K.C. Compton, Author at Early Learning Nation

Beyond ‘Good Job’ – Praise that Pulls for a Child’s Growth and Development

K.C. Compton·June 29, 2021·6 min read

Praise is a funny thing. Words of acknowledgment can be the water and sunshine that help children grow into sturdy,...

Scientists from the Start: Babies Are More Thoughtful, More Analytical than You’d Ever Imagine

K.C. Compton·June 15, 2021·6 min read

After babies master the basics of Mama, Dada and baba, and understand that they are able to summon Mama, Daddy...

Babies Love That Special Way You Talk to Them – In Any Language

K.C. Compton·June 3, 2021·6 min read

Call it baby talk, call it parentese or call it infant-directed speech—whatever term you choose, babies love it, in any...

BOOK REVIEW: Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. Poverty

An Indictment of U.S. Policy and Clarion Call to Fix It

K.C. Compton·May 18, 2021·5 min read

Thanks to U.S. public policy going back decades, nearly 40 million people in this country live below the poverty line...

Crying is Easy; Laughing is Hard

The Science and Wonder Behind a Baby’s Laugh

K.C. Compton·April 30, 2021·7 min read

The game of peekaboo is a universal language—and there’s way more to it than you might imagine. You know the...

For Want of a Diaper, Families Are Getting Lost: No Diapers. No Day Care. No Job.

K.C. Compton·April 20, 2021·7 min read

This may be one of the saddest facts you read in a while: One in three moms in the U.S....

Researchers Connect Cardio Health and Cognition—Even as Early as Preschool

K.C. Compton·April 6, 2021·6 min read

For years, adults have been encouraged to get sufficient exercise to support their brain health. As it turns out, cardiovascular...

Vocabulary for the Win with Conversational Turns

A Scalable Program for Early Learning

K.C. Compton·March 23, 2021·7 min read

The massive inequality that characterizes children’s opportunity to learn and succeed in the U.S. is no secret. Children who have...

What the Eyes Don’t See: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha

Book Review: What the Eyes Don’t See: Fueled by Idealism, Backed by Science

How a Pediatrician Confronted a Public Health Crisis and Rocked a Nation

K.C. Compton·February 25, 2021·7 min read

Hanna-Attisha’s riveting first-person account of the public health catastrophe that has become known as the Flint water crisis not only lays out the facts of how a government poisoned its own people; it lays open the heart of a doctor who swore an oath to protect the health and lives of the children affected.

Zero to 3: Never a Better Time to Learn a Second Language

K.C. Compton·February 9, 2021·7 min read

It is time to put a certain unhelpful myth to rest. For decades, a common belief has held that speaking...

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