Play is not frivolous Play drives learning by helping children develop the crucial physical capacities and social-emotional skills needed to thrive at school by Aisha Schnellmann / July 9, 2019
How architectural design can support play in preschool How can buildings affect early education, and what impact could they have on children’s development? by Jack Graham / June 13, 2019
Measuring the tides of talk What talk means for children’s cognitive development by Katrina d’Apice / June 3, 2019
A fair start in life begins even before children enter school How socioeconomic background affects a child’s development by Manja Attig / May 27, 2019
Learning new words through play Research suggests that children learn vocabulary just as effectively through play as through shared book reading Interview by Aisha Schnellmann / May 22, 2019
Men rarely work in early education – does it matter? Having a male early educator might make a difference in a child’s development. A combined male-female workforce seems to have many benefits by Jack Graham / May 17, 2019
All children can greatly benefit from guided play With new models of guided play, we will be able to design more effective educational interventions and help to close the achievement gap by Aisha Schnellmann / April 23, 2019
Starting them young: Government investments in early childhood education Strengthening individual knowledge and skills should be at the core of policymakers’ agenda for economic growth and development by Sarah Grace See / April 17, 2019
“Nutrition affects a child’s brain development and brain plasticity” How does diet affect the development of a child? Martina Frank explains why it is important to raise children’s awareness of healthy food Interview by Zoe Bozzolan-Kenworthy / March 25, 2019
Enhancing children’s learning through media and technology With media becoming more and more prevalent in children’s lives, we need to work together and help the next generation thrive and grow by Adrianna Ruggiero / March 18, 2019
From “philosopher” to “negotiator” – these parental roles help kids thrive Harvard economist Ron Ferguson explains the different approaches used by parents of highly successful children Interview by Jack Graham / February 27, 2019
How children use the power of prediction to learn new words Children are very fast trackers of structures in their language by Meeri Kim / February 25, 2019
