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Early Learning
Activities, tools, approaches, and/or initiatives that support learning in young children.
Sub-Topics
Child Development
Topics include all the domains of development from birth through adolescence: physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and creative.
Curriculum
Activities that are purposefully designed and implemented to support learning.
Early Learning Guidelines
Resources include skills that young children should know and be able to do, expressed as indicators, standards, milestones, or markers, typically arranged by domains of development and ages/stages of development.
Literacy
Resources related to the ability to read and write, comprehend, and communicate.
School Readiness
Research on the social, emotional, and cognitive skills needed to fully participate in and benefit from primary school.
General/Other
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NCCIC is a service of the Child Care Bureau (CCB), Office of Family Assistance (OFA), Administration for Children and Families(ACF), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services