The ZERO TO THREE Critical Competencies for Infant-Toddler Educators™ defines the specific knowledge and skills infant-toddler educators need to be successful in supporting critical areas of development from birth to 3 years old. The 3 Critical Competencies sub areas address the three essential areas of development for educators working with young children:

1. Social-Emotional Development
2. Cognitive Development
3. Language & Literacy Development

This mirco-course covers the second area of the three essential learning and development areas..

Area 2: Supporting Cognitive Development (4 modules)

• Module C-1: Facilitating Exploration and Concept Development
• Module C-2: Building Meaningful Curriculum
• Module C-3: Promoting Imitation, Symbolic Representation, and Play
• Module C-4: Supporting Reasoning and Problem Solving