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Should You Use Corrected Age for an 8-Week-Old Baby Born Prematurely?
08/13/2026An 8-week-old baby born prematurely can make milestone charts feel confusing and unnecessarily stressful. For child care providers and directors, understanding corrected age supports fair observation, respectful family communication, and more developmentally appropriate care; Baby Steps to Milestone... Should You Use Corrected Age for an 8-Week-Old Baby Born Prematurely?
How Baby Sign Language Can Benefit Your Classroom
04/12/2024As a child care provider, you know the challenge of interpreting an infant’s cues before spoken language emerges. Baby sign #language can be a practical communication tool in your #classroom, supporting early interaction and responsive care for the children in your care. Baby sign #language can be... How Baby Sign Language Can Benefit Your Classroom
What Should Effective Beginning-Sound Practice Include?
09/23/2026Beginning-sound practice is most effective when it feels like meaningful discovery rather than a worksheet drill. By combining listening, pictures, movement, print, and repetition, you can strengthen children’s early phonological awareness while keeping learning playful; Language and Literacy ... What Should Effective Beginning-Sound Practice Include?
How Can Child Care Programs Build Meaningful School Readiness?
08/31/2026School readiness is not a race to master worksheets; it is the gradual development of communication, self-regulation, curiosity, independence, and participation skills. To strengthen your classroom practices and gain practical strategies for supporting young learners, explore Are They Ready for Kind... How Can Child Care Programs Build Meaningful School Readiness?
How Can Seasonal Picture Sorting Build Phonemic Awareness in Early Childhood?
09/23/2026Seasonal picture sorting turns a familiar theme into purposeful listening practice: children name an image, isolate its first sound, and explain where it belongs. To deepen your classroom approach, explore Classroom Tools for Emergent Literacy, which offers practical strategies for interactive read-... How Can Seasonal Picture Sorting Build Phonemic Awareness in Early Childhood?
How Can Day vs. Night Sorting Help Children Understand Time and Routine?
09/04/2026When children ask whether it is time for breakfast, outdoor play, or bed, they are building an understanding of sequence, predictability, and time. Day-versus-night sorting turns these abstract ideas into a concrete, playful investigation; for deeper support with predictable classroom practices, exp... How Can Day vs. Night Sorting Help Children Understand Time and Routine?
More Than a Daily Update: What Families Need to Know About Their Infant’s Day
09/22/2026For families, the little details of an infant’s day matter—when they ate, slept, had a diaper change, and how their day went overall. In this article, we’ll explore what information helps families feel informed, reassured, and connected, with support from Family Voices Matter: Tool... More Than a Daily Update: What Families Need to Know About Their Infant’s Day
How Many Tantrums a Day Is Normal for a 2-Year-Old?
08/28/2026Several daily tantrums can be developmentally typical at age two, but frequency alone never tells the whole story. Learning to interpret patterns, respond safely, and partner with families can make difficult moments more manageable; Turning Behavior Around for Toddlers and Preschoolers offers practi... How Many Tantrums a Day Is Normal for a 2-Year-Old?
Mixed-Age Daycare Schedule: How to Plan a Day for Different Age Groups
08/12/2026A mixed-age classroom does not need a rigid, one-size-fits-all timetable to run well—it needs a dependable rhythm with room for individual care. The Every Moment Matters: Schedules and Transitions course can help you strengthen transition practices, design more responsive routines, and build a... Mixed-Age Daycare Schedule: How to Plan a Day for Different Age Groups
How Can Child Care Providers Support Infant Development?
08/31/2026Infants develop through relationships, movement, language, exploration, and responsive care—not through a rigid checklist. Strengthen your team’s understanding of milestones and age-appropriate experiences with CDA Infants/Toddlers: Stages of Development, a focused course that can help p... How Can Child Care Providers Support Infant Development?
