Provide Public Comment or Register to Attend Now!

The PA Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has finalized the first draft for the FFY 2025-2027 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan for Pennsylvania. The CCDF State Plan Public Comment period is now open until April 26, 2024. There are 3 ways for early childhood education professionals and partners to submit comments if interested.

Path of Least Resistance

Learn about design features that create the path of least resistance to support teachers' engagement with children. Learn about strategies to find paths of least resistance for other recurring challenges: material storage, reducing line leader fights, reducing wait time and bottlenecks, and clean up after messy play.

Divergent Thinking & Creative Genius

At its essence, creativity is all about imagining new things and then bringing them to life. But where do the ideas for those new things come from? Divergent thinking! Kids are naturally fantastic at divergent thinking, coming up with all kinds of creative solutions to situations and innovative uses for everyday things.

Go Beyond the Headlines with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs

"From Concept to Screen: Building Your Own" opens the wonders of the news and journalism to young learns in grades 3-5. This new module is all about unraveling the mysteries of news-making, and inviting young people to find their voices and tell stories that matter to them.