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Not Just “Soft Skills”: How Young Children’s Learning & Health Benefit from Strong Social-Emotional Development This paper synthesizes the research on social emotional development in early childhood, and underscores the need for a new national dialogue on this topic. It also outlines how we might better support parents and caregivers so they can contribute to the healthy social-emotional development of their children. Document
Noticing Same and Different: The Concept of Comparison with Infants and Toddlers “More” is often one of children’s first words. Infants attend to differences, though they don’t yet discriminate between “more” as quantity or magnitude/size or intensity of sensation. Toddlers are beginning to differentiate between attributes and develop a spectrum of preferences. These are all examples of the origins of the precursor math concept of Comparison, that is noticing sameness and difference." Check out this article from The Erikson Institute Early Math Collaborative. Website
Nurturing Gratitude in Young Children Children aren’t always appreciative, and their demands can hit especially hard when we’re working long hours—or just trying to get dinner on the table. While young children can’t yet see the world from somebody else’s perspective, we can begin to build a sense of gratitude starting in the toddler years.   Document
Parent Cell Phone Use Can Halt a Child’s Language Learning Researchers at Temple University’s Language Learning Lab found that children are less likely to learn a new word when a phone call interrupts the child’s conversation with their parent. To learn more about this research, check out this video interview with researcher Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek. Website
Parenting and the Development of Children’s Emotions Ever wondered how children learn to share their feelings? Studies reveal that three main factors observed in parents help determine how children will express their emotions. These are: 1) how parents display their own emotions, 2) how parents respond to the child's emotions, 3) and the family's overall emotional demeanor. Learn more from this video and article, in English and Spanish.
Parenting Knowledge Among First-time Parents of Young Children Early care and education professionals play an important role in providing parents with research and evidence-based information about child development, best practice and parenting. This research to practice brief from Child Trends, finds that first-time parents of infants and toddlers across all racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds have difficulty obtaining clear and trustworthy information about parenting. Document
Parents learn, babies talk: How Coaching moms and dads Leads to Better Language Skills among Infants When it comes to helping infants learn to talk, it’s not just how much parents say, but how they say it.  Speaking directly to the baby with a style of speech known as “parentese” — talking slowly and clearly, often with exaggerated vowels and intonation — appears to improve infant language development. A new study from the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) shows that parents who learn how and why to speak parentese can have a direct impact on their children’s vocabulary.
Parents’ Prescription: Talk, Read, and Sing Just before parents leave the hospital with their newborn for the first time, doctors go through a list of discharge instructions, including guidelines for how to keep their baby healthy and safe. As families return to pediatricians for regular wellness checks, there is one topic that many pediatricians never address, yet one physician-scientist says should get top billing.
Part 1: Supporting Infants and Toddlers through Routine Separations and Reunions Listen as Beth Menninga, our CICC Coaching Manager, joins Inclusion Matters and shares key practices to support our youngest learners through common daily separations and reunions.  Podcast
Part 1: Supporting Quality Play Relationships-Infants and Toddlers Listen as our guest, Dr. Sue Starks, Professor of Education and Chair of Early Childhood at Concordia University St. Paul, talks about one of her passions, supporting play in young children.  Dr. Starks shares that play is relationship based and your environment matters.  How can you align your space to foster early social emotional connection through play? Join us as we explore this important topic.  Podcast
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