The COVID-19 pandemic continues, and you’re at home with the little ones. We’re still here for you. Earlier we shared...
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...
Hiding in the basement from my wife and kids, I tuned into a recent webinar on screen time, part of...
How can we ensure that all children have the opportunity to realize their dreams and the possibility to achieve them?...
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.
Last November, voters in and around Grand Rapids, Michigan’s second-largest city (population 200,000), made Kent County the first county in Michigan to approve a referendum that raises property taxes specifically for early childhood.
Those of us who watched too much TV in the 1970s probably remember commercials extolling long-distance phone calls as The...
Maria Montessori’s Influence on Early Education
Part 1 of a 3-Part Series
Part I: From Italy to the World Maria Montessori (1870-1952) might not be quite as famous as her near contemporaries...
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
The building block has been such a fact of American childhood for so long, it’s easy to dismiss the humble...
Every year, ZERO TO THREE presents a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of “significant and enduring contributions to improving the...
When the Council for Professional Recognition issued its millionth Child Development Associate (CDA) credential in September 2023, it was cause...