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Let’s Create An Early Learning Community

Wait, What’s an Early Learning Community?

The Editors·June 1, 2019·4 min read

What is an Early Learning Community? It’s a place where babies are welcomed into families that have all the opportunities and support they need to nurture and promote their children’s early learning and healthy development. Read More

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff & Kathy Hirsh-Pasek (Part 2): Say What? Helping Teachers Measure Children’s Language Skills

The Editors·April 24, 2019·4 min read

According to Roberta Michnick Golinkoff & Kathy Hirsh-Pasek – researchers and co-authors of “Becoming Brilliant, What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children” – language is the single best predictor of how young children will do in school. That’s why they’ve created an innovative, easy way for practitioners to measure students’ verbal progress. Filmed for Early Learning Nation’s Mobile Studio at the Society for Research in Child Development’s biennial meeting in Baltimore, MD, on March 22, 2019. #SRCD19 Read More

How Do Babies Learn Social Behaviors?

The Editors·September 7, 2018·1 min read

How do babies learn social behaviors? The Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) co-Director, Dr. Patricia Kuhl, partnered with Edutopia to create... Read More

Evaluation of Chicago School Readiness Project Suggests Lasting Positive Outcomes

Paul Cohn·August 13, 2018·2 min read

Last month, the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at New York University released their report on the... Read More

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Synchronized Movement: The Story Behind a Prizewinning Video on Preschool Behavior

The Editors·October 1, 2019·4 min read

Did you hear the one about the marine biologist who walked into a neuroscience lab? The University of Washington’s Institute... Read More

Text Messages, Toiletries and Backpacks: Indiana Gets Creative with Pre-K Outreach in Rural Areas

The Editors·June 22, 2018·6 min read

In the years since Indiana first launched its need-based prekindergarten grants in 2015, many families have said they were interested... Read More

Washington, D.C.’s Universal Preschool Leads to Parental Employment Gains

Paul Cohn·October 8, 2018·2 min read

How does a public preschool program enable thousands of mothers with young children to enter the workforce? A Center for American Progress study explains. Read More

The Connection between Maternal Health and Infant Health: Asking the Difficult Questions

The Editors·September 19, 2019·4 min read

“Our health system is failing women” are the unequivocal opening words of a report issued this past spring by Early... Read More

When it comes to helping infants learn to talk, it’s not just how much parents say, but how they say it.

Parents Learn, Babies Talk: How Coaching Moms and Dads Leads to Better Language Skills Among Infants

The Editors·December 3, 2018·4 min read

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. Read More

Lawrence Aber: Effects of Poverty, Violence on Child Development

The Editors·May 1, 2019·4 min read

According to NYU University Professor Lawrence Aber, poverty and violence are the two most toxic challenges for child development – areas he has researched from the U.S. to Africa and the Middle East. Regardless of location, children can experience poverty and violence in difference ways and levels. Aber explains the research, tools and tactics required to give children the best opportunities for successful development. Filmed for Early Learning Nation’s Mobile Studio at the Society for Research in Child Development’s biennial meeting in Baltimore, MD, on March 22, 2019. #SRCD19 Read More