Summer Learning for Teachers

Summer can offer time to take a step back to review best practices, discover new approaches, and explore strategies to add to your teaching toolbox. Here are 10 ideas to explore this summer
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Get Inspired: Read and share quotes to inspire your work with children and families.
Discover Emotional Intelligence: The key to being a highly qualified early childhood teacher.
Become a Reflective Teacher: Tips, ideas, and tools.
*Explore Teacher Research: Voices of Practitioners* is NAEYC's free online professional journal on teacher research in early childhood education.**
Participate in NAEYC's upcoming author events: Coming up: Ready-for-Reading Activities, Technology, Math and Supporting Dial Language Learners.
Review NAEYC Position Statements: Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Early Learning Standards, and many more.
*Read about Big Body Play: Why vigorous play is essential to children's development and learning.*
Try *NEXT for Young Children* or *NEXT for TYC: NAEYC Professional Development Resources that build on articles in Young Children* and TYC.
Connect with Children: The book *Powerful Interactions* guides you through three steps to extend children's learning.
Get Involved: Join our Children's Champions e-mail list to receive regular updates and action alerts on federal and state early childhood policy issues.