This issue of Young Children focuses on how early childhood leaders and educators determine what, when, and how children learn in educational settings.

Learn how educators introduce science to the young children in their settings.

Children at a Maine early learning center extend their learning about birds to include building birdfeeders.

Elevate a common experiment by giving children time to explore and introducing active, multimodal learning.

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.