Managing Stress with Mindful Moments
Explore how breathing and movement exercises can help you manage stress. Discover ways to use mindful movements to contribute to your self-care practices.
Explore how breathing and movement exercises can help you manage stress. Discover ways to use mindful movements to contribute to your self-care practices.
Programs serving infants and toddlers should consider ways to facilitate and strengthen adult engagement with outdoor play and exploration.
Domestic violence can have long-term effects on children and families. Learn ways Head Start programs help families overcome the stress and trauma of domestic violence to heal and thrive.
Find out what makes good outdoor play spaces for infants and toddlers and explore guidelines for designing them.
Explore four benefits of outdoor play and exploration for infants and toddlers: improved health; strengthened development and learning; connection to nature; and extended curriculum.
Learn about benefits of outdoor time for infants and toddlers. Find suggestions for creating outdoor play spaces, safety considerations, and strategies and policies to support quality infant-toddler programming.
Research shows young children are spending less time outdoors engaging in active play and exploring the natural world. This trend has significant adverse effects on young children's health and development.
These videos demonstrate cultural practices in tribal early learning settings that support children's development in all Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF) domains.
Learn ways to help education staff and families be mindful that many things can influence what they notice and how they interpret their observations about infants and toddlers.
Learn how observing children is a key part of what education staff in Head Start infant toddler programs do daily. Observation involves focus, purpose, and watching and listening to learn about individual children.