NAEYC Comprehensive Membership is a great way to enhance your professional development while adding to your collection of early childhood education resources. As a Comprehensive Member, you will receive six informational books each year—a $100 value. You’ll also receive all the benefits included in a Regular or Student Membership: discounted registration fees for NAEYC conferences, a 20 percent discount on items in the NAEYC catalog, the NAEYC periodical of your choice, discounted professional liability insurance, and numerous other benefits.

For more information on the benefits of joining NAEYC, visit our membership page. When you join NAEYC, you also become a member of a state and local NAEYC Affiliate Group. To learn about the membership options in your area, select your state from the list here. Membership dues vary based on your location.

Current Comprehensive Member Benefit

From Play to Practice: Connecting Teachers' Play to Children's Learning describes how and why play is important. The play workshop experiences for educators that are outlined in the book help teachers understand and promote play-based learning as part of developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs. Journal reflections of play participants, along with photos from play workshops, illustrate the power of play to change professional and personal lives. Learn more

Recent Comprehensive Member Benefits
	So Much More than the ABCs: The Early Phases of Reading and Writing  Judith A. Schickedanz & Molly F. Collins
	Education for a Civil Society: How Guidance Teaches Young Children Democratic Life Skills  Dan Gartrell
	Basics of Supporting Dual Language Learners: An Introduction for Educators of Children from Birth through Age 8 Karen Nemeth
	The Three Rs of Leadership: Building Effective Early Childhood Programs Through Relationships, Reciprocal Learning, and Reflection Julie K. Biddle Copublished with HighScope
	Our Inquiry, Our Practice: Undertaking, Supporting, and Learning from Early Childhood Teacher Research(ers) Gail Perry, Barbara Henderson, & Daniel R. Meier, eds.
	Growing Minds: Building Strong Cognitive Foundations in Early Childhood Carol Copple, ed.