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How Can Child Care Providers Teach Problem-Solving Skills in Early Childhood?
09/07/2026When young children face a fallen block tower, a difficult puzzle, or a conflict over a favorite toy, they are practicing skills that support lifelong learning. Child care providers can strengthen this process through intentional questions, playful challenges, and carefully timed support; From Play ... How Can Child Care Providers Teach Problem-Solving Skills in Early Childhood?
The power of Imagination: How to add it to your classroom
12/20/2024The Power of Imagination: Fun Dramatic Play Ideas for Early Childhood Classrooms Imagination is central to young children's socioemotional and cognitive development, and dramatic #play is a pedagogically powerful modality for advancing narrative competence, symbolic representation, and peer-mediate... The power of Imagination: How to add it to your classroom
How Can Child Care Providers Help Families Understand Play-Based Learning?
09/05/2026When families see play as “just fun,” they may miss the complex learning happening in block building, pretend conversations, sensory exploration, and outdoor movement. Clear, respectful communication can help families recognize those moments while strengthening the home-school partnershi... How Can Child Care Providers Help Families Understand Play-Based Learning?
Baby Steps to Science
12/30/2021What does science learning look like for infants and toddlers? For very young children, science is not a formal lesson or a collection of facts to memorize. Rather, scientific thinking develops through active engagement with people, objects, and events: noticing, exploring, repeating action... Baby Steps to Science
Hello, Fall! Cozy Activities to Help Babies Explore the Season
08/18/2026Fall’s colors, textures, sounds, and gentle changes offer babies meaningful ways to explore—without complicated projects or overstimulating setups. For a deeper foundation in planning individualized, developmentally appropriate experiences, explore Baby Play: Planning Infant and Toddler ... Hello, Fall! Cozy Activities to Help Babies Explore the Season
How Can Child Care Providers Support Infant and Toddler Development?
09/07/2026Every feeding, diaper change, conversation, and moment of play is an opportunity to strengthen an infant’s or toddler’s development. This guide translates developmental science into practical classroom strategies, while CDA Infants/Toddlers: Stages of Development offers focused training ... How Can Child Care Providers Support Infant and Toddler Development?
What’s Happening Outside? Fall Science Adventures for Preschoolers
08/18/2026What if a crisp leaf, pinecone, or puddle became the starting point for scientific thinking? Fall gives child care providers an inviting, low-cost context for observation, prediction, movement, language, and discovery. To strengthen your outdoor learning environment, explore Creating the Natural Out... What’s Happening Outside? Fall Science Adventures for Preschoolers
Baby’s First Fall: Simple Ways to Explore the Season Through Play
08/18/2026Fall offers babies a rich but gentle invitation to notice color, movement, sound, and texture through everyday play. With thoughtful supervision and a few seasonal materials, providers can create meaningful experiences that support early development; Baby Play: Planning Infant and Toddler Activities... Baby’s First Fall: Simple Ways to Explore the Season Through Play
How Can One Science Question Become a Preschool Investigation?
09/28/2026One thoughtful “Why?” can become a week of discovery when children have time, materials, and an adult who listens. The Basic Science in Early Childhood course offers practical guidance for building inquiry into classroom routines and supports educators in strengthening their science teac... How Can One Science Question Become a Preschool Investigation?
What Does the Science of Peekaboo Reveal About Infant Learning?
07/21/2026Have you noticed how a simple game of peekaboo can stop a baby in their tracks? Peekaboo isn’t just charming—it taps core infant learning systems like attention, memory, and social engagement. To deepen your practice and connect play to measurable developmental gains, consider enrolling ... What Does the Science of Peekaboo Reveal About Infant Learning?
