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Early Childhood

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Copyright 2014 Janet Zadina, Ph.D. All rights reserved.

Mar 2020: Junk Food Orders up Trouble for Young Brains

Mar 2020: At 8 Months, Babies Already Know Basic Grammar

Jan 2020: How Trauma Damages a Child’s Developing Brain - The Best Brain Possible

Jan 2020: Baby and Adult Brains 'Sync Up' During Play It's not your imagination -- you and your baby really are on the same wavelength

Jan 2020: Bilingual Language Program for Babies: Online Training for Teachers

Nov 2019: Should Preschool Writing be More Communication and Less ABCs?

Nov 2019: Screen-based Media Associated with Structural Differences in Brains of Young Children

Nov 2019: Trauma and Kids: The Role of the Early Childhood Teacher

Oct 2019: Babies Understand Counting Years Earlier than Believed

Sep 2019: Emphasizing Social Play in Kindergarten Improves Academics, Reduces Teacher Burnout

Sep 2019: Learning to Read Boosts the Visual Brain

Aug 2019: ADHD Medication may Affect Brain Development in Children

Aug 2019: Wiggling it Beats a Path for a Better Performance at School

Aug 2019: Predictability of Parent Interaction Positively Influences Child's Development

Aug 2019: 37 Children’s Books to Help Talk About Racism & Discrimination

Aug 2019: We Have Ruined Childhood

Jul 2019: Screen Time No Child's Play

Jul 2019: Preschool Teachers Ask Children Too Many Simple Questions

Jul 2019: The Secret Power of the Children’s Picture Book

Jul 2019: Electronic Baby Toys Associated with Decrease in Quality and Quantity of Language in Infants

Jul 2019: Good Home Learning in Early Years Boosts Your Secondary School Achievements

Jul 2019: How Does Playing with Other Children Affect Toddlers' Language Learning?

Jun 2019: Music Helps to Build the Brains of Very Premature Babies

Jun 2019: Childhood Adversity Linked to Early Puberty, Premature Brain Development and Mental Illness

Apr 2019: Prenatal and Infant Exposure to Ambient Pesticides and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children: Population Based Case-Control Study

Apr 2019: Childhood Trauma Permanently Scars Brain, And Boosts Likelihood Of Depression

Jan 2019: Babies Who Hear Two Languages at Home Develop Advantages in Attention

Jan 2019: Music Training Strengthens Children's Brains, Decision-Making Network

Jan 2019: New Study Finds Pre-k Benefits Endure Through Eighth Grade

Dec 2018: We Need to Make Kindergarten Engaging Again

Dec 2018: Parents' Brain Activity 'Echoes' Their Child's When They Play Together

Nov 2018: Being Fair: The Benefits of Early Childhood Education

Nov 2018: Parents Learn, Babies Talk: How Coaching Moms and Dads Improves Infants' Language Skills

Nov 2018: Autism and Zinc Deficiency in Early Development

Nov 2018: Container Baby Syndrome: How Equipment Can Hinder a Child's Development

Nov 2018: Dialogue Improves Children’s Learning Abilities

Nov 2018: Electronic Baby Toys Associated with Decrease in Quality and Quantity of Language in Infants

Nov 2018: Kindergarten Difficulties may Predict Academic Achievement Across Primary Grades

Nov 2018: 30 Picture Books About World-Changing Women

Oct 2018: Children's Violent Video Game Play Associated with Increased Physical Aggressive Behavior

Oct 2018: Nurseries may Trump Informal or Childminder Care for Kids' Psychological Development

Oct 2018: Link Between Childhood Adversity, Burnout and Depression

Oct 2018: Infants Capable of Complex Babble may Grow into Stronger Readers

Oct 2018: Infants are More Likely to Learn When With a Peer

Oct 2018: 'Toxic Stress' on Children can Harm their Lifelong Learning, Mental and Physical Health

Oct 2018: Researchers Find the Most Plausible Cause of Wellbeing Decline in Youth is Increased Screen Time

Sep 2018: Limiting Children's Recreational Screen Time to Less than Two Hours a Day Linked to Better Cognition, Study Finds

Aug 2018: Children Take Longer to Learn Two Languages at Once Compared to Just One -- Don't Fret

Jul 2018: Children with Better Coordination more Likely to Achieve at School

Jul 2018: Plastic Chemical Linked to Smaller Prefrontal Cortex, Reduced Cognitive Ability in Rats

Jul 2018: Want to Know What the American Speech Language Association Says About Speech and Language Developmental Milestones? Check Out this Great Graphic for 0-5 Years!

Jul 2018: It's Science: Teaching Self-Control is More Important than Academics

Jul 2018: Baby Talk Words Build Infants' Language Skills

Jun 2018: How Music Lessons can Improve Language Skills

Jun 2018: Hearing-Related Problems Common Among Preschool Teachers

May 2018: The Secret to Honing Kids' Language and Literacy

May 2018: Transgender Brains are More Like their Desired Gender From an Early Age

May 2018: Attentive Adults Increase Children's Ability to Empathize

Apr 2018: How Anxiety Leads to Disruptive Behavior

Apr 2018: Food Allergy is Linked to Skin Exposure and Genetics

Apr 2018: Baby Talk Isn’t Silly. It’s a Serious Way of Learning

Apr 2018: Music Lessons Improve Children's Cognitive Skills and Academic Performance

Apr 2018: The Decline of Play in Preschoolers — and the Rise in Sensory Issues

Apr 2018: School-Based Yoga can Help Children Better Manage Stress and Anxiety

Apr 2018: This is What Happened when Psychologists Gave Toddlers a Version of the Classic Marshmallow Test

Mar 2018: Children with Higher Working Memory are More Inclined to Finger Count (and Less Able Kids should be Encouraged to do the Same)

Mar 2018: iPad Generation's Fingers Not Ready to Write, Teachers Say

Mar 2018: We Start Caring About our Reputations as Early as Kindergarten

Mar 2018: Students who are old for their grade more likely to enroll in college

Feb 2018: Back-and-Forth Exchanges Boost Children's Brain Response to Language

Feb 2018: Eye Exams Linked to Kids' Reading Levels

Nov 2017: New Strategies for Reducing Achievement Gap

Nov 2017: Intentional Teaching Makes the Biggest Impact on Early Childhood Outcomes

Nov 2017: A 19-Year Study Reveals Kindergarten Students With These 2 Skills Are Twice as Likely to Obtain a College Degree (And They Have Nothing to Do With Reading)

Nov 2017: Brains of Children with a Better Physical Fitness Possess a Greater Volume of Gray Matter

Nov 2017: Eye Contact With Your Baby Helps Synchronize Brainwaves

Nov 2017: Hearing Different Accents at Home Impacts Language Processing in Infants

Nov 2017: Preschool Program Helps Boost Skills Necessary for Academic Achievement

Nov 2017: The Four Ways to Promote Creativity in Children Come More Naturally to Some Mothers than Others

Nov 2017: For Baby’s Brain to Benefit, Read the Right Books at the Right Time

Nov 2017: Infant Brain Responses Predict Reading Speed in Secondary School

Oct 2017: Montessori Preschool Boosts Academic Results and Reduces Income-Based Inequality

Oct 2017: Bilingual Preschoolers Show Stronger Inhibitory Control

Oct 2017: How to Detect the Risk of Dyslexia Before Learning to Read

Oct 2017: Getting The Most Out Of Pre-K, 'The Most Important' Year In School

Oct 2017: Lessons from the Longest Study on Human Development

Oct 2017: Air Pollution Exposure on Home-to-School Routes Reduces the Growth of Working Memory

Oct 2017: Screen Children with Reading Difficulties for Hearing Problems

Oct 2017: 'Resilience' to Adversity Determines if a Child Survives or Thrives when Bullied

Sep 2017: 4 Things Worse Than Not Learning To Read In Kindergarten

Sep 2017: Self-Esteem in Kids: Lavish Praise Is Not the Answer, Warmth Is

Sep 2017: The Effects of Handwriting Experience on Functional Brain Development in Pre-Literate Children.

Sep 2017: Stanford Researchers Show we’re Sending Many Children to School Way Too Early

Sep 2017: Third and Fourth Graders who Own Cell Phones are More Likely to be Cyberbullied

Sep 2017: What Screen Time Can Really Do to Kids' Brains

Aug 2017: Bilingual Babies Listen to Language

Aug 2017: Child's Home Learning Environment Predicts 5th Grade Academic Skills

Aug 2017: Books that Teach Children How to Include Others

Jun 2017: Positive Engagement in Preschool Key to Developmental Gains

Jun 2017: How 'The Gruffalo' Helped Academics Boost Youngsters' Motor Skills and Language Ability

Jun 2017: PTSD in Children Quickly and Effectively Treatable within Hours

More than Recess: How Playing on the Swings Helps Kids Learn to Cooperate

Preschoolers' Story Comprehension Similar for Print and Digital Books

Rosemary Aroma can Aid Children's Working Memory

Reading with Children Starting in Infancy Gives Lasting Literacy Boost

Handheld Screen Time Linked with Speech Delays in Young Children

Why Emotional Learning May Be As Important As The ABCs

The Sooner You Expose A Baby To A Second Language, The Smarter They’ll Be

How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime

Myopia Cells Discovered in Retina

Effects of Childhood Bullying Last at Least 40 Years

This Song was Scientifically Designed to Make Babies Happy

One Year of High-Quality Early Education Improves Outcomes for Low-Income Infants, Toddlers

Teachers May be Cause of 'Obesity Penalty' on Girls' Grades

What Science Says about How to Get Preschool Right

A Child’s Brain Develops Faster With Exposure to Music Education

Young Girls Are Less Apt To Think That Women Are Really, Really Smart

Kids Should Pay More Attention to Mistakes, Study Suggests

A Promising Study Suggests Teachers can Train 8-Year-Olds in Theory of Mind

‘How I Feel About My School’: The construction and validation of a measure of wellbeing at school for primary school children

Managing Big Emotions Through Movement: Yoga for Kids

Babies Exposed to Stimulation Get Brain Boost

Children’s Brains Develop Faster with Music Training

Improving Child-Teacher Interactions can Reduce Preschoolers' Stress Levels

Federal Report Recommends Teaching Self-Regulation in Schools

Children's Early Math Knowledge Related to Later Achievement

Musical Training Creates New Brain Connections in Children

For Dyslexia, Writing is Often on the Wall from Birth

The Science Behind Music: Why Music Should Be Integrated Into Early Education

New Classroom Seating Encourages Movement

Preschoolers Correct Speaking Mistakes Even When Talking to Themselves

Preschoolers' Motor Skill Development Connected to School Readiness

Many Kids Not Ready for Kindergarten

Sleep-deprived preschoolers eat more

Association of the Type of Toy Used During Play With the Quantity and Quality of Parent-Infant Communication

Texas Pre-K Programs Improve Kids' Elementary Achievement

The Benefits of Toy Blocks

Bilingual toddlers who obtain more practice in language switching are better at certain types of problem solving

Multilingual Or Not, Infants Learn Words Best When It Sounds Like Home

Study: Babies Have Conscious Experience Of The World As Early As 5 Months

Small Change In Reading To Preschoolers Can Help Disadvantaged Kids Catch Up

New Study Unlocks Connections Within the Brain to Early Language Development

By age 3, environmental factors are relevant to the development of self-control

Nurturing during preschool years boosts child's brain growth

Science achievement gaps begin by kindergarten

Noise harder on children than adults, hinders how they learn

For parents of a child who stutters: ways to help

Bilingual toddlers who obtain more practice in language switching are better at certain types of problem solving

The importance of interactive play for children

Losing our grip: More students entering school without fine motor skills

New Insights Into How Young and Developing Readers Make Sense of Words

Premature infants benefit from adult talk

Babies Can Learn Their First Lullabies in the Womb

Childhood Maltreatment Can Leave Scars In The Brain

Cognitive Scientists ID Mechanism Central to Early Childhood Learning, Social Behavior

Early Childhood Educators Hold Key to Children's Communication Skills

What a Difference a Grade Makes: First Graders With Attention Problem Lag for Years Afterward, Second Graders, Less So

Childhood Bullying Shown to Increase Likelihood of Psychotic Experiences in Later Life

Small Change In Reading To Preschoolers Can Help Disadvantaged Kids Catch Up

The Goldilocks Effect: Babies choose ‘Just right’ experiences

Treating Sleep Apnea in Children Reverses Brain Abnormalities

Clark: The economic case for early education

Interactive Music Classes Improve Babies’ Social Development, Communication

Copyright 2013 Janet Zadina, Ph.D. All rights reserved

Janet N. Zadina, Ph.D

Brain Research and Instruction

Science and Strategies

Janet N. Zadina, Ph.D

Brain Research and Instruction

Bridging Neuroscience and Education

"Science and Strategies"