Best practice in Early Care and Education is based on how children develop and learn into those formative early years. Developmentally Appropriate Practice is about what you do with that knowledge of the children in your care and how you set up the environment for learning. DAP is about joyful play and intentional teaching, it is also about predictable routines and flexibility in your schedule. It is about children being part of a community of caring and each child being recognized as an individual. This training will bring this concept back to the basics of Early Care and Education and help further your knowledge and how to implement it into your programs.