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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
How to Foster Early Literacy Skills
12/09/2024Fostering early #literacy skills in young children is essential for their future academic success. According to ChildCareEd, literacy skills development helps children build a strong foundation for reading, writing, and communication. By applying developmentally appropriate strategies, educators can... How to Foster Early Literacy Skills
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 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 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?
A quirky investigation into why kids’ sleep cycles can be unpredictable
09/04/2024This article examines the factors that contribute to children’s varied sleep patterns, including training on children’s sleep behaviors and safe sleep practices. Developmental milestones, environmental influences, and individual differences all shape sleep; understanding them can help ca... A quirky investigation into why kids’ sleep cycles can be unpredictable
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?
What Makes Babies Stressed in Child Care? 7 Nursery Changes That Can Help
08/28/2026A baby who cries more, turns away, sleeps poorly, or becomes unusually tense may be communicating that the nursery feels overwhelming—not that the baby is “difficult.” Providers can reduce infant stress through thoughtful changes to space, routines, relationships, and communication... What Makes Babies Stressed in Child Care? 7 Nursery Changes That Can Help
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?
