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How Can Staying Calm Help Children Calm Down? Co-Regulation Strategies for Child Care Teams
07/16/2026Working with young children means responding to big feelings every day. Because children often rely on adults to help organize emotions they cannot yet manage independently, a caregiver’s calm voice, steady body language, and predictable response can reduce distress and restore a sense of safe... How Can Staying Calm Help Children Calm Down? Co-Regulation Strategies for Child Care Teams
How can child care providers teach children to name and manage emotions?
07/16/2026Young children bring big feelings into the #classroom every day, but they are still developing the vocabulary and self-regulation skills needed to understand and manage those emotions. Child care providers can support this growth by naming feelings without judgment, modeling calm responses, using bo... How can child care providers teach children to name and manage emotions?
How do you set up a calm-down space in your classroom?
07/16/2026A thoughtfully designed calm-down space gives young children a predictable, respectful place to recognize big feelings, practice regulation strategies, and prepare to return to classroom activities. It should never be used as punishment or forced isolation. Instead, the area should remain visible to... How do you set up a calm-down space in your classroom?
How can I support speech and language development in toddlers?
07/16/2026Small, responsive interactions throughout the day can create meaningful gains in toddlers’ speech and language development. Child care providers can support emerging communication by narrating routines, labeling objects and actions, expanding children’s words into short sentences, sharin... How can I support speech and language development in toddlers?
How can child care programs best support Dual Language Learners?
07/16/2026Children who grow up using more than one language bring valuable linguistic, cultural, cognitive, and social strengths to early learning programs. Child care providers can support #DLLs by respecting and incorporating home languages, using visual cues and gestures, repeating key vocabulary, pairing ... How can child care programs best support Dual Language Learners?
How Can Child Care Providers Understand and Support Sensory Needs in Young Children?
07/16/2026Young children experience and understand the world through sound, movement, touch, sight, taste, smell, and awareness of their own bodies. Because each child processes sensory information differently, ordinary classroom experiences—such as bright lights, loud transitions, messy materials, crow... How Can Child Care Providers Understand and Support Sensory Needs in Young Children?
How can child care programs build focus and self-control in young children?
07/16/2026Young children enter early learning programs with tremendous potential, but their attention, impulse control, and flexible-thinking skills are still developing. Child care providers can strengthen these abilities through short, playful experiences that ask children to listen, remember directions, wa... How can child care programs build focus and self-control in young children?
What fun, practical activities help build fine and gross motor skills in early childhood classrooms?
07/16/2026Early childhood professionals know that children learn with their whole bodies. Playful fine- and gross-motor activities help children strengthen coordination, balance, muscle control, independence, concentration, and confidence. This article offers classroom-ready, low-cost ideas for building #fine... What fun, practical activities help build fine and gross motor skills in early childhood classrooms?
How can child care providers understand and respond to tantrums?
07/16/2026Tantrums are a normal part of early development, but they can interrupt routines, overwhelm staff, and concern families when adults are unsure how to respond. Young children often have tantrums when strong emotions, unmet needs, limited language, sensory overload, fatigue, or changes in routine exce... How can child care providers understand and respond to tantrums?
How can child care providers help children build friendship skills?
07/16/2026Friendship skills are teachable, observable, and essential for helping young children cooperate, manage emotions, resolve disagreements, and feel that they belong. Child care providers can support #preschoolers by modeling friendly language, teaching simple ways to enter play, guiding turn-taking, a... How can child care providers help children build friendship skills?
