Educational resources to support our youngest learners, from birth to five

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September, 2025

"Just Right" Professional Development for You

As the school year begins, we've curated just the right sized learning opportunities to help you transform your practice – no matter how much time you have.

• 5 minutes with your morning coffee?
• 15 minutes while the children nap?

We’re making it easy to jump in and get ideas that transform your practice and hope you enjoy this new newsletter series for busy ECE professionals like you! 

One Interaction At A Time

Here are some recommendations for one of the most important ingredients of your learning environment – teacher-child relationships.

Have 2 minutes?
Take-Home Strategy

Check out this Take-Home Strategy page focused on Teacher-Child Relationships

Have 5 minutes?
Classroom Videos

See the videos on the Teacher-Child Relationships pages. We have 3 videos for both Infants and Toddlers and Preschoolers that will spark more joy in your relationships.

Have 10 minutes?
Classroom Strategy

Spend a few minutes learning a new strategy for improving relationships. We have ideas for Infants and Toddlers as well as for Preschoolers.

Have 15 minutes?
Book Collection

Take a (virtual) trip to the library and see our recommendations for Building Relationships Through Books.

💡 Missed our summer series newsletters and looking for some quick, easy ideas?

Access our previous summer newsletter series here:

• June
• July
• August

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About Us

In partnership with VDOE Office of Early Childhood, the University of Virginia’s Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) provides free resources you can use to foster children's development and learning.

The ECE Resource Hub is created by the Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) at the University of Virginia with funding from the Virginia Department of Education.