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Bookmark or Share- NAEYCStay up-to-date on issues in early childhood education and hear perspectives from a wide range of educators. Position Statements Learn about NAEYC’s informed positions on significant issues affecting young children’s education and development.
- Principles of Child Development and Learning and Implications That ...Neural connections in the brain—which are the basis for all thought, communication, and learning—are established most rapidly in early childhood. 14 The processes of forming new neural connections and pruning the neural connections that are not used continue throughout a person’s lifespan but are most consequential in the first three ...
- Principles of Child Development and Learning - NAEYCEarly childhood (birth through age 8) is a uniquely valuable and vulnerable time in the human life cycle. The early childhood years lay the foundation and create trajectories for all later learning and development. 10, 11, 12; Each individual—child, family member, and early educator—is unique. Each has dignity and value and is equally ...
- Child Development - NAEYCJana has worked in the field for more than 20 years, working in instructional, leadership, and advocacy experiences. She has taught pre-K, directed child care centers, and managed the early learning program of Catholic Charities of Baltimore.
- Early Childhood Mathematics: Promoting Good Beginnings - NAEYCearly foundations of literacy. Similarly, increased energy, time, and wide-scale commitment to the early years will generate significant progress in mathematics learning. The opportunity is clear: Millions of young children are in child care or other early educa-tion settings where they can have significant early mathematical experiences ...
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