Watch a family child care educator plan activities and learning environments from the PEEP science curriculum Explore Plants while tailoring her teaching to children’s individual needs, abilities, and interests. Responding to children’s varied ages, developmental stages, and learning styles is critical to effective teaching. Learn a variety of professional development standards, including differentiated instruction, strategies that build upon children’s interests and backgrounds, and ways to engage and communicate with them. This resource is part of the Peep and the Big Wide World: Professional Development Collection.