Building Young Brains When Schools Are Closed, Part 1: Offline Activities
Three-part Series Offers Top Tips for Parents and Caregivers
This is part 1 of a a three-part series. Read Part 2 (Online Activities) and Part 3 (Outdoor Tips). We...
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...
When you’re not sure what to eat, But you want to make a healthy treat, A delicious meal so tasty...
Did you hear the one about the marine biologist who walked into a neuroscience lab? The University of Washington’s Institute...
Julie Leff can pinpoint the moment when she knew Roger Brooks was the right person to lead Facing History and...
Maria Montessori Myth Busting
Part 2 of a 3-Part Series
The history of its proliferation and multi-pronged institutional dissemination has fostered a degree of confusion and myths about the founder’s intentions and how the method is practiced.
According to Roberta Michnick Golinkoff & Kathy Hirsh-Pasek – researchers and co-authors of “Becoming Brilliant, What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children” – language is the single best predictor of how young children will do in school. That’s why they’ve created an innovative, easy way for practitioners to measure students’ verbal progress. 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
“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone’s disbelief,” said August Wilson, playwright of the great “Pittsburgh Cycle.”...
Because we can’t take our Early Learning Nation Studio on the road during this time, stay tuned as ELN recaps...
The United Nations has declared June 11 to be the first annual International Day of Play, calling it “a unifying...
What do you do when a preschooler throws a desk? For Carol Barton, project director of Early Childhood Education in...
Mya-Rose Craig, 17-years old, has followed her passion for birds and the environment to create and galvanize a community of activists of all ages. In the process, as a young Muslim woman, she’s been trolled on social media. Not an insurmountable problem, though, as Mya-Rose is keeping her eye on a larger issue: saving the planet.
