ELDS Webinar # 4: Cognitive Development

Part of the Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS) Exploration Webinar Series

APRIL 8, 2025

Cognitive Development

Children develop their cognitive skills through their early observations and their experiences with different environments. Many of young children’s behaviors are their way of figuring out how the world works as they experiment with objects and in social situations. Educators can support young children’s cognitive development by giving them opportunities to explore and experiment so they can develop new knowledge and skills.

Learn how you can create a learning environment that support children’s abilities to question, explore, describe, predict and share their thinking.

The Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS) Exploration Webinar Series is created by the The Virginia Department of Education in partnership with the University of Virginia’s ECE Resource Hub.

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Learn more about the ELDS Exploration Webinar series and  check our up coming schedule for Spring 2025. You can also view our current and previous webinars list.