Literacy begins at birth. As soon as children are born, they start reading the world around them. Yet for years the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) was not regarded as a place for early childhood teachers, researchers, and teacher educators who work with children from birth to age eight. Recently, however, a group has come together to begin negotiating a place for early childhood educators within NCTE. This article discusses how early childhood educators established NCTE's Early Childhood Education Assembly to support literacy work with young children. (Contains 1 figure.)