Your book purchase also includes 1 set of 3 bilingual (English and Spanish) posters (one each for young infants, mobile infants, and toddlers) and one wheel on challenging behaviors that offers a 3-step approach to understand and manage them effectively. This book provides the latest information about the elements of quality care that support optimal development and learning for young children. Featuring an age-based approach to link developmental milestones to positive learning experiences and filled with research-based information, this guide uses the science of early childhood to outline ways infant care teachers in both center-based and family child care programs can positively impact the learning and lives of the children and families they serve. Highlights include:

• Ways to support language and literacy learning for infants and toddlers
• Updated information about the elements of quality for group care and how those elements connect to the learning process
• Tools and strategies to help teachers engage in reflective practice and build respectful and culturally sensitive relationships with both colleagues and parents