The more time children under age 2 spend playing with smart phones, tablets, electronic games and other handheld screens, the more likely they are to begin talking later, according to research presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in May.
Category: Research
Why Talking About Math With Kids Is Important
“Number talk” at home is a key predictor of children’s math achievement in school, yet many parents don’t speak enough about numbers with their children.
Plugged-In Parenting: How Parental Smartphone Use May Affect Kids
Mobile technology and the ability to receive work email and other communication around the clock has blurred the lines between work and home for many parents.
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute: Abecedarian Project
The long-term results of the Abecedarian Project show a clear economic benefit when children at risk receive enriched early care and education.
Child Trends: Five Ways Fathers Matter
Father’s Day is a time to pause and think about the many ways that dads make a difference in their children’s lives.
A mother’s love is good for a child’s brain
Mothers’ support during children's preschool years is linked to robust growth in the area of the brain involved in learning, memory and stress response.
New Study: Gap in School Readiness Emerges from Early Vocabulary
A new study finds that children with larger oral vocabularies by age 2 arrived at kindergarten better prepared academically and behaviorally than their peers.
New Study: Storytelling Skills Are Strong Predictor of Early Literacy in African American Children
Research from Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is the first to demonstrate the connection between African American preschoolers’ oral narrative abilities and development of their early reading skills. Iheoma Iruka of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute was one of the researchers.
Kindergarten is an Important Year in Students’ Lives
Kindergarten requires a unique approach to teaching that merges the education styles of preschool and the primary grades.
The power of high-quality early childhood education
In this short video of a TEDx talk at the University of North Carolina, researcher Kate Gallagher talks about the ground-breaking Abecedarian Project in which low-income children received quality early childhood education. Now, 35 years later, we continue to see how high-quality early care and education changed the life trajectories of the children who participated.
10 Ways Children Benefit from Involved Fathers
Did you know that numerous studies point specifically to the long-term benefits children receive when their fathers are actively engaged in their care? Research shows that involved fathers relate to their children in ways that produce specific developmental benefits.
New Study: Children in Educare Schools Narrowed the Achievement Gap
High-quality early education is especially advantageous when children start younger and continue longer, says a new report from the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.