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Culturally Responsive Teaching for Infants and Toddlers

Strategies to Strengthen Development and Learning

Marie L. Masterson

Publication Date: July 25, 2025

Pages: 240

Series: Early Childhood Education Series

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Description+

Use these teaching tips and activities to create high-quality settings and interactions that empower infants and toddlers.

This book presents an expanded view of infant and toddler development to equip educators with the knowledge, dispositions, and skills to create high-quality settings and interactions so that every child can have the best start in life.

Readers are encouraged to consider the perspective of the child. What does this classroom, this teacher, and this experience look like and feel like to each child? How do teachers develop deeper understanding of development and learning in the context of children’s families, cultures, and lives and apply this knowledge to teaching decisions? Each chapter offers resources, research, teaching tips, activities to empower children, and questions for reflection and discussion.

Culturally Responsive Teaching for Infants and Toddlers addresses the need for cultural safety and coherence between families and programs; the need for rich language and learning opportunities throughout the day; strategies for observing children and using this information to design curriculum; individualized interactions to facilitate play-based learning; and teaching strategies that strengthen each child’s emerging skills and capabilities.

Book Features:

  • Shows how cultural beliefs, child-rearing practices, and language are active prime-movers in infant and toddler teaching decisions and must be made visible through reflective practice.
  • Illustrates insightful and caring strategies for building authentic relationships with families to guide planning and decision-making.
  • Applies NAEYC's developmentally appropriate practice position statement (2020) to the complex challenges encountered by teachers working with infants and toddlers and their families.
  • Reimagines teaching through the lens of collaboration and creative thinking, anchoring these as essential foundations of active play, outdoor and nature play, and health and well-being.

Author+

Marie L. Masterson is the manager of early childhood education competence and practice for the Council for Professional Recognition. She is a licensed teacher, a national speaker, an award-winning author, and a former higher education faculty teacher trainer, director of quality assessment for Illinois ExceleRate, and early childhood specialist for the Virginia Department of Education.

Reviews+

“Providing proper care for infants and toddlers is essential to their overall development. This book serves as a comprehensive guide for educators, with each chapter outlining specific learning goals aimed at assisting early childhood professionals in creating and maintaining high-quality programs.”
—Thomasa Bond, author and founder of Early Childhood Education Growth

"This groundbreaking book, which fills a critical gap in the research and literature on infant and toddler development, is a must-have for early childhood educators. Masterson grounds it in research and infuses it with wisdom, heart, and practical insight, bringing infant and toddler development to life with deep respect for each child’s perspective, family, culture, and learning journey while empowering teachers to create responsive, inclusive, and transformative learning environments where every child is seen and valued."
—Da Hei Ku, assistant professor of early childhood education and development, University of Massachusetts Boston

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Books In This Series
Culturally Responsive Teaching for Infants and Toddlers
Culturally Responsive Teaching for Infants and Toddlers
Playful STEAM Learning in the Early Years
Playful STEAM Learning in the Early Years
Beyond Compliance in Early Childhood Education
Beyond Compliance in Early Childhood Education
Addressing Stress With Self-Compassion
Addressing Stress With Self-Compassion
Teacher Well-Being in Early Childhood
Teacher Well-Being in Early Childhood
Seven Crucial Conversations in Early Childhood Education
Seven Crucial Conversations in Early Childhood Education
Pro-Blackness in Early Childhood Education
Pro-Blackness in Early Childhood Education
Supporting Korean American Children in Early Childhood Education
Supporting Korean American Children in Early Childhood Education
Relationship-Based Care for Infants and Toddlers
Relationship-Based Care for Infants and Toddlers
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