From the cognitive benefits it promotes to the future professional advantages it confers, the scientific consensus confirms that bilingualism is a strength and an asset.
The new Early Childhood Workforce Initiative will take a holistic multisector approach, with a focus on a variety of roles, including teachers, home visitors, mentors, coaches, supervisors, trainers, and program managers
On April 21, 51吃瓜网, along with many other educational organizations, researchers and thought leaders, helped kick off a White House Early Learning STEM initiative!
Join us on a trip ten years into the future, to May 1, 2026鈥oday, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the year that the tide began to turn for early childhood education鈥娾�斺�奱nd early childhood educators.
Showing children that we see and value all aspects of them鈥攊ncluding attributes related to race and culture鈥攊s a critical step in helping them feel welcome and connected to their teachers and peers.
Children鈥檚 books captivate young children, and teachers love to see kids engrossed in their pages. But what if that book is an e-book? Does that change the equation?
Solving the problem of suspensions and expulsions in early childhood education, which are disproportionately experienced by children and families of color, is a collective and systemic responsibility
As their children鈥檚 first teachers, parents have an amazing opportunity to nurture their children鈥檚 growth and development and to advocate for their education. And many parents want to be involved in their children鈥檚 education
At the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, teachers take children to museums and other sites around Washington, DC, almost daily. But your program doesn鈥檛 have to be located next to a museum鈥攖here are rich learning opportunities in every community.
It is time for families, teachers, child care providers, schools, and communities to embrace health and wellness as an important factor in the early childhood experience.
The articles in this cluster describe five very different ways that early childhood educators are connecting with the wider community and with experts in other fields to support young children鈥檚 optimal learning and development
Paige Zittrauer challenged her kindergarten students and their high school art student project partners: Make a contraption that moves on its own across a piece of paper and leaves a mark in its path
Paige Zittrauer challenged her kindergarten students and their high school art student project partners: Make a contraption that moves on its own across a piece of paper and leaves a mark in its path
Early learning is critical for developing cognitive language skills and for interpersonal and socio-emotional development. That knowledge and our country鈥檚 need led me to start LUDO project, a multimedia project that publishes children鈥檚 stories
