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Infants and Toddlers’ Well-Being Needs a Solid Nutritional Foundation
Food is a main contributor to healthy physical growth and development in young children. What, when, and how a child eats beginning in infancy matters to the nutritional habits they will develop later in life....
Reinforcing Infant and Toddler Safety Ensures Quality Care
When parents are selecting an early childhood program for their infants and toddlers, one of their top priorities is a safe environment. Parents should always assess safety procedures and how educators work to ensure the...
5 Tips for Creating a Professional Early Educator Portfolio
Professional portfolios can often be overlooked when it comes to using them as a resource for tracking professional progress and demonstrating an educator’s classroom skillset. A portfolio might contain lesson plans, sample assignments, audio or...
A Creative Curriculum Can Spark Growth, Development, and Success in Young Children
All children have the ability to demonstrate their own unique sense of creativity, a skill naturally inspired by what they learn and experience directly from their parents, early educators, and surroundings. The arts often serve...
Individualized Student Support Leads to Quality Early Educator Training
As a professor of early childhood education for Ivy Tech Community College, I am keenly interested in ensuring that early educators obtain quality training when working with children ages birth to five. I am in...
Practical Ways Parents and Educators Can Encourage Brain Development in Young Children
Some of us as parents or educators might be a bit intimidated when we hear the phrase “brain development” in early childhood. It may seem very formal when we talk about it in relation to...
Cognitive Learning Begins at Birth: Take Part in Infants and Toddlers’ Brain Development
Ababy’s brain begins to develop neurons before birth.i This scientific fact makes it possible for a child to start relating directly with the world since such an early age, including the ability to learn from daily...
5 Not-too-Spooky Halloween Reads for Young Children
October is a time of the year when little ones are eager to have fun at a pumpkin patch, help carve Jack O’ Lanterns, and tell you with great enthusiasm what character they want to...
5 Proactive Ways to Help Advance Your Early Childhood Career
The field of early childhood education (ECE) is not limited to classroom teaching or childcare. Opportunities abound for advancement and development for any ECE professional. While some may question the need for professional development, it...