NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.
This issue of Young Children focuses on how early childhood leaders and educators determine what, when, and how children learn in educational settings.
NAEYC is sharing key tools and resources to help ECE programs support educators, families, and children who are immigrants, as well as those who have immigrant friends, families, colleagues, and loved ones.
NAEYC has established policies and procedures to ensure that its recognized and accredited programs maintain substantial compliance with current NAEYC’s Early Learning Program Quality Assessment and Accreditation assessment items and critical practices du
NAEYC celebrates the life and mourns the passing of Maurice Sykes, former NAEYC Governing Board member and coleader of NAEYC’s Black Caucus Interest Forum.
Sometimes our listening reinforces what we thought we knew—and sometimes it takes us in directions we didn’t anticipate, identifies consequences we didn’t envision, and helps us find solutions we hadn’t thought of.
In this issue of Young Children, authors present the meaning behind children’s behaviors and developmentally appropriate, equitable ways to respond to them.
As we reflect on what it means to transform our understanding of and approaches to children’s behaviors, let’s consider ways in which we are fostering an environment that supports young children’s social and emotional health and development.
The revision of the "Early Childhood Program Standards" position statement reflects moderate updates informed by research, evidence, and educator experience and expertise.
Programs can use the self-assessment tools to reflect on their practices and evidence to identify their strengths and identify areas that are not fully met to then create an action plan
NAEYC accreditation offers early learning programs a recognized mark of quality, demonstrating commitment to best practices and continuous improvement.
