Early Learning Nation magazine asked some of our favorite people, What’s one thing our readers can do to make the...
When parents and kids tuned into “Thomas and Friends” this September, they discovered a new character: Bruno the Brake Car....
What do you do when a preschooler throws a desk? For Carol Barton, project director of Early Childhood Education in...
Inspiration and Adaptation: Helping Parramore’s Parents—and Their Children—Learn and Grow in Orlando
One of the key principles of social entrepreneurship is replicability. If we are going to tackle the most difficult challenges...
Across the U.S., colleges and universities have pledged to enhance diversity and to prioritize inclusiveness. In the wake of the...
3 Top Takeaways from the Webinar: CSSP Invites Applications for DULCE Initiative Planning Grants
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Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...
Most of us have heard of the “summer slide” in which children lose some of the lessons they’ve learned during...
Author’s Note: This moment, when the world has stopped spinning on its axis, presents an important opportunity to re-examine our...
When University of Maryland Associate Professor Geetha Ramani and her colleagues visit early learning classrooms, they’re known as the “game people.” Ramani’s research shows not only the importance of teaching math skills, but also the effectiveness of what might seem like an obvious tactic: Make it fun.
7 Reasons to Be Encouraged about the Planet Our Children Are Inheriting
Finding Hope in the U.S. Early Years Climate Action Plan
While climate change is all around us, and the projections are uniformly grim, there have never been so many local,...
How and why do children become aggressive – or even violent? How can we understand the true causes – and recognize the signs – before they take hold? Kenneth A. Dodge, Pritzker Professor of Public Policy at Duke University explains the important research that can help children and families. 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
The days of shushing kids in museums are long gone. Now, museums large and small, which once earned reputations for strict enforcement of “no talking,” “no touching” and “no fun” rules for kids, actively court families and kids with free days, family memberships, activities, tours and programs, all designed to celebrate and discover art and the creative spirit.














