Posts Tagged EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
What Does a Flourishing, Healthy, Competent Kid Look Like?
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on October 11, 2012
Published by EducationNews.org — Child Trends is working on a new project to track positive trends among children and youth. Child Trends has started a “Flourishing Child Project.” Ironically, Child Trends (CT) has long been among my most reliable sources of data about the state of American kids, almost all of which is depressingly negative. Their […]
Comforting a Child is a Basic Life Skill
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on June 7, 2012
Published by EducationNews.org – At a Waldorf-inspred school in Providence, a caring adult helps an angry boy learn an important lesson in caring and empathy that teachers and schools would do well to consider. A delicious grandmotherly smell wafts through the Mariposa pre-school in Providence. This old-fashioned-looking childhood oasis, in the midst of city grit, is idyllic. Well, […]
A Focus on Brain Development, Relationships Pays Off
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on May 17, 2012
Published by EducationNews.org – By paying attention to brain development, neurological health and parent relationships at the earliest ages, we can radically improve outcomes for more kids. Here’s a jaw-dropping stat: A kid’s brain develops 50,000 synapses EVERY MINUTE. Synapses are the connections made by the brain’s information-carrying cells, neurons, that “wire” our experience into knowledge, […]
Rattled Teachers Renew Confidence, Love of the Craft
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on September 29, 2011
Published by EducationNews.org – A combination of listening and creating a culture of ownership in a 1st grade class has helped teachers love their job — and make more progress with the kids. “This is the first year in my teaching career that I didn’t start the year off with a sore throat. This year I […]
