This guide makes recommendations based on the best available research evidence about how early childhood services with 3-5 year-olds can engage with families to enhance children’s early learning and development.
1 It sets out ‘promising’ and ‘not promising’ approaches drawn from multiple studies which have measured the effects of different strategies. While there is room for improvements in the quality of available research evidence,
2 these approaches provide ‘best bets’ for guiding practice. This guide also sets out next steps for early childhood services and practitioners to consider how the findings are relevant to them.

Executive function and self-regulation contribute to all five outcomes in the Early Years Learning Framework by enabling children to engage in learning, develop strong relationships with others and make choices that enhance their wellbeing.

This guide is one in AERO’s Tried and Tested series on evidenceinformed teaching practices in early childhood education and care settings that make a difference. Educators and teachers can use these guides to reflect on their practice and inform their planning for future instruction.

Executive functions enable humans to control impulses, stay focused, prioritise, and achieve our goals. They include 3 higher-order thinking skills that emerge during early childhood: working memory, inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility.

This early childhood learning trajectory looks at children’s progress in executive functions, to help you plan the next steps in their learning and development.

This lesson is meant to be a guide for Nebraska Family and Consumer Sciences teachers who may teach the following courses Human Development, Human Growth & Development, Child Development, Parenting, Interpersonal Relationships, Relationships, Family Living, Teen Living or Daily Living courses. Any additional readings and/or topics not included in the lesson plan should be marked N/A.

This is an review activity to help my students review the female reproduction system.

This lesson is meant to be used at the start of a Child Development or Early Childhood Services course, to get students exploring the importance of early childhood.

This 6-minute video provides an overview of The Science of Neglect: The Persistent Absence of Responsive Care Disrupts the Developing Brain, a Working Paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child.

This book provides free educational resources to be used in the area of career exploration within the field of child development and early childhood care and education. Resources and information relates to Child Development /Early Childhood Education and Education majors at California Community Colleges.

Language and communication are the foundations for all learning and social interaction. They relate to many other aspects of cognitive, physical and social development, beginning in infancy.

This early childhood learning trajectory looks at children’s progress in language and communication, to help you plan the next steps in their learning and development.

This is a SoftChalk that helps my students review the Male Reproduction System.

Mathematical thinking and learning starts in infancy and develops into adulthood. It includes learning about mathematical concepts and applying them in everyday situations.

This early childhood learning trajectory focus on children’s progress in mathematical thinking, and support you to plan the next steps in their learning and development.

In this lesson, students will learn about the developmental milestones of infants from birth to age 2.  They will identify 20 milestones and create a poster (paper or digital).

A different look at various "modern" parenting styles that we see within our society & the impact they have on children across the lifespan.

Overview:  This lesson includes a slide presentation to instruct about the 8 Multiple Intelligences (by Howard Gardner).  The students can take notes on the Doodle Notes handout.  Once the students are familiar with the multiple intelligences, you can help them apply the intelligences to preschool learning activities.  Students can work alone or in a group of two to plan 8 preschool activities that match the multiple intelligences.  The project also has the students plan the eight activities around a theme.  This helps students to think about multiple intelligences and developmentally appropriate activities for preschool age children. 

To provide children with a safe and nurturing learning environment and to maintain program effectiveness, teachers must incorporate observation, documentation and assessment into their daily routines. To truly be effective, teachers must develop skills and strategies that are grounded in best practices. This textbook covers topics such as observation methods and techniques, implicit bias, ethics of observation, quality, analyzing data, monitoring, screening and evaluation, meaningful curriculum, and using documentation and assessment to communicate with families.

Keynote presentations, workshop materials, and other helpful resources from the 2020 Partnerships for Well-Being Institute hosted by Human Services at UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education. This includes content from both the June 3 Virtual Mini-Institute and the in-person institute currently scheduled for Dec. 8-10 in Garden Grove, CA.

Physical development occurs as children learn how to use and take care of their growing bodies. It is a foundation for other learning and development. Children use their bodies for learning, by moving around and interacting with people and their environment. This learning trajectory look at gross motor skills, fine motor skills, sensory awareness, and physical health and self-care.

The early childhood learning trajectory will help you observe children’s progress in physical development and plan the next steps in their learning and development.

This lesson teaches students specific skills to practice & establish positive interactions and positive guidance techniques when working with children.

Created by Mallory Gregory, Waverly High School

Students research prenatal development milestones of each month of pregnancy and create a standing tower with group members.

Early childhood is a critical time in development. Many outcomes, both positive and negative, have their beginnings in these years. It is vital that children’s health and safety be protected. High-quality early care and education programs can play a valuable role in improving outcomes
for children.