Articles about child development


It's Tough to Step Up Without Steps: Building a Ladder for Family Child Care Providers

Last updated: 05/03/2018

To facilitate interaction among ideas presented in Moving Beyond False Choices for Early Childhood Educators, Series Editor Stacie G. Goffin offers opening comments. For readers ne

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CUSD Crown Preschool Fall 2018 Registration Open

Last updated: 05/03/2018

Applications for the 2018-19 school year at Crown Preschool are still being accepted. Crown Preschool fulfills the Coronado Unified School District’s vision to provide a complete

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Should Kids Have Their Own Voice Assistants?

Last updated: 05/03/2018

Amazon is releasing new Alexa experiences for kids and parents, including the Echo Dot Kids Edition, which it says allows children to access age-appropriate content with their voic

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Did the Baby Boomers fulfil their childhood dreams?

Last updated: 05/03/2018

In 1969, more than 10,000 11-year-olds, taking part in the National Child Development Study (NCDS), were asked to write an essay imagining what their lives would be like at 25. Thi

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National Child Development Study: At 11, these kids tried to predict their future. Did they get it right?

Last updated: 05/03/2018

One girl predicted environmental disaster on Earth and colonies on the moon. Another wanted to be a nurse and go riding at weekends. One anxious little boy hoped his children would

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Kids, Meet Alexa, Your AI Mary Poppins?

Last updated: 05/02/2018

"Alexa, why is Pluto so awesome?" "Alexa, what is seven plus three?" "Alexa, who is Harry Potter?" "Alexa, I'm bored." "Alexa, where do babies come from?"* Families who have an art

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Home Safety Webinar

Last updated: 05/02/2018

View this webinar to discover safety risks and injury prevention tips for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Explore some home safety checklists that families and staff can compl

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National Child Development Study: "Imagine you are 25" Essays (Sweep 2, Age 11), 1969

Last updated: 05/02/2018

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The National Child Development Study (NCDS) originated in the Perinatal Mortality Survey (see SN 5565), whic

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Who are poor comprehenders?

Last updated: 05/02/2018

There’s been much discussion recently regarding the “language gap” and the “word gap” — the recognition that there are huge variations in levels of children’s languag

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Better governance, better access: practising responsible data sharing in the METADAC governance infrastructure

Last updated: 05/02/2018

Abstract Genomic and biosocial research data about individuals is rapidly proliferating, bringing the potential for novel opportunities for data integration and use. The scale, pac

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