Family Child Care Connections
Designed for family child care providers, this series offers tips, visuals, and inexpensive solutions that transform environments. Each episode highlights simple improvements that are easy to make.
Early Learning Environments
These resources emphasize the importance of creating safe and engaging learning environments and activities for young children. Topics include designing environments, transitions and schedules, and promoting learning through daily routines, activities, and materials.
Overcoming Challenges in the Family Child Care Setting
Watch the Meaningful Makeover crew work with family child care providers to provide safe learning environments for mixed-aged groups. Create environments that promote children’s social and emotional development.
Designing Classroom and Socialization Environments for Infants and Toddlers
In this tip sheet, learn about designing classroom and socialization environments for infants and toddlers. Find tips for buildings, facilities, and learning environments. Explore relevant standards and resources.
Use of Feeding Chairs with Trays in Head Start Infant/Toddler Programs
Selecting a type of feeding chair depends on the program option and children's ages and stages. This tip sheet guides decisions about which feeding chairs to use and how to use them appropriately.
Promoting Learning Through Approaches to Rest, Meals, Routines, and Physical Activity
Find out how teachers can promote children’s learning outcomes during routine indoor and outdoor activities.
1302.31 Teaching and the learning environment.
This standard outlines elements of effective teaching practices, learning environments, materials and space, and promoting learning through approaches to rest, meals, routines, and physical development.
Engaging Interactions and Environments
These 15-minute In-service Suites are a professional development resource for staff in busy, active early childhood centers and programs. They are organized around one topic or big idea and address effective teaching and assessment practices.
Materials to Support Learning
This in-service suite explores guidelines on how to select classroom materials. Learn how to choose materials that engage children and encourage peer interaction and learning.
Building a Solid Foundation
This in-service suite introduces the foundation of the Framework for Effective Practice. It focuses on engaging interactions and environments.