The Learning Corner
The Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas (ELCP) offers support and guidance to providers in all types of classrooms. We are here to assist you in enhancing the quality of care and education, addressing challenges, and meeting state and local requirements. We frequently share early childhood teaching strategies, tips/tricks, educational videos, and handouts.
Our resources are designed to elevate early childhood teaching by focusing on the Florida Standards and Key Competencies for Educators and Administrators are available to help you continue your learning.
Florida Standards and
Key Competencies for Educators
- Healthy Tips for Picky Eaters
Your child may eat only a certain type of food or refuse foods based on a certain color or texture. He or she may also play at the table and may not want to eat. Don’t worry if your child has some picky eating behaviors. Picky eating behavior is common for many children from the age of 2 to 5 years. Click Healthy Tips for Picky Eaters to learn more.
Goodness of Fit
Infant Toddler Temperament Tool (IT3) - Supporting a "Goodness of Fit"
Temperament is an important feature of social and emotional health. The word “temperament” refers to the way we approach and react to the world. It is our own personal “style” and is present from birth. There are three general types of temperaments: easy-going, slow-to-warm, and active.
For ages birth - 18 months click here for additional information.
For ages 18-36 month click here for additional information.
- Developing a Deeper Understanding of All Young Children's Behavior
Everything we think, say, and do is processed through our own backgrounds. Our background is absorbed and passed down from generation to generation rather than explicitly taught.- To learn more click Developing a Deeper Understanding of All Young Children's Behavior for more information.
- To learn more click Developing a Deeper Understanding of All Young Children's Behavior for more information.
- Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework for Early Childhood Systems
Family engagement is essential to high quality services for all children in early childhood care and education. From the beginning of life, families nurture their children and the capacities they will need to be ready for school. The Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (PFCE) Framework for Early Childhood Systems is a guide to understanding the collaborative relationship between parents and early childhood systems, programs, providers, family caregivers, and community service providers to promote positive, enduring change for children, families, and communities.- To learn more click Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework for Early Childhood Systems.
- To learn more click Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework for Early Childhood Systems.
- Engaging Parents with Disabilities an Learning Differences
Parents with disabilities and learning differences come from every background, culture, language, and community. In this resource, parent and family refer to all adult caregivers who interact with early childhood systems in support of their child. These caregivers include biological, adoptive, and foster parents, expectant families, out-of-household parents, grandparents, legal and informal guardians, adult siblings, and other family members.- To learn more click Parents with Disabilities and Learning Differences.
Tom, Juan, and their classmates are a model of social and emotional health in preschool. Children who are socially and emotionally healthy tend to demonstrate, and continue to develop, several important behaviors and skills. Click on Promoe.ting Young Children's Social and Emotion Health to learn mor
Math is everywhere! Click here to learn more ways to add math in everyday play.