January 4, 2024

In lots of training programs, a presenter talks to a room full of people, and then, at the scheduled time, everyone goes home. 

But there are some training programs that invite everyone involved to solve big problems, make the world far better than it is, and keep doing so long after the program ends.

That’s what the Family Child Care Entrepreneur Training Program in Fitchburg, Mass., does. Nominally, this program trains participants to complete the licensing process for becoming a family child care provider in Massachusetts.

From the American Academy of Pediatrics: An important goal of early childhood education is teaching emotional self-regulation within the context of a safe, stable, nurturing environment. Expulsion of young children ignores underlying emotional and behavioral concerns, disproportionately affects children of color (Black or Hispanic), males, children with disabilities, and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, and has long-term consequences on educational and life success.

From Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University: Our panel of experts across various fields brings their latest research, exploring how racism gets “under the skin” to impact children’s development as well as contributes to unequal access to opportunity in the places where children live, grow, play, and learn. 

Together, we strategize on solutions that promote healthy child development and work to dismantle systemic barriers.

“The National Early Care and Education (ECE) Workforce Center is a joint research and technical assistance center. This center builds on the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) broader efforts to support the early childhood workforce by identifying effective policies and strategies through research and evaluation, translating lessons from research for practice, and supporting innovations in states and communities through technical assistance.”

Massachusetts Act Early aims to educate parents and professionals about healthy childhood development, early warning signs of autism and other developmental disorders, the importance of routine developmental screening, and timely early intervention whenever there is a concern.

June 16, 2023

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $2 million to Neighborhood Villages for quality affordable child care

Healthy development in the early years of life can set the course for lifelong health, behavior, and learning. What can be done to ensure that children have a strong start early in life? The evolving science of early childhood development (ECD) provides powerful insights about how conditions and experiences get inside the body—for better or worse—and what we can do to ensure all children have a strong start in life. 

ECD LEAD program, a 10-week, all remote, learning experience for policy makers and public leaders geared towards strengthening a network of champions for early childhood development (ECD) who have the knowledge, skills, and desire to apply scientific insights to advance their local ECD agenda. 

Breaking a complicated concept into bite-sized, digestible pieces. 

So, you want to better understand gender, or need help explaining it to someone else?  

Used by — and contributed to by — countless people around the world and throughout the decades, the genderbread person (and all of the different evolutions of it, and ideas it evolved from) is a wonderful way to start an important conversation.

We host these massive virtual workshops four times per year for hundreds around the world.

Every attendee has the option of joining workshops that range from movement and music to emotional support. It’s like a multi-lingual conference of play. Our last Global Playshop was attended by people from over 29 countries including China, Nigeria, Ukraine, Serbia, Israel, Peru, and the UK. Will you join to build the movement?