At a pregnancy center last week, a Moroccan couple came in to request assistance for their fourth baby, due in July. They already had a 2-year old, 3-year old and 7-year old and had arrived from Morocco 4 years ago. The father, whose English was good, explained that he worked as a bus driver for a […]
Babies and toddlers make one million neural connections per second in the first 3 years of their lives. They are laying down the foundations of their brain circuitry for learning, thinking and taking in their world that they will have for their entire lives. Emory University and the state of Georgia’s “Talk With Me Baby” […]
Assessing President Obama’s Preschool Plan The above link takes you to an one-hour (plus) debate on the importance of how well kids do in school is based on their experiences from birth to 5. Important questions are asked in the debate such as how is quality defined, who should provide pre-school, what can we learn […]
Baby and Toddler Land 