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      P-3 Learning Progressions
      The California Department of Education (CDE) released the Preschool Through Third Grade (P-3) Learning Progressions on August 14, 2025. The learning progressions are designed to strengthen alignment and coherence across…
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      Developmental Milestone Resources for Early Care and Education Programs
      Provides professional development with the free 4 module Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns training module (updated in 2024 and includes opportunity to gain CEU’s). Guides providers in sharing…
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      Complete Guide to Developmental Milestones
      Every child is different, and so is every parent’s experience; but experts have a clear idea about the range of normal development from birth to age 5 — and signs…
      Translations: Spanish
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      Tip Sheet: Child Development Principles and DAP Decision-Making Tool (PDF)
      “Developmentally appropriate practice requires both meeting children where they are—which means that teachers must get to know them well —and enabling them to reach goals that are both challenging and…
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      Parenting While Rising to Child Developmental Challenges
      This free, 4-episode virtual conversation series offers a warm and inviting opportunity to connect with other parents and families of children with differences in or challenges to their development. Through conversations with…
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      Individuality and Inclusive Practices for Early Childhood
      Alongside NAEYC’s initiatives toward advancing equity, DAP today means responding to a “call to action, committing to work collectively to address the ways in which current realities constrain the full potential…
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      Developmentally Appropriate Practice Working with Infants and Toddlers
      This “News You Can Use” explores the meaning behind developmentally appropriate practice and working with infants and toddlers. The real-life scenarios from Head Start are informative and provide a closer…
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      Exploring Developmentally Appropriate Practice
      “Developmentally appropriate practice requires both meeting children where they are—which means that teachers must get to know them well —and enabling them to reach goals that are both challenging and…
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      10 Effective DAP Teaching Strategies
      An effective teacher or family child care provider chooses a strategy to fit a particular situation. It’s important to consider what the children already know and can do and the…
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      Understanding Developmentally Appropriate Practice (Video)
      Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) is an educational framework designed to promote young children’s optimal learning and development. Learn more about DAP in this video. This book is a summary of…