This webinar discusses how providers can work to support all children in becoming empathetic community members.

Preschool Democracy for a Civil Society: Teaching Democratic Life Skills, Dan Gartrell, Ed.D. – Early Childhood Webinars

Consider: How do the principles of safety needs and growing needs influence how you plan your program? How can you prioritize building secure attachment with the children in your program?

Town Square Research to Practice Statements offers information from theory and research with examples and suggestions for what it means in your work with children. This position statement focuses on executive function, the importance, children’s development, and strategies.

RtoP Supporting the Development of Executive function

 

Town Square’s Learn, Share, and Grow series covers a particular topic spread across a number of short video segments. By breaking up the topic into multiple shorter videos, they are more digestible one at a time, while still being a part of a larger coherent segment. So if you only have 5 minutes, you can watch one, and if you have more time you can watch a whole series.

Below is our three part series on Brain development,  explore other topics in the Grow tab.

 

 Part 1

 

Part 2

 

 

Part 3

 

Town Square Research to Practice Statements offer information from theory and research with examples and suggestions for what it means in your work with children.  This series of position statements includes topics such as the benefits of a home-like environment, the power of open-ended materials, and the benefits of incorporating the arts.

 

Town Square Research to Practice Statement: Supporting the Development of Executive Function