Thinkers from Plato to Maria Montessori have championed play as one of the most powerful ways that young children learn and ...

What is the best way to help poor schoolchildren succeed at math? A study now sheds light on the ways preschool activities may -- or may not -- help children develop cognitive skills. What is the best ...

Researchers studied verb learning in 3-year-olds, finding that those who napped after learning new verbs had a better understanding of the words when tested 24 hours later. Research has shown that ...

Preschool teachers are the first educators to shape a child's earliest learning experiences, laying the foundation for their academic, emotional, and social development. Despite the importance of ...

Three weeks into our extended coronavirus spring break at home, my husband wanted to discuss what we should be teaching our 4-year-old son. Every week had a different topic. One week it was space and ...

Young children are capable of understanding and actively building knowledge, and they are highly inclined to do so. While there are developmental constraints on children’s competence, those ...

In her just-released book, “The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups” (Viking), noted early childhood educator and Silliman College associate master Erika Christakis ...

A Wesleyan University psychology professor and her students are finding out that preschool children are more than ready to learn math, as long as it’s fun. Professor Anna Shusterman, who studies ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS 11) - It may be the earliest years of their education, but the students at Sacred Heart Preschool are learning a timeless lesson. The school has a unique partnership with the ...

How do we learn about personality? Young children actively absorb a wide range of information about the world around them. When it comes to personality, their learning is informal but grows quickly, ...

THE DEFINITION OF QUALITY IN EARLY childhood education and care has many dimensions, including political and social dimensions, not all of which lend themselves to research and analysis (Bruner, 1985) ...

Each of us begins to learn about personality at a very young age. During our childhood, most of us have the opportunity to learn important lessons about how people operate. Alternatively, our skills ...