R&D ALERT

Addressing Challenging Behaviors Through Reflective Practice

Come to the Program for Infant/Toddler Care’s virtual booth at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference.

We’ll be discussing a range of topics of interest to early childhood practitioners each day, including the importance of a responsive approach to curriculum, personal care routines, and temperament. You can also learn about online training and certification opportunities.

Are you caring for one or more young children at your home? This activity guide provides tips and practical guidance to engage children age birth to five. The resource is designed for parents and caregivers looking for ways to support the whole child through fun and creative at-home learning.

At the heart of WestEd’s Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC) is a commitment to early care that respects the diverse cultures, lifestyles, preferences, abilities, learning styles, and needs of children and families.

Through professional development, training, curriculum, and technology-enabled support, PITC ensures that young children receive safe, healthy, emotionally secure, and intellectually rich care based on responsive, respectful, and relationship-based practices. Learn more. 

PITC Infant & Toddler Group Care Course Online. Register today to learn how to support healthy social-emotional development and learning in group care settings. 

PITC Resource Spotlight: Temperament Tendencies. Download this guide to find out how to identify the five different temperament tendencies of young children. 

Preschool opportunities are limited in rural Nevada, so local full-service family support nonprofit Community Chest, Inc. has been reaching and teaching three- and four-year-old children who would not otherwise have access to a pre-K education. Learn how the nonprofit promotes kindergarten readiness, and how the program pivoted during the pandemic.

All children, regardless of socioeconomic status, deserve the opportunity to be well prepared for kindergarten math instruction. A new and effective early math curriculum, Pre-K Mathematics, includes both classroom and home components with activities and strategies to help preschoolers develop fundamental mathematical thinking.

Multiple rigorous studies show that students from low-income backgrounds significantly benefitted from receiving this curricular intervention.

This archived webinar series shares practical teaching strategies that are grounded in the evidence-based practices of the Teaching and Learning Cycle (TLC) framework.

The TLC approach uses interactive reading, text-based discussions, and language-awareness building to engage students, and it aims to provide students with equitable opportunities to learn and thrive.

Scaffolding Emergent Reading, Oral Language, and Writing for Dual Language Learners/English Learners in Pre-K–1st Grade

Language & Literacy Development in Pre-K–1st Grade: Words and More