Best Practices for Planning Curriculum for Young Children

• Creating Equitable Early Learning Environments for Young Boys of Color: Disrupting Disproportionate Outcomes – NEW | English | Spanish
  This groundbreaking book provides an honest and comprehensive look at the inequitable experiences our youngest Boys of Color have in early learning programs including disproportionate rates of exclusionary discipline (e.g., pushouts, suspensions, and expulsions). This book highlights the critical need to disrupt these patterns and create strength-based and equity-oriented early childhood environments that support Boys of Color to thrive.
• Family Partnerships and Culture | English | Spanish
  This publication promotes understanding of children’s cultural or multicultural experiences at home, and helps teachers use those experiences as building blocks for teaching and learning in early education settings.
• The Integrated Nature of Learning | English | Spanish
  This publication examines how play, learning, and curriculum work together in early education, and describes the relationship context for early learning and the role of the teacher in supporting children’s active engagement in learning.
• Responsive Early Education for Young Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness | English | Spanish
  Essential factual information and resources about the extent of early childhood homelessness, in addition to concrete research-based strategies teachers can implement that benefit all of the children in their care, and are essential for young children and their families impacted by homelessness.
• The Powerful Role of Play in Early Education | English | Spanish
  This publication discusses the critical role of play for children, particularly in early childhood. Play is an important context in which children learn, experiment with new ideas, and make sense of the world around them.