NAEYC Comprehensive Membership is a great way to enhance your professional development while adding to your collection of early childhood education resources. As a Comprehensive Member, you will receive six informational books each year—a $100 value. You’ll also receive all the benefits included in a Regular or Student Membership: discounted registration fees for NAEYC conferences, a 20 percent discount on items in the NAEYC catalog, the NAEYC periodical of your choice, discounted professional liability insurance, and numerous other benefits.

For more information on the benefits of joining NAEYC, visit our membership page. When you join NAEYC, you also become a member of a state and local NAEYC Affiliate Group. To learn about the membership options in your area, select your state from the list here. Membership dues vary based on your location.

Current Comprehensive Member Benefit

This collection of articles from NAEYC’s journal Young Children showcases exciting ways to support children’s science explorations from infancy through age 8. Spotlight on Young Children: Exploring Science describes teaching approaches and child-initiated projects that introduce children to scientific and engineering practices, and concepts in the physical, life, and earth and space sciences and in engineering and technology. Pre-order the book

Recent Comprehensive Member Benefits
	Challenging Exceptionally Bright Children in Early Childhood Classrooms Ann Gadzikowski Copublished with Redleaf press
	From Play to Practice: Connecting Teachers' Play to Children's Learning  Marcia L. Nell & Walter F. Drew, With Deborah E. Bush
	So Much More than the ABCs: The Early Phases of Reading and Writing  Judith A. Schickedanz & Molly F. Collins
	Education for a Civil Society: How Guidance Teaches Young Children Democratic Life Skills  Dan Gartrell
	Basics of Supporting Dual Language Learners: An Introduction for Educators of Children from Birth through Age 8 Karen Nemeth
	The Three Rs of Leadership: Building Effective Early Childhood Programs Through Relationships, Reciprocal Learning, and Reflection Julie K. Biddle Copublished with HighScope