Resources for Learning Through Play
Online
Early Head Start National Resource Center
National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning
- Playing to Learn: Benefits of Play in Early Childhood (webinar and print materials)
Books
Daly, Lisa; Miriam Beloglovsky. Loose Parts 2: Inspiring Play with Infants and Toddlers. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), 2017.
Johnson, Jeff A. Babies in the Rain: Promoting Play, Exploration, and Discovery with Infants and Toddlers. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press, 2009.
Koralek, Derry; Holly Bohart, Kathy Charner. Spotlight on Young Children: Exploring Play. Washington, DC: NAEYC, 2015.
Resources to Support Infant and Toddler School Readiness
Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
- 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return
- Children’s Emotional Development Is Built into the Architecture of Their Brains: Working Paper No. 2
EarlyEdU Alliance® Higher Education Learning Modules
Early Head Start National Resource Center
- Early Essentials (video series)
- News You Can Use (print series)
National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning
- 15-minute In-service Suites
- BabyTalks (video series)
- Connecting Research to Practice: Tips for Working with Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families (print series)
- Curriculum Consumer Report
- Disabilities Services Newsletters (print series)
- The Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF) Effective Practice Guides (print and video series, Birth to 5)
- Home Visiting Series (video series)
- Planned Language Approach (print series; Birth to 5)
- Teacher Time (video series)
- Understanding STEAM and How Children Use It (print; Birth to 5)
National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement
- Building Partnerships with Families Series (print)
- Relationship-Based Competencies to Support Family Engagement
- Understanding Family Engagement Outcomes: Research to Practice Series (print)
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Last Updated: March 22, 2022