Most U.S. schoolchildren know more about the Amazon rain forest than the ground beneath their feet and more about penguins...
Virginia is for Childcare Solutions
Smart2Start = 1 Application for Almost 150 Providers
Virginia’s Roanoke Valley, anchored by its namesake city in Southwest Virginia, is a considerable distance from the economically booming area...
Ken Burns: Committing to Complexity
Nothing against TikTok, but the documentarian still believes in sustained attention
If you add it all up, Ken Burns and PBS have broadcast over 200 hours of documentary films. It might...
What a Difference Extended-Hours Childcare Makes
17-Hour Childcare in Rochester Is a Gamechanger for Working Parents
When many daycare centers are closing shop for the day, Rosa Marie at Rochester’s Marvelous Mind Academy is just getting...
On February 28, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce held a summit for early education advocates and professionals, highlighting the work...
In each year from 2016 through 2018, more than 2 million parents of children age 5 and younger suffered “job...
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Helping Children Connect with Nature through Gardening
Julie Cerny’s book, The Little Gardener: Helping Children Connect with the Natural World, is part how-to, part inspiration and part...
Those of us who watched too much TV in the 1970s probably remember commercials extolling long-distance phone calls as The...
Children come into the world noticing. They notice sights, sounds, smells and the attitudes and emotions of people around them....
Playful Learning Landscapes
Meeting Children Where They Are with What They Need
Plaza. Piazza. Town square. The names may differ region to region, but they describe similar spaces: a place where residents...
I see people signing all the time because I live in the Washington, D.C., area near the Red Line, which...
Early childhood education is imperative and challenging under any circumstances. Families formed through adoption, families with LGBTQ members, and children who are gender fluid bring their own unique challenges – and opportunities. Robin K. Fox, Interim Dean of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater College of Education & Professional Studies, discusses what teachers, parents, and children need to know – and how they can apply that understanding every day.
