NYU Child Study Center
Many young children, particularly those between the ages of 3 and 5 years, develop imaginary friends. Children this age are typically beginning to decipher the boundaries between fantasy and reality, and their “new” imagined friends are part of this process.
February 21, 2011
TEDxRainier
In this presentation (filmed in October 2010), Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another — by listening to the humans around them and “taking statistics” on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) show how 6-month-old babies use sophisticated reasoning to understand their world.
February 10, 2011
Center on the Developing Child Harvard University
This article compares the executive functions of the brain, including the ability focus, hold, and work with information in the mind, to the “air traffic control” at a busy airport. It explains how these critical lifelong skills develop, how early experiences shape this development, and how supporting this development pays off in school and later in life.
February 10, 2011
Talaris Institute is pleased to announce a new Parenting Counts video on play designed for early childhood professionals to support their work with parents and children: Experience, Explore, Learn: The Amazing World of Play
Product Update – Experience, Explore, Learn: The Amazing World of Play
February 1, 2011