The children attending Tiny Trees Preschool classrooms in Seattle and King County parks may look like they’re “just playing,” but those little boots are actually marching, climbing, stomping and squishing their way to a well-rounded preschool education.
When parents and kids tuned into “Thomas and Friends” this September, they discovered a new character: Bruno the Brake Car....
“I’m a reader!” These are magic words for Alvin Irby, a former teacher and the founder and executive director of...
Erikson Institute’s New, Fully Funded Master’s Program for Educators of Color in Chicago
Applications Due April 21 for Educator Impact Grants
Erikson Institute’s new Master of Science in Early Childhood Education (MSECE) licensure program is designed to prepare teachers to teach...
The request might not show up on any baby-shower wish list, but the gift practically every new parent wants most...
Cokis is an immigrant mom and grandmother in Arizona. Her struggles with the trauma that she and one of her...
Shared Values, Different Stories
Logan Smalley’s Vision for Building Community
Like a lot of kids, Logan Smalley liked to take his toys apart and then try (the operative word is...
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
A Golden Opportunity for Early Childhood Apprenticeships
Why the Bank Street College of Education Believes the Time Is Right
Apprenticeships are practically as old as civilization, a concept normally associated with trades like blacksmithing and tailoring rather than child...
Author’s Note: This moment, when the world has stopped spinning on its axis, presents an important opportunity to re-examine our...
Our kids need to put the devices down and to play outdoors more. This isn’t just another parent waxing nostalgic...
Sometimes a term gets repeated so often that the meaning becomes obscure. While it might seem like we’re all talking...














