**About**

This an early childhood education discussion forum and community for professionals who would like to share ideas, advice, questions, and experiences with other professionals and parents. We are principals, administrators, teachers, assistants, and nannies who have experience and education to enhance our natural ability with children.

Early childhood education and care professionals work with children from birth to eight years old in a variety of settings including: child care centres, preschools, early intervention, Head Start, four-year-old kindergartens, and many more. 

Parents or anyone working with children are welcome to contribute here.

**Posting Policy**

We have a very simple posting policy. We realize that some Redditors have relevant blogs or other content. It's OK to post them here, but only if you are contributing to the Reddit community **more** than you are posting and cross-posting your own content. Users are encouraged to report what they see as spam using this criteria.

If you post an article, please make a submission statement, by either highlighting some interesting quotes, summarizing, or offering an opinion on the article in the comments.

**Commenting and Posting Etiquette**

As a community, we value civil discussion. The use of the downvote button should be reserved for unhelpful, off-topic, or low-effort material. Please refrain from using the downvote as a "disagree button." Please disagree with words and be constructive. When replying to posts, please be courteous and helpful. 

It's only happened very rarely, but name-calling, condescension, admonishment, and off-color jokes will be deleted, as they do not add to our community. Depending on the severity of the comment, the user may be banned.

**Where did my post go?**

If you're new or cross-posting the same content throughout many subreddits, you may notice your post is missing and doesn't get any responses by the end of the day. If you aren't a spammer, please message the mods.

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**Sidebar Worthy Comments from Members:**

* [How to Handle Aggressive Behavior](http://www.reddit.com/r/ECEProfessionals/comments/yqwyw/help_with_potential_sociopath/c5ygbra)
* [Men Who Work with Children] (http://www.reddit.com/r/ECEProfessionals/comments/13wpi4/question_for_female_teachers_and_teachers_who_are/c78162t)
* [Inside a Montessori Class](http://www.reddit.com/r/ECEProfessionals/comments/16p5gj/just_started_working_at_a_montessori_school_prek/c7yosfn)
* [Red Flags That a Preschool Program is Not Developmentally Appropriate](https://www.reddit.com/r/ECEProfessionals/comments/4lb797/what_are_you_red_flags_or_signs_that_a_preschool/)
* [Tips for Successfully Navigating the Infant Room] (https://www.reddit.com/r/ECEProfessionals/comments/4j8pps/infant_work_after_working_with_elementary_for_2/d352iss)

* [How is rough and tumble play treated in your facility, and why is it treated that way?]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/ECEProfessionals/comments/6dugu7/how_is_rough_and_tumble_play_treated_in_your/)

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**More General Education Subreddits:**

* [/r/EarlyChildhoodEd]
(https://www.reddit.com/r/EarlyChildhoodEd): A place to discuss ECE research and pedagogy.

* [/r/Education]
(http://www.reddit.com/r/education): The news and politics of education.

* [/r/SpecialEd]
(http://www.reddit.com/r/specialed): Special education teachers discuss and share resources related to the education of students with special needs.

* [/r/Teachers]
(http://www.reddit.com/r/teachers): Discuss the practice of
teaching, receive support from fellow teachers, and gain insight into the teaching
profession.

* [/r/TeachingResources](http://www.reddit.com/r/teachingresources): Share and discover teaching resources, such as demos, blogs, simulations, and visual
aids.

**Curriculum Models for ECE**

* [/r/Montessori](http://www.reddit.com/r/montessori): Share information about education and/or parenting based on the Montessori philosophy.

**Other Helpful Subreddits for ECE Pros**

* [/r/RIE](https://www.reddit.com/r/RIE): Resources for Infant Educarers

* [/r/raisingkids](http://www.reddit.com/r/raisingkids): Insightful articles, reddiquette, reading before voting, and intelligent respectful discussion on the topic of parenting and raising children.

<div class="md">About

This an early childhood education discussion forum and community for professionals who would like to share ideas, advice, questions, and experiences with other professionals and parents. We are principals, administrators, teachers, assistants, and nannies who have experience and education to enhance our natural ability with children.

Early childhood education and care professionals work with children from birth to eight years old in a variety of settings including: child care centres, preschools, early intervention, Head Start, four-year-old kindergartens, and many more. 

Parents or anyone working with children are welcome to contribute here.

Posting Policy

We have a very simple posting policy. We realize that some Redditors have relevant blogs or other content. It&#39;s OK to post them here, but only if you are contributing to the Reddit community more than you are posting and cross-posting your own content. Users are encouraged to report what they see as spam using this criteria.

If you post an article, please make a submission statement, by either highlighting some interesting quotes, summarizing, or offering an opinion on the article in the comments.

Commenting and Posting Etiquette

As a community, we value civil discussion. The use of the downvote button should be reserved for unhelpful, off-topic, or low-effort material. Please refrain from using the downvote as a &quot;disagree button.&quot; Please disagree with words and be constructive. When replying to posts, please be courteous and helpful. 

It&#39;s only happened very rarely, but name-calling, condescension, admonishment, and off-color jokes will be deleted, as they do not add to our community. Depending on the severity of the comment, the user may be banned.

Where did my post go?

If you&#39;re new or cross-posting the same content throughout many subreddits, you may notice your post is missing and doesn&#39;t get any responses by the end of the day. If you aren&#39;t a spammer, please message the mods.

<hr/>

Sidebar Worthy Comments from Members:

<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/ECEProfessionals/comments/yqwyw/help_with_potential_sociopath/c5ygbra">How to Handle Aggressive Behavior</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/ECEProfessionals/comments/13wpi4/question_for_female_teachers_and_teachers_who_are/c78162t">Men Who Work with Children</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/ECEProfessionals/comments/16p5gj/just_started_working_at_a_montessori_school_prek/c7yosfn">Inside a Montessori Class</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ECEProfessionals/comments/4lb797/what_are_you_red_flags_or_signs_that_a_preschool/">Red Flags That a Preschool Program is Not Developmentally Appropriate</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ECEProfessionals/comments/4j8pps/infant_work_after_working_with_elementary_for_2/d352iss">Tips for Successfully Navigating the Infant Room</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ECEProfessionals/comments/6dugu7/how_is_rough_and_tumble_play_treated_in_your/">How is rough and tumble play treated in your facility, and why is it treated that way?</a></li>
</ul>

<hr/>

More General Education Subreddits:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/EarlyChildhoodEd">/r/EarlyChildhoodEd</a>: A place to discuss ECE research and pedagogy.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/education">/r/Education</a>: The news and politics of education.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/specialed">/r/SpecialEd</a>: Special education teachers discuss and share resources related to the education of students with special needs.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/teachers">/r/Teachers</a>: Discuss the practice of
teaching, receive support from fellow teachers, and gain insight into the teaching
profession.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/teachingresources">/r/TeachingResources</a>: Share and discover teaching resources, such as demos, blogs, simulations, and visual
aids.</li>
</ul>

Curriculum Models for ECE

<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/montessori">/r/Montessori</a>: Share information about education and/or parenting based on the Montessori philosophy.</li>
</ul>

Other Helpful Subreddits for ECE Pros

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/RIE">/r/RIE</a>: Resources for Infant Educarers</li>
<li><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/raisingkids">/r/raisingkids</a>: Insightful articles, reddiquette, reading before voting, and intelligent respectful discussion on the topic of parenting and raising children.</li>
</ul>
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Come learn, grow, and contribute with us. We are an early childhood education discussion forum for ECE teachers to share ideas, advice, questions, current events, and experiences with each other, other ECE related professionals, parents and carers.

<div class="md">Come learn, grow, and contribute with us. We are an early childhood education discussion forum for ECE teachers to share ideas, advice, questions, current events, and experiences with each other, other ECE related professionals, parents and carers.
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If you are posting as a parent (and not an ECE professional) Your post must be flaired 'parent post'. To be respectful of people's time and expertise, and enable users to filter this type of post according to their capacity to engage. If you are repeatedly reported for not flairing your posts correctly to skirt this issue, this will result in a permanent ban.

<div class="md">If you are posting as a parent (and not an ECE professional) Your post must be flaired &#39;parent post&#39;. To be respectful of people&#39;s time and expertise, and enable users to filter this type of post according to their capacity to engage. If you are repeatedly reported for not flairing your posts correctly to skirt this issue, this will result in a permanent ban.
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