Sharing Knowledge with Infant-Toddler Teachers and Home Visitors Series

Sharing Knowledge with Infant-Toddler Teachers and Home Visitors is a series of lessons that focus on early development and quality services. The series contains information and opportunities for reflection and includes a Trainer's Companion manual that provides additional information and ideas for training activities.

Learning Modules

Serving Young Infants

Serving Young Infants

The Serving Young Infants guide offers important information on infants. Teachers and home visitors may work through the lesson alone or with a group. This lesson describes the importance of relationships and explains motor and communication development. Serving Young Infants [PDF, 514KB]

Serving Mobile Infants

Serving Mobile Infants

The Serving Mobile Infants lesson describes the importance of relationships and explains motor and communication development. The reflection pages within the guide help staff members learn how their actions support positive development and early learning. Serving Mobile Infants [PDF, 701 KB]

Serving Toddlers

Serving Toddlers

Sharing Knowledge with Infant-Toddler Teachers and Home Visitors is a series of lessons on early development and quality services. It is best to use the lessons with a supervisor or more experienced staff member. The first lessons are: Serving Young Infants, Serving Mobile Infants, and Serving Toddlers. Serving Toddlers [PDF, 602KB]

Trainer's Companion Manuals

Serving Young Infants

The Trainer’s Companion Manual provides information and training activities for trainers to use in teaching the content of the Sharing Knowledge with Infant-Toddler Teachers and Home Visitors series. Directors, education supervisors, and other trainers may use this material. The “Think about it …” page includes responses to questions that are likely to come up during discussions. Serving Young Infants [PDF, 602KB]

Serving Mobile Infants

Directors, education supervisors, and other trainers may use this manual. Each page of the Companion Manual matches a page in the original lesson. Serving Mobile Infants [PDF, 569KB]

Serving Toddlers

The Serving ToddlersTrainer’s Companion Manual provides information and activities for trainers to use in teaching the content of the series. Directors, education supervisors, and other trainers may use this material. Each page of the manual matches a page in the original lesson. The Companion Manual, however, has more background material and research on the topic pages. Serving Toddlers [PDF, 550KB]