ZERO TO THREE’s Critical Competencies for Infant-Toddler Educators® Full Course Participant Manual is the required resource for participants in the ZERO TO THREE Critical Competencies Full Course. Covering all three Critical Competencies areas, the manual supports educators through reflection, child development content, and practical application of strategies that promote infants’ and toddlers’ social-emotional, cognitive, and language and literacy development.

The Micro-Course Textbook for Area 3: Supporting Language and Literacy Development, supports faculty and their students as they explore, understand, and practice critical interactions with infants and toddlers that support and nurture their language and literacy development and learning. Each chapter begins with a reflection, followed by a focus on child development, a focus on the educator's role and applying the Critical Competencies, additional considerations for supporting high-needs populations and multi-language learners, and concludes with reflection on the chapter content and application.

The Micro-Course Textbook for Area 1: Supporting Social-Emotional Development, supports faculty and their students as they explore, understand, and practice critical interactions with infants and toddlers that support and nurture their social-emotional development and learning. Each chapter begins with a reflection, followed by a focus on child development, a focus on the educator's role and applying the Critical Competencies, additional considerations for supporting high-needs populations and multi-language learners, and concludes with reflection on the chapter content and application.

Build your skills across all three Critical Competencies areas as you learn how to support infants’ and toddlers’ social-emotional, cognitive and language and literacy development through everyday interactions. This textbook guides you through reflection, child development, your role as an educator and practical ways to apply what you learn, with added support for high-needs populations and multilingual learners.

Desarrolle sus habilidades en las tres áreas de las Competencias Críticas mientras aprende a apoyar el desarrollo socioemocional, cognitivo y del lenguaje y la alfabetización de bebés y niños pequeños a través de interacciones cotidianas. Este libro le guía mediante la reflexión, el desarrollo infantil, su rol como educador y formas prácticas de aplicar lo aprendido, con apoyo adicional para poblaciones con mayores necesidades y aprendices multilingües.