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12 Physical Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers

If you need ideas for physical development activities for toddlers and preschoolers in your care to help get them moving, here are a few games to try!

Early childhood insights and inspirations…

Check out this website full of inspiration and ideas for early childhood activities, program setup, health and safety, instructional strategies, inclusion, professional development and more!

Global Storybooks

Global Storybooks is a free multilingual literacy resource for children and youth worldwide. Now, you can read, download, toggle, and listen to a wide variety of illustrated stories in different languages!

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!