Early childhood is a critical period for cognitive, emotional, and social development for every child. The experiences children have during these formative years significantly shape their future ...

Early childhood experts say the goal is quite simple: teaching children basic social, emotional and cognitive skills and how to build empathetic relationships with others. “If you ask kindergarten ...

UNESCO believes early childhood care and education (ECCE) that is truly inclusive is much more than just preparation for primary school. It can be the foundation for emotional wellbeing and learning ...

Guilford County Schools and a local nonprofit supporting early childhood education have launched an initiative to better measure what needs to be done to be sure more children enter school prepared to ...

The family environment in early childhood has a long-term effect on self-esteem: A longitudinal study from birth to age 27 years. Journal of personality and social psychology , 114 (4), 637. More ...

The Anchor Items for the Measurement of Early Childhood Development (AIM-ECD) are designed to help countries in diverse settings assess and improve early childhood.AIM-ECD includes two free tools of ...

Supporting Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), with focus on children aged 0-2 years. SAGA for Toddlers is a research and development project that aims to ...

In particular, they investigate how parent and family influences (e.g., parental substance use, discipline, etc) impact social and emotional development - such as externalizing behavioral problems in ...

The Shaping Us Framework, which draws on the expertise of academics, clinicians and practitioners in human development, is designed to provide a universal and flexible way to talk about social and ...

Early childhood is a critical period for cognitive, emotional, and social development for every child. The experiences children have during these formative years significantly shape their future ...