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CSCCE Announces Commitment to Action at the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) MeetingOn June 25th, the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) announced our Commitment to Action, Assessing What Teachers Need to Help Children Succeed, at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) America Meeting. This represents a two-year commitment to expand the use of, and scale up our online tool, Supportive Environmental Quality Underlying Adult Learning (SEQUAL) and accompanying services and training resources.SEQUAL plays a critical…

In this article, which appeared in the July/August 2014 edition of Exchange Magazine, Marcy Whitebook and co-author Dan Bellm, discuss three aspects of mentoring – mentors as teachers, mentors and learners, and mentors as leaders – that are essential for developing a skilled corps of mentors who are responsible for helping early childhood teachers improve their practice. The article includes a discussion of the supports that mentors need to help them develop and improve their effectiveness as mentors, as well…

The Early Childhood Bulletin is now available online. Enjoy!

Want to build a kid who has the strength, character, and drive to succeed in school-and in life? Let him fail.

During bath time, put some bubbles on different parts of your baby. Say, "Fingers! Toes!" This is a fun way to help baby learn new words.

Arizona educators Wednesday praised a Bureau of Indian Education program that gets Native American parents actively engaged in the education of their children from birth until kindergarten.

Find a number of publications, reports and fact sheets relating to Women and Children's Health.

Find activities, behavior & development, community, curriculum areas, leadership, school-home connection and tips & strategies for early childhood education.

Young Children is NAEYC's peer-reviewed professional journal, published five times a year - in March, May, July, September, and November. Issues are organized around topics important to the early childhood education field. Young Children's practitioner focus makes it unique among journals and its award-winning status testifies to its excellence.

The purpose of this article is to explain some of the ways that pre-kindergarten through elementary school teachers can enhance the vocabulary development of young children.