Abstract: This paper describes two programming environments explicitly designed for early childhood education, the screen-based ScratchJr; and the tangible robotic kit KIBO. Both of these tools were ...

When Joel Francik became principal of Central Elementary School in 2019, all of his prior education experience had been in ...

Children with special needs often experience a range of early developmental challenges that can affect their readiness for learning and their participation in school. This population includes children ...

The Kinkora Early Learning Centre celebrated its five-year anniversary on Sunday with a pancake breakfast. Since it opened, the centre has grown from its original size of just 18 students to now ...

The principles, which focus on illustrating what developmentally appropriate content looks like, will be made public later this spring with the intention of offering guidance not only to Moonbug, but ...

I have been fortunate in my almost 20 years as an early childhood educator to have taught in a variety of settings: childcare, preschool, K-5 classrooms, summer school, and children’s tutoring ...

Correspondence to Dr Susan Byrne, Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland; suabyrne{at}rcsi.ie Introduction ...

Training presents a prime opportunity to expand the knowledge base of all employees, but many employers find the development opportunities expensive. Employees also miss out on work time while ...

A promising path forward is graduated consent: a developmentally aligned, culturally inclusive, rights-respecting framework that adjusts consent obligations as children mature, strengthens parental ...

The Developmental and Educational Psychology MSc offers comprehensive research training in developmental and educational psychology, and is recognised by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC ...

Learning in early childhood is full of wonder. It spirals, loops back, deepens, and stretches forward in rhythms that are anything but linear. Ask any preschool teacher who has watched a child master ...