Rethinking Classroom Helpers
Discover how helper roles can build your classroom community.
The Un-Bucket List for a Summer of Wonder
In this blog article, we explore the "Un-Bucket List" a flexible, joy-centered approach to summer that invites wonder, agency, and collaboration.
5 Tips for End-of-Year Reports
In this blog article, we explore tips to help write end of year reports and how to keep the process more manageable and joyful.
Integrating Literacy and Process Art
Integrating literacy and process art in your classroom art area is easier than you think! Check out these tips.
Learning in Motion with Infants & Toddlers
Learning in Motion celebrates how movement, environment, and connection come together to shape the earliest stages of growth. Every crawl, climb, and tumble helps children develop strength, coordination, and curiosity that last a lifetime.
Practicing Gratitude with Young Children
In this blog article, we provide ideas for educators on cultivating gratitude for infants and toddlers in early childhood classrooms.
Infant & Toddler Self-Control Strategies
It's important to help infants and toddlers feel in control. Here are infant and toddler self-control strategies.
Infant/Toddler STEM Activities
Looking to bring STEM/STEAM into the infant toddler Classroom? Check out these Infant Toddler STEM/STEAM activities!
Intentional Planning for Toddlers
Looking for innovative activities for toddlers? It's all about intentional planning for toddlers! Check out these toddler activities!
Infant/Toddler Early Math Strategies
SIx ways you can support infants and toddlers to experience math concepts naturally throughout the day in your classroom.
Diversifying Your Classroom Library
Diversifying your classroom library with anti-bias children's books provides inclusive education for early childhood.
Reduce Challenging Behavior in Preschool
How to deal with challenging behaviors in preschool? Here are five activities to reduce challenging behavior in early childhood classrooms.
Journey into Mindfulness and Yoga in the Classroom
Unsure how to incorporate yoga and mindfulness into your classroom? Here are a few easy ways to bring mindfulness and yoga into the early childhood classroom.
Most Important Social and Emotional Learning Tools
A teacher with a growth mindset is the most important social emotional learning tool in the early childhood education classroom.
32 Eco-Friendly Activities for the Classroom
Looking for new Earth Day activities for your preschool or early childhood classroom? Check these out!
Interview with Mindfulness Instructor Bari Koral
We developed a line of exclusive yoga and mindfulness products for young children with Yoga and Mindfulness Educator Bari Koral. We asked her about her journey in creating mindfulness and yoga programs for kids.
Strategies to Reduce Challenging Behaviors
Biting is typical challenging behavior in young children. Here are three strategies of dealing with infants and toddlers who bite in the early childhood classroom.
End of the Year Awards - Character Counts!
Are you and your students excited that it is the end of the school year? Check out these ideas for End of the School Year awards!
Becker’s Launches New SEL Curriculum
Becker’s launches INSTILL Social and Emotional (SEL) Curriculum in partnership with MVP Kids Media™ to promote prosocial behavior and reduce challenging behaviors.
Ways to Celebrate Music in our Schools Month
Looking to celebrate Music in our Schools Month? Here are some easy ways to celebrate music in the early childhood classroom this month and beyond!
Brave Conversations About Diversity
Talking with young children about tough topics such as diversity, equity, and inclusion can be daunting. Here are tips on how to talk about these topics.
Music as an Inclusive Teaching Tool
Music in the classroom provides amazing learning experiences. Consider these tips to help you leverage music as a teaching tool in the inclusive classroom.
Children's Books about Military Life
Looking for children's books for Month of the Military Child? Check out this list of six books that depict military life and children of military members.
Closing Out the School Year; Transitioning to Summer
Celebrations, goodbyes, final grades, and final projects are just a few of the milestones that mark the end of the school year.
8 Ways to Enjoy the Outdoors
Here are eight ways you can enjoy the outdoors with your preschooler while also reinforcing learning,
5 Ways to Honor Military Kids this Month
April is The Month of the Military Child, which originated in 1986. It continues to be celebrated each year to honor the bravery of military children stationed all over the United States and abroad.
Practice Social Distancing with Emotional Closeness
Is social distancing an oxymoron? Can we have social activities without the closeness? Here are ways to practice emotional closeness while social distancing.
Tips to Promote Kindness and Respect
Teaching kindness and respect can start in the preschool years. Here are 3 tips and activities to foster kindness in the early childhood classroom.
Make Sense of the World through Play
Through dramatic or imaginative play, children can act out their fears and uncertainties. They will pretend about things they cannot figure out by themselves
5 Tips for Successful Home Teaching
Need help adjusting to your children being home during school hours?
Precoding in Preschool
Discover how precoding appears in preschool through play, routines, and collaboration—and how it builds early problem-solving skills.
A Sensible Approach to Sensory Play
Looking for sensory play inspiration? Here are some recommendations for sensory play products and sensory play ideas for the early childhood classroom.
Finding the Fun in Social Distancing: Games that Work!
Variations of well-known games as well as ideas for fun new social distancing games and activities for safe and active play this summer!
Fun Ideas for Summer Learning Outdoors
Take the learning outdoors this summer! Here are three simple outdoor play ideas that support learning and also happen to be fun!
Meet Grace Lin
If you love the Storytelling Math Book Set, you'll love getting to know author Grace Lin's inspiration behind the book.
15 Ways to Inspire Movement in the Classroom
Are you looking to get students to move to learn more? Here are 15 ways to inspire movement in your early childhood classroom.
Encourage Play Every Day for Good Health
Have you seen that pediatricians are writing prescriptions for play? It is true! There are so many benefits for children to be playing outside. Take a look!
10 Ways to Celebrate National Family Wellness Month
10 Easy Ways to Celebrate National Family Wellness Month
Difference between Sensory Play and Sensory Regulation
Learn how sensory exploration differs from sensory regulation in early childhood classrooms, and why clarity and intention matter for children and educators.
Early Childhood Sensory Exploration and Tactile Play
Learn how sensory exploration and tactile play support early learning, development, and self-regulation in early childhood classrooms—plus best practices educators should know.
Ways to Prevent Boredom at Home or Classroom
Prevent boredom at home or in the classroom with these fun ideas! A little novelty goes a long way in energizing the play and keeping boredom and anxieties at bay.
“Why Are Our Most Important Teachers Paid the Least?”
Preschool teachers should be paid more and here's why!
Homecamping: Setting Up Summer Camp at Home
Summer camping isn't just for campgrounds. Tips for setting up your summer camp at home.
Autism Acceptance – Let’s Celebrate Differences
April is Autism Acceptance Month. Check out these simple strategies to support young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Benefits of NAEYC Accreditation
There are many benefits of NAEYC accreditation. Our guest blogger explores the reasons why child care centers should become NAEYC accredited.
Highlights from NAEYC's Annual Conference 2018
We had such an amazing time at NAEYC’s Annual Conference 2018 in Washington, DC last week. Becker’s takes great pleasure in having a large booth in the Exhibit Hall to display new products for 2019!
Thank a Teacher During Teacher Appreciation Week
Don't forget to thank a teacher during Teacher Appreciation Week which is also referred to as Child Care Provider Appreciation Week.
Scenes from NAEYC's Annual Conference
Highlights from the Becker's Booth at NAEYC in Atlanta. Take a look!