Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards (CTELDS)

This series of videos describe children's early mathematical development and provide examples of how early childhood professionals can both explicitly teach math skills and support their development through daily routines and play.

This video illustrates how early childhood providers can meaningfully incorporate the early learning and development standards in their planning and teaching.

These videos illustrate the importance of dramatic play on child development, and provide examples of how early childhood professionals have used dramatic play centers to provide learning opportunities across domains.

In these brief interviews, teachers and family child care providers reflect on their practices and experiences working with young children, and share ideas that may be useful for other early childhood professionals.

This video illustrates six essential dispositions of competent learners, and provides support to early childhood professionals on how they can promote these dispositions in young children.

In Understanding Challenging Behavior in Young Children (16:22) and Reflecting on Our Reactions and Responses to Children's Behavior (6:47) teachers, caregivers, and experts discuss the important of considering the different factors that influence children's behavior, as well as the importance of reflecting on their own feelings before responding to children's behavior.