more vocabulary words.
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Teaching Practices
Effective, nurturing, and responsive teaching practices and interactions are key for all learning in early childhood settings. They foster trust and emotional security; are communication and language rich; and promote critical thinking and problem-solving. They also support social, emotional, behavioral, and language development; provide supportive feedback for learning; and motivate continued effort. Teaching practices and interactions are responsive to and build on each child’s pattern of development and learning. They can be measured by the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS®) and other adult-child interaction tools. These observations may then be used to support professional development. Teaching practices also include how schedules and routines are carried out, how settings are managed, and how children’s challenging behaviors are addressed.
Expansions, Birth to Five
Expansions are ways to expand on what a child says or does during a conversation. This in-service suite describes how to use expansions to extend conversations with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers to promote their language development.
Building a Solid Foundation
This in-service suite introduces the foundation of the Framework for Effective Practice. It focuses on engaging interactions and environments.
Improving Teacher-Child Interactions: Using the CLASS® in Head Start Preschool Programs
Explore this guide that describes how the CLASS® relates to school readiness, and how using it to collect and apply data, including case studies that show how programs have applied CLASS® for support and improvement.
More than Fun and Games: Digital Technologies and Children's Learning
Learn how to use technology in the preschool classroom.
Help Me Make a Strong Start! Strategies for Successful Kindergarten Transitions
This webinar reviews the importance of helping children transition from preschool or Head Start to kindergarten. It also shares successful strategies to help children, families, and teachers during this time.
Early Essentials Webisode 8: Responsive Interactions
In this webisode, learn more about responsive interactions with infants and toddlers. Discover ways to use everyday routines as opportunities to engage in these interactions.
A Framework for Understanding Early Writing Development
Review a framework for teachers to evaluate and understand the writing that young children produce.
Teaching New Words: Embedding Vocabulary Instruction in Storybooks
Find out how to embed vocabulary instruction in storybook reading. Learn how to use explicit instruction and select useful and teachable targets.
Let's Talk About Routines
Find out how predictable routines help infants and toddlers build a sense of trust and security. Learn tips for creating meaningful routines.
