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Try out these three instructional strategies on leveraging visuals from Marcia Tate's Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites.

This six-step planning model from Gayle Gregory’s Differentiated Instructional Strategies helps teachers make critical decisions about differentiated instruction and assessment.

In this group activity from More Energizing Brain Breaks, students practice communicating their undersanding of a difficult concept to peers in order to reinforce their recent learning.

In this partner activity from More Energizing Brain Breaks, students compete against a partner to do quick addition with small numbers.

In this solo activity from More Energizing Brain Breaks, students practice balance and control as they learn to move a "tray" around their bodies without letting it fall.

In this chapter from Brain-Based Learning, authors Eric Jensen and Liesl McConchie guide teachers through the principles that will support them in sustaining their physical, emotional, and social health so that they can be the teacher they strive to be.

In this chapter from Brain-Based Learning, authors Eric Jensen and Liesl McConchie discuss how each of the senses impact learning.

In this resource from Start With the Heart author Michelle Trujillo, you'll discover critical behaviors for self-care to do during distance education, in order to effectively care for ourselves and others.

Use this study guide to Clarity for Learning to lead a book study and dive deep into the concepts presented in the book.

"Over the 40 years I’ve worked in early childhood education, I’ve believed many times that a revolution in the field was imminent. Heaven knows we’ve certainly needed one, as misguided policies have brought about increasingly inappropriate practices. Surely people who understand child development would finally begin making the decisions about ECE!

Clearly, I’ve been naïve..."

Read the full blog by Rae Pica, author of What If We Taught the Way Children Learn? and What If Everybody Understood Child Development?, regarding her experience in early childhood education and her thoughts on the response of schools to COVID-19.

Author and early childhood expert Rae Pica is featured on the That Early Childhood Nerd podcast to discuss how honoring children's need to move can reduce behaviors we find challenging.

Featured on Episode 16 of the "Not Just Cute" podcast, Rae Pica shares what she’s observed over her over 40-year career and strongly advocates for movement in childhood education.