Darlene Clemens: A Champion for Science Nurtures an Early Learning Community
How the remarkable relationship between Dr. Darlene Clemens and Ellen Galinsky began -- and the early learning community that was created.
Hayat Pharmacy Builds a Healthier Milwaukee by Focusing on the Youngest Customers
How has Hayat Pharmacy established collaborations with other leading Milwaukee institutions to support Milwaukee early learning? You'll want to find out.
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Children Learn Through Play — Can Play Also Help Address Trauma?
Beyond the way children learn through play, it also can help kids heal from trauma. The Lego Foundation is teaming with Sesame Street to help children caught in global refugee crises.
Role of Play Time in Early Learning: Kasper Ottosson Kanstrup, The Lego Foundation
What role does play play in early learning? Kasper Ottosson Kanstrup, vice president and global head of Communities through Play at The Lego Foundation, pulls out his bag of toys, er, research and explains the science of how children learn through play.
New Early Learning Initiative Brings Sesame Street Lessons Into Classrooms
Dozens of grown-ups crowded into a meeting room Tuesday at an early childhood center in Memphis to celebrate a new…
High Quality Early Learning is Essential
A video from the U.S. Department of Education: “Expanding access to high quality early childhood education is among the most…
Mobile Preschools Roll Into Metro Denver
In several of Colorado’s rural communities, some children have long attended preschool in specially equipped mobile classrooms with names like…
Parents Learn, Babies Talk: How Coaching Moms and Dads Leads to Better Language Skills Among Infants
When it comes to helping infants learn to talk, it’s not just how much parents say, but how they say it. A new study from the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) shows that parents who learn how and why to speak parentese can have a direct impact on their children’s vocabulary.
The Science Behind Early Learning: Ellen Galinsky
One of the global pioneers behind the science of early childhood learning and development, Ellen Galinsky, chief science officer at the Bezos Family Foundation and executive director of Mind in the Making, discusses her landmark book, Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs, as well as her next project, which includes exploring the mind of the adolescent.
Building Character in Children: The Early Learning Connection
How does building character in children help build childhood development and learning? A conversation with Character Lab’s Angela Duckworth and Jackie Bezos of the Bezos Family Foundation.
Recommendations for State Investment in Early Learning: Report
An Illinois report offers recommendations around transforming the early childhood workforce.
Report Outlines Guiding Principles to Transform Childhood Learning Workforce
The report, “Transforming the Early Childhood Workforce: A Call to Action for the State of Illinois,” outlines several guiding principles for transforming the state’s childhood workforce.