Dual Language Learners: What's Happening at Head Start?

by Admin 6. March 2010 12:26
This is the second in a four-part series zooming in on dual language learning in early childhood. Our first post provided a summary of the research on effective approaches to teaching young language learners and the many questions left to answer. Today we are examining Head Start’s s... [Continue Reading »]

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Talk to your Kids, Even If They Can't Talk Back

by Admin 5. March 2010 14:03
Maggie Cary, a national board certified teacher has been an educator for more than 17 years. She is certified in secondary education and holds a master’s degree in early childhood education. Over the years she has mentored countless teachers and advised hundreds of parents. Cary ha... [Continue Reading »]

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Parents Can Gauge Speech Problems

by Admin 4. March 2010 14:02
Parents wait with bated breath for their child's first babbling utterances. And as these babies grow, their parents learn to interpret their variations of words or invented terms. However, knowing when a cute mispronunciation or perpetual baby talk is cause for concern often escap... [Continue Reading »]

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Making History in the Classroom

by Admin 4. March 2010 12:19
The newly unveiled national curriculum takes a back-to-basics approach "They didn't teach it like that in my day." For years, that was the lament of parents worried that an out-of-touch school system was failing to equip their children with the basic skills needed ... [Continue Reading »]

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Raising Multilingual Children

by Admin 1. March 2010 13:20
We live in a multilingual world. It is not uncommon to walk down the street in any U.S. city and hear several different languages being spoken. Around the world, children are learning English as a second language at a very young age, enabling them to develop the skills necessary to interac... [Continue Reading »]

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Back-to-Basics Approach for Australia's Classrooms

by Admin 1. March 2010 12:15
Australia'S national school curriculum will return history, grammar, literature and phonetics to the classroom, in what Prime Minister Kevin Rudd describes as a ''back to basics'' approach to education. However, it will also place Aboriginal and Asian ways of seein... [Continue Reading »]

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Dual Language Learners: What Early Educators Need to Know

by Admin 27. February 2010 12:56
Over the next several weeks, Early Ed Watch will zoom in on dual language learning in early childhood. We will be looking at how different strategies are employed by different organizations that serve young children and we'll scan the landscape for information about how policymakers and ... [Continue Reading »]

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Reading Remediation Seems to Rewire the Brain

by Admin 27. February 2010 12:33
Study findings could have implications for autism, stroke and other conditions. Scientists studying the anatomy of children's brains during reading discovered something rather unexpected: Remedial training for poor readers results in a growth of white matter tracts in the brain, and... [Continue Reading »]

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Targeting Best and Brightest

by Admin 23. February 2010 13:26
One hears with dismay that, with regard to academic achievement, the United States is falling behind other countries, especially in Asia. This situation, if true, should not be surprising. Most of the world adopts education policies that channel resources toward high-ability learners. Scor... [Continue Reading »]

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Children Missing out on Vital Sleep thanks to Video Games and TV

by Admin 19. February 2010 12:54
Video games, mobile phones and TV are keeping children up past their bedtime, research shows. A survey of 1,000 British schoolchildren aged between nine and 11 found that a love of electronic gadgets was leading to many missing out on vital sleep. While most said they went to bed at 9... [Continue Reading »]

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