Transmedia Approach to Early Math Launches Outreach Phase
“They’ve successfully hidden the peas in the mashed potatoes.” That’s how Andy Ackerman of the Manhattan Children’s Museum describes the creative way that UMIGO—yoU Make It GO—successfully combines...
View ArticleFive More States Secure Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Grants
Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon, and Wisconsin will each receive a share of the 2012 Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge $133 million grant fund to improve quality and expand access to...
View ArticleDigital Engagement at Home Increases Early Math Skills
Digital learning games based on “Curious George” and “The Cat in the Hat” can boost preschoolers’ math knowledge and skills, making them better prepared for entry into kindergarten. That’s the finding...
View ArticleReady to Learn Grantee Launches Research-Based Digital Education Resources...
Children pilot the “At the Beach” Pocoyo PlaySet at Kingsbridge Community Center in the Bronx, N.Y. (Photo courtesy of HITN's Early Learning Collaborative)The Hispanic Information and...
View ArticleValue Choices: Investing in High-Quality Preschool
It's a pleasure to be here and to participate in the launch of the state's new Early Childhood strategic plan My friend Governor Markell has been an amazing partner and an extraordinary leader for...
View ArticleFeature: Wolf Trap Institute Unites the Arts and STEM in Early Childhood...
Wolf Trap Teaching Artist Amanda Layton Whiteman leads a preschool class in movement as part of the Early STEM/Arts Program. (Photo by Scott Suchman, courtesy of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the...
View ArticleThe Arts in Early Learning: From the Classroom to the State of the Union
When President Obama announced his universal pre-K initiative during the State of the Union Address this past Feb. 12th, a preschool educator was listening from a very coveted vantage point: a couple...
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