What is Culturally Responsive Teaching in Early Childhood Education?
Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) validates and affirms the cultures of children and incorporates their cultures in multiple aspects of learning and the environment in meaningful ways. This approach also encourages early childhood educators to hold high expectations of the children and their ability to learn. Here are our ways to validate and affirm young students’ cultures in meaningful ways.
Podcast: The Future of Play
In this episode of the preschool
podcast, experts explain how early educators can work together to face the challenges of reopening, while maintaining the engagement that children get from learning through play.
Webinar – Embracing Anti-Bias Classrooms: A Response to Racism
Join the lead authors of
Don’t Look Away, Embracing Anti-Bias Classrooms in a roundtable discussion on
how to explore and address issues of bias and equity in your program. Participants will also hear about tools and strategies to promote family engagement to ensure culturally responsive experiences for the children in your program.
11 Children’s Books About the Refugee Experience
Looking for new books for your program? Here's a list of 11 books for children of different ages that
focus on the refugee experience.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child: 30th Anniversary
The Convention on the Rights of the Child explains children's rights and the responsibilities of governments - and you can
find the 30th Anniversary children's edition here!
African Storybook
African Storybook provides open access to picture storybooks in the languages of Africa for children’s literacy, enjoyment and imagination. They have resources and tools for reading, translating stories and even making your own storybook!
Early Childhood Staff Evaluations The Fun & Effective Way (with Template)
Whether you’re leading a CNC team or interested in your own professional growth, taking some time to evaluate progress is key to delivering quality programming to the children and families we serve.
Change your thinking about staff evaluations to help your CNC team be the best they can be!
5 Ways To Nurture Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence (EI) is a hot topic these days! And with so many different books and articles to choose from, it can be challenging to process all of the latest findings on EI, much less apply them to everyday life. Here's a quick overview of the research and 5 everyday strategies to help children grow their
emotional intelligence in your CNC program.
These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids
The conversation about race needs to start early and keep happening, but many parents and caregivers are wondering how to talk about the deaths and unrest with children - and
how to keep the important conversations about race and racism going when we’re not in a moment of national outrage.
Books & Tips for Talking With Children About Race
Talking to children about race isn't easy, but it is necessary because racism can thrive when you don’t. Before teaching your children anything, it's important to understand their development level. You have no reason to hide anything from them, but you also don’t have to go into great detail and cause unnecessary stress if it’s beyond their comprehension levels.
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