Latest Early childhood education Stories
Mr. Rhythm’s preschool musicals and plays are ideal for children from preschool to first grade. (PRWEB) February 01, 2012 Mr. Rhythm’s Children’s Plays (http://www.mrrhythmschildrensmusic.com) has debuted as a new all-inclusive easily downloadable program for teachers to use to perform preschool musicals and mini plays for children of preschool age and beyond. All plays include music, a script, which is easily customizable to the needs of students, an invitation, a program, scenery...
NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE), an international professional educational organization affiliated with the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), has endorsed System 44(®), a foundational reading program for struggling readers from Scholastic. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100907/SCHOLASTICLOGO) Since its launch in 2008, System 44 has shown high levels of success in helping students in grades 3-12...
Research shows that good kindergarten attention skills predict later work-oriented behavior Attentiveness in kindergarten accurately predicts the development of "work-oriented" skills in school children, according to a new study published by Dr. Linda Pagani, a professor and researcher at the University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine. Elementary school teachers made observations of attention skills in over a thousand kindergarten children. Then, from grades 1 to 6, homeroom teachers...
Adults who participated in a high quality early childhood education program in the 1970s are still benefitting from their early experiences in a variety of ways, according to a new study. The study provides new data from the long-running, highly regarded Abecedarian Project, which is led by the FPG Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Researchers have followed participants from early childhood through adolescence and young adulthood, generating a...
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) and Sesame Workshop, the producer behind Sesame Street, have joined forces to explore augmented reality experiences for children that encourage learning and imagination. A longtime advocate of embracing cutting-edge technologies to enrich children's early learning experiences, Sesame Workshop teamed with Qualcomm to create a prototype playset that brings physical toys to life. The application will be...
CINCINNATI, Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three-fourths of preschool-age children in the United States attend child care, and many are not getting enough outdoor physical activity, which may be due in part to parental and societal values about injury prevention and kindergarten readiness. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110406/MM79025LOGO) The study, "Societal Values and Policies May Curtail Preschool Children's Physical Activity in Child Care Centers," will be...
Kidobi adds nine children's series to its expanding library in a new partnership with Your Family Entertainment. Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) December 23, 2011 Kidobi announced today a new content partnership with Your Family Entertainment AG that will bring more than 40 hours of children’s programming to Kidobi’s new streaming video service for preschool children. The agreement gives Kidobi SVOD rights to nine different series from Your Family Entertainment’s catalogue, including...
DULUTH, Ga., Dec. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI), an IACET approved, nationally accredited distance training institution dedicated exclusively to the child care industry, announces that the Office of Head Start will consider holders of the CCEI Early Childhood Credential (ECC) as qualified to meet formal education requirements for certain positions. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111019/MM90221LOGO ) Holders of the CCEI Early Childhood...
High-quality friendships in kindergarten may mean that boys will have fewer behavior problems and better social skills in first and third grades, said Nancy McElwain, a University of Illinois associate professor of human development and co-author of a study published in a recent issue of Infant and Child Development. "The findings for girls were different," said Jennifer Engle, lead author of the study. "Overall, teachers reported that girls in the first and third grade had good social...
NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Callaway Digital Arts, Inc. (www.callaway.com), interactive publisher of premium children's and lifestyle mobile applications, and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, announce their second collaboration, Another Monster at the End of This Book for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. In this sequel, fan-favorite Elmo joins lovable, furry Grover in a giggle-filled, play-along story, which builds...
