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
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. Read More
In December 2018, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a policy statement calling for a ban on physical discipline for children. Here are seven of the most effective discipline approaches. Read More
by Lisa S. Scott, University of Florida Parents often receive books at pediatric checkups via programs like Reach Out and... Read More
Dozens of grown-ups crowded into a Memphis early childhood center to celebrate a new partner in educating the city’s youngest learners: Elmo and Sesame Street. Read More
"No Small Matter is the first feature documentary to explore the most overlooked, underestimated, and powerful force for good in America today: early childhood education... The film lays out the overwhelming evidence for the importance of the first five years, and reveals how our failure to act on that evidence has resulted in an everyday crisis for American families, and a slow-motion catastrophe for the country." Read More
by Catherine E. Laing, Duke University When we read, it’s very easy for us to tell individual words apart: In... Read More
Watch a group of very young children engaged in planting a community garden. What are they learning? They are starting... Read More
Can infants learn through “observational learning”? After all, we know one key way infants learn is by doing — touching... Read More
Are words required to create a conversation with a child? Not even close. And it's not just baby talk. Read More
