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CDC’s Developmental Milestones

A free tool that helps families and educators track children’s developmental milestones and provides guidance on how to support healthy growth and when to act early on possibleconcerns.

Zero to Three’s Baby Brain Map

An interactive tool that helps you explore how a child’s brain develops from birth to age three and how early experiences shape brain growth and lifelong learning.

X WHY Z Podcast: A Seat at the Table

Featuring Jerletha McDonald. Jerletha McDonald is a social entrepreneur, family child care business consultant, national speaker and visual podcast host of The Jerletha McDonald Show: Everything Childcare. She has also owned and operated a family child care center for 15 years prior to her work today. McDonald is a prominent figure in her community by … Read more

X WHY Z Podcast: Small Beginnings, Big Impact

Featuring Erika Vidal. Erika Vidal is a DIEEC quality improvement specialist and former family child care owner and educator based out of Bear, Delaware. With nearly two decades of experience, Erika is always eager to share her valuable insights on how small actions can lead to a big impact in the early childhood education field.

X WHY Z Podcast: Making Connections

Featuring Yvette Sanchez Fuentes. Yvette Sanchez Fuentes currently serves as the vice president of national policy at Start Early and previously held the position of associate secretary with the Delaware Department of Education. She’s done extensive work in the field including former positions as deputy chief for policy and research at Child Care Aware of … Read more

X WHY Z Podcast: Lead with Your Heart Part 1 & 2

Formerly an esteemed principal of Stubbs Early Learning Center in Wilmington, Delaware, Dr. Whitney Williams brings years of experience and unwavering dedication to the field of early childhood education. Her commitment to nurturing and educating our youngest learners shone through in her work. Our hosts had such an engaging conversation with Dr. Williams that it … Read more

X WHY Z Podcast: Protecting Early Childhood

Featuring Alison Keough, DIEEC Quality Improvement Specialist. In this episode, our hosts Irene Ashe and Meghan Pallante talked with Alison Keough, quality improvement specialist at the Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood. With extensive experience spanning various states in the United States, Alison brings a wealth of knowledge from her years in the field … Read more