AEPS-3 Ready-Set sample
Get a sample of a completed AEPS-3 Ready-Set form to learn more about the new, shorter assessment focused on school readiness skills. Read More
Brookes Publishing’s Head Start Alignment
See how Brookes Publishing's early childhood products align with The Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework. With these high-quality, research-based books and assessment tools, you'll strengthen the quality of your Head Start program and address key domains of school readiness. Read More
AEPS-3 Alignment with Common Core State Standards (Kindergarten)
See how the AEPS-3 goals and items align with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Math for Kindergarten. Read More
Try these fun summer activities with young children!
As we move into the hazy days of summer, guide children's play in ways that will help them develop skills that will serve as launching pads for learning. Read More
Making the Most of Shared Reading: Practical Tips from Two Experts!
In their book Shared Storybook Reading, Helen Ezell and Laura Justice identify two key skills children with and without disabilities must bring to the shared-reading table (or armchair) to get the most out of this important activity. Those skills are: attending and conversational turn-taking. Read More
Easy Ways to Add Math to Everyday Routines: A Home-School Connection Post
To really get kids ready for long-term math success, you need parents and guardians on board too, supporting and supplementing the great work you already do. Read More
Language Intervention for Preschoolers with Special Needs: Tom’s Story
This post is for our early-education readers, especially inclusive educators looking for simple strategies that help students with disabilities improve their language skills. Read More
The pediatrician’s role in optimizing school readiness
Read the policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to learn how pediatricians can significantly influence school readiness, specifically addressing children’s physical well-being, social-emotional well-being, and cognitive and language development. Read More
Introduction to Building Comprehension in Adolescents
The introductory chapter explains the importance of reading to learn, writing to learn, and homework completion, when it comes to comprehension, specifically for low-achieving adolescents. Read More
Seamlessly integrate early literacy skills into a child’s daily life at school and home
How do you take a young boy with limited English skills and awaken in him a joy of reading and writing? Find out how one boy's Head Start teacher and home visitor worked together to weave early literacy activities into his school and home routines to help him become an avid learner (and teacher–of his younger siblings). Read More
