Archive for 'Tag Archives: 'early education''
ChildsWork News, April 18, 2012: Reading Methods and 504 Plans in Private Schools
Good morning! As we hit midweek I have found two really interesting articles that discuss some important educational ideas familiar to us all here at CW. The first is a really exciting study which has found [...]
Italian Study Looks at Dyslexia Signs in Pre-Readers
For 1 in every 10 students, learning to read will be a far more difficult exercise than it should be. For a variety of reasons, literacy and learning to read, a skill unique to the human [...]
REVIEW: New Guide Addresses Digital Technology and Interactive Media Tools for Early Education
We are all aware of how much certain media tools, such as iPads and smart phones, have come to dominate out adult lives over the past decade. Even while typing this very blog my smart phone [...]
ChildsWork News, Jan. 28, 2012: Focus on Numbers
As we head into the weekend, I wanted to share a few interesting articles that focus on numbers. The first, from the New America Foundation’s Jennifer Cohen talks about how 2010 Census data has shown a [...]
Kids and iPhones: New Study Talks about Positive Incorporation of New Media into Early Education
If you have an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad and a little kid, the chorus of “can I play?” is probably a familiar one to you already. As the New Media continues to dominate every aspect [...]
North Carolina Debates Cutting Early Childhood Programs as UNC Study Determines Their Value
The online journal Developmental Psychology will publish a study this week which has been 30 years in the making. Developmental researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conducted an experiment which tracked 111 [...]
Minnesota Schools Debate Teaching the “Lost Art” of Cursive Handwriting
I remember the anticipation that I felt as a second grade student at Monte Vista Elementary School in Phoenix, AZ. Next year would be the year. Finally, like all of the Big Kids on the playground, [...]
ChildsWork News, Jan. 9, 2012 – Important thoughts on Early/Special Education and Obesity
This morning, I read three great articles that I wanted to share with you. The first is fantastic news from researchers about the benefits of Head Start in early education, and, more importantly, parent/child relationships. With [...]
New Congressional Panel on Dyslexia Signals Important Change
• I can not stress enough being aware of the movement difficulty invol
Play “Therapy”: Kansas State Graduate Student’s Autism-Friendly Schoolyard
Glad play time is given its due.
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
What you are saying here is important, and I can relate to it from my
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
Thanks Susan! I totally agree. I have to say I was really excited when
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
I love this blog! It's also very pertinent to career development and