Educational Articles

A top researcher says it’s time to rethink our entire approach to preschool

23 January

Originally published here Dale Farran has been studying early childhood education for half a century. Yet her most recent scientific publication has made her question everything she thought she knew. “It really has required a lot of soul-searching, a lot of reading of the literature to try to think of what were plausible reasons that […]

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The Benefits of Dramatic Play in Early Childhood Education

1 November

An increasing amount of research continues to support play in early childhood development, and there are five primary forms or types of play in which children engage: locomotive, social, object, language and pretend play. Each type of play has its own benefits for the developing mind of a young child, and while each is important, […]