General Features of Effective Professional Development: Implications for Preparing Early Educators to Teach Mathematics

Read an excerpt from Preparing Early Childhood Educators to Teach Math by Herbert P. Ginsburg, Ph.D., Marilou Hyson, Ph.D., and Taniesha A. Woods, Ph.D. Read More

Getting to Know the Family

This brief excerpt explains why it's useful for professionals to gather information on the families they serve, inculding details about family composition, culture/language, and customs. Read More

Guidelines for working with an interpreter

Read the excerpt and discover key tips for working with an interpreter. These guidelines are separated into three categories: preparation, interaction, and reflection. Read More

How do children benefit from inclusion

This chapter from First Steps to Preschool Inclusion uses research to share how preschoolers both with and without disabilities benefit from participating in high-quality inclusive environments. Read More

Identifying Early Literacy Learning Needs

In this chapter excerpt, read about emergent literacy state standards, purposeful assessment of emergent literacy skills, and education implications like universal screening, instructional planning, and progress monitoring. Read More

Implementation science: Defining the new frontier

Read the excerpt to learn the definitions of implementation science and common terms associated with this new discipline, shared themes across implementation frameworks, and application of implementation science in an early childhood context. Read More

Challenges in learning first words: making learning easier

Read the excerpt and discover interventions that are particularly helpful for young children with autism who have difficulty with the acquisition of words. Read More

Implementation Science: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go from Here?

This introductory chapter defines the process of implementation science—an evidence-based framework for bridging the research-to-practice gap—as well as its importance and its challenges. Read More

Developmental Progression of Skills: Fine Motor Skills

Excerpted from Early Intervention Every Day!, this chapter presents milestones in the area of fine motor skills and ways for providers to coach caregivers to facilitate the skill’s development in daily routines and activities. Read More

Intervention to Equalize Early Experience

This final chapter of Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children explores the authors' conclusions from their groundbreaking word gap study and proposes strategies for leveling the playing field. Read More