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Support for Children Birth to Three

We have long understood how important responsive parenting and caregiving practices are in the early years. Now brain research confirms how these early experiences affect children in their first three years and influence their later success in school. The video training resources listed below model how to support children's development across all domains. They teach the evidence-based practices that nurture children from birth to three.

First Steps series
Supporting early language development

(in English or Spanish)
These four videos are widely used in early intervention efforts for training staff and parents. These videos teach how to support language acquisition and model responsive, connected adult-child relationships that are the foundation for all development and learning.

Click here to download a matrix (pdf document) that links evidence-based strategies modeled and taught in the First Steps series with typical learning goals (as articulated in many early learning standards and benchmarks).

Play Power series

(in English or Spanish)
Two videos gently and convincingly make the case for play, clearly showing how play and learning are inter-related. they show children from age 1-1/2 through four/five deeply engaged in play. Adults demonstrate techniques that enrich play and learning and lay the foundation for later academic learning.

TrainerVision Video Clip Library

Language and Literacy
Volume 1: Focus on Toddlers
Three to five minute unnarrated clips show parents with toddlers at home and toddlers with professionals in family child care, center-based child care, Head Start and Early Intervention settings. With the adult support, children's daily experiences are turned into language learning moments.

Toddler Behavior and Development
Volume 1: At Home with Parents
Three to five minute unnarrated clips higlight typical toddler behavior and responses during daily routines and activities. Clips feature toddlers ages 16 to 36 months interacting with parents, siblings and friends.

Toddler Behavior and Development
Volume 2: In Center & Family Care Settings
Three to five minute unnarrated clips show typical toddler behavior and responses during daily routines and activities. Clips feature toddlers ages 18 to 36 months interacting with professionals in family child care, Early Head Start and child care center settings.