Language acquisition in early childhood represents a fundamental aspect of human cognitive development, where children rapidly transform acoustic signals into a rich, structured linguistic system.

Early childhood education programs in California have a critically important role to play in preparing children whose first language is not English to succeed in kindergarten and beyond, according to ...

The recent increase in funding for Head Start programs, designed to provide this crucial early-childhood opportunity to a greater number of disadvantaged children, has produced a curiously negative ...

‘Aha Pūnana Leo has 12 preschool sites on five islands. (Photo courtesy: ʻAha Pūnana Leo, Inc.) ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Early Childhood Research, researchers investigated the benefits of early childhood education and care (ECEC), especially during the backdrop of the ...

Developmental vulnerability among CALD and non-CALD children. A population-based study of nearly 60,000 children in Western Australia revealed that those from CALD backgrounds faced higher ...

Asia Society. (2021). Chinese language learning in the early grades: A handbook of resources and best practices for Mandarin immersion. New York: Author. [a must-read for all educators involved in ...

Learn to teach, challenge, and nurture a diverse range of pre-K–2 students. The program stresses a humanistic approach to teaching that is both developmentally appropriate and intellectually ...