Inspire children to build birdfeeders and figure out how to keep squirrels at bay.

Prompt children to make or build something, using high-quality children's literature as a prompt.

In this article, we describe the five skills of academic conversations, the ways in which these skills promote literacy and language development, and the strategies teachers can use to foster, scaffold, and assess academic conversations among children.

Guided drawing provides rich opportunities for supporting and extending multilingual learners’ language, vocabulary, and concept knowledge.

Early childhood educators share ways they incorporate Indigenous languages into their settings.

NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.

Suggestions for spider-related activities that early childhood educators can integrate into a cross-curricular project or unit of study.

Teachers can use the Stories Make Readers model to create arts activities that increase children’s literacy engagement.