Continuity of Care
This tip sheet outlines how continuity of care is key to the healthy development of young children birth to 3. It also lists three types of continuity of care systems.
News You Can Use: Outdoor Spaces
This News You Can Use is full of ideas about how to create outdoor spaces that are engaging for infants, toddlers, and their families. Early Head Start teachers and home visitors may use this resource to set up spaces for families using community resources such as parks, gardens, and nearby schools.
Learning Environments
Learning environments are nurturing spaces that support the development of all young children. They include classrooms, play spaces, areas for caregiving routines, and outdoor areas.
Affordable Settings and Elements: Ideas for Cost Effective Solutions
With a few easy-to-find materials and willing volunteers, many settings and elements can be created to greatly improve children's spaces..
Play Space Assessment for Preschool
This tool helps to identify the strengths and needs of an existing play space, and serves as a basis for setting priorities and planning enhancements and improvements.
Infant and Toddler Outdoor Play Space Assessment
This tool helps to identify the strengths and needs of an existing play space and serves as a basis for setting priorities and planning enhancements and improvements.
10 Tips to Enhance Your Outdoor Play Space
By incorporating these 10 tips, you will create a beautiful and welcoming atmosphere for family and community members, and educators to enjoy their time outdoors and to be active participants in the play space.
Loose Parts on the Playground
Loose Parts on the Playground
Childhood in the Garden: A Place to Encounter Natural and Social Diversity
Explore the important role of the garden as a place for play, inquiry, and building relationships.
Nature Club Toolkit for Families
The purpose of this toolkit is to provide inspiration, information, tips and resources for those who are—or who might be—interested in creating a Nature Club for Families.