Early Childhood
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10 Must Read Early Childhood Education Blogs
If you’re an early childhood educator looking for resources to help you enhance your classroom, look no further than these 10 must read early ... -
Reading with your children: proper books vs tablets
Nicola Yuill, University of Sussex Most of us have an opinion about whether we prefer reading on screen or paper: but what difference does ... -
How to Teach Reading in the Digital Era
Reading has always been an invaluable skill. Not only does it influence how we interact with the world but it is still the medium ... -
What Preschool Can Teach Us About Choice and Opportunity
There is a pantheon of sitcom cliches that, no matter how many times they’ve been done before, always turn up in new ones. Among ... -
The importance of play: what universities can learn from preschools
Nicola Whitton, Manchester Metropolitan University Almost as soon as they begin school, children start getting tested. With the introduction of tests for four-year-olds and ... -
Leading for Literacy
By Ruth Schoenbach and Cynthia Greenleaf Every day, middle and high school teachers ask their students to read and understand complex texts in disciplines ... -
The Cautionary Tale of Story
Teachers have been telling stories for as long as teachers have taught others. Students are still learning from the stories of our greatest ... -
Time to Reboot the Safety Lecture
When we play the perennial favorite game of Blaming Other Generations, we tend to focus on relative merits and deficiencies: which generation is more ... -
The Edvocate’s List of 20 Must-Follow Early Childhood Education Twitter Feeds
*The Edvocate is pleased to produce its “Best of the Best” resource lists. These lists provide our readers with rankings for education-related blogs, twitter ... -
Music training speeds up brain development in children
Assal Habibi, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Observing a pianist at a recital – converting musical notations ...