Publication Date: July 25, 2025
Pages: 240
Series: Early Childhood Education Series
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:
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.
“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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