A classroom scene shows a girl reading a book to seated children. A whiteboard lists "Good Morning!: 1. Song 2. Magic Number 3. Question 4. Mystery reader 5. Free choice." A sign says "18+5=23 Children Adults People Total".

We're excited to share this MSU spotlight on how MSU HDFS is leading the way in literacy outreach, teaching and research: spr.ly/63321B6UypT #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience #EarlyChildhood #Literacy

Marzano Research’s Carrie Germeroth Named a Colorado Early Childhood Champion This honor recognizes the people whose outstanding service and commitment help children and families thrive across the state.

We’re proud to celebrate managing senior researcher Carrie Germeroth, PhD, for being named a Colorado Early Childhood Champion Nominee. Congratulations, Carrie. We’re grateful for your leadership and impact on children and families.
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#EarlyChildhood

Colorado Senate adopts package of bills on early childhood, mobile‑home protections and plug‑in solar; approves Denim Day resolution On April 1, 2026, the Colorado Senate adopted several House bills and committee reports on third reading — including measures updating early childhood licensing and universal preschool funding, protections for mobile home residents’ drinking water, and rules easing plug‑in solar access — and unanimously adopted a resolution designating April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and April 29 as Denim Day.

The Colorado Senate just passed groundbreaking bills that enhance early childhood services, improve mobile home drinking water quality, and expand access to solar energy for renters!

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#CO #CitizenPortal #SolarAccess #WaterQuality #EarlyChildhood

Helen Lyndon outside Anglia Ruskin University

Lovely research collaboration visit to @angliaruskin.bsky.social yesterday on behalf of @eecera.bsky.social - so grateful that I get to travel and spread the #earlychildhood word

Delighted to share our revised paper (w/ @juliaturner.bsky.social & @jacobbastian.bsky.social ) showing that Universal Pre-K has broad effects on local labor markets — effects well beyond only mothers. Larger effects for full-day programs. nber.org/papers/w33767

#EconSky #EarlyChildhood #ECE

Do Not Miss this! Touch is a sensory experience that supports Bonding & Attachment over time especially when massage is an everyday experience, building positive ACEs (Attachment, Connection and Engagement) minimizing negative ACEs.
#Infants #Earlychildhood #Education #ACEs
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One Two Animal: Let's Animal Series 1 - Macintosh Garden Japanese game name : "ワンツーあにまる レッツあにまるシリーズ1" Translated game name: "One Two Animal: Let's Animal Series 1" A Japanese educational game about animals. The game was made with Macromedia Director and QuickTime. A download of the hybrid Mac/Windows CD-ROM can be found on archive.org - One Two Animal: Let's Animal Series 1 (ワンツーあにまる レッツあにまるシリーズ1).

One Two Animal: Let's Animal Series 1

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Japanese game name : "ワンツーあにまる レッツあにまるシリーズ1"
Translated game name: "One Two Animal: Let's Animal Series 1"

#macgarden #EarlyChildhood #1996 #Adwin

Join the ARU Early Childhood Research Group:
"In partnership with EECERA-UK and OMEP-UK, we’re bringing researchers together to spark ideas around 'Sustainable Futures', 'Safe and Inclusive Communities', and 'Health, Performance and Wellbeing'." buff.ly/PgogNYp
#EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

Hampton Roads Head Start partner describes services and eligibility for Chesapeake families A Head Start coordinator said the HR-CAP Head Start program provides comprehensive services for 3- and 4-year-olds, runs Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m., and requires proof of age, income, residency and a government photo ID for applications; HR-CAP serves Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News and Norfolk.

Tanya Murphy reveals how the HR-CAP Head Start program is transforming early childhood education for families in Chesapeake and surrounding cities with essential services and support.

Learn more here

#VA #CommunityEngagement #ChesapeakeFamilies #CitizenPortal #EarlyChildhood #FamilySupport

EPISD presents mid‑year pre‑K progress and a major expansion of internships and practicum opportunities District leaders reported mid‑year early childhood assessment results showing progress relative to state peers and outlined a planned expansion of internships and work‑based learning (targeting 125+ six‑week internships and currently tracking 751 placements across practicum/work‑based/internships).

El Paso ISD is celebrating promising mid-year progress in early childhood education while gearing up to launch over 125 internships in fields like healthcare and IT!

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#TX #TexasEducation #CitizenPortal #StudentEquity #EarlyChildhood #WorkforceDevelopment

ECO THE LITTLE ELECTRIC TAXI by Deb Adamson and illustrated by Patrick Corrigan book cover and description image

LET'S PLAY BASEBALL! A TOUCH-AND-FEEL BOOK by Jo Parker and illustrated by Ahra Kwon

MY DOG LAUGHS by Rachel Isadora book cover and description image

WONDER IN THE GARDEN by Talia Aikens-Nuñez and illustrated by Irena Freitas book cover and description image

We are ending the March #BookBirthday celebrations with reads for our littlest readers! Click for #earlychildhood education gems 💎 (1/2)

See you there!
#PasadenaParents #EarlyChildhood #StartingSchool #TK #PreK #ParentSupport #SCCM #PlayLearnGrow

Families, this is your chance to shape early learning in California! Join a paid virtual focus group and share your experience with child care.

💻 1 hour
💸 $125 e-gift card
🌎 Multiple languages available

Apply here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/8FNPCCQ

#FamilyVoice #EarlyChildhood #CommunityInput

Spy Fox Duopack

https://macintoshgarden.org/games/spy-fox-duopack

A compilation of the first two Spy Fox games in Dutch: Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal" and Spy Fox 2: "Some Assembly Required".

#macgarden #EarlyChildhood #GameCompilations #2005 #Atari #HumongousEntertainment

Guided Emotion Participation at the Start of Early Childhood Education and Care This study, through a cultural historical approach to emotions, explores guided emotion participation in the context of early childhood education and care (ECEC). To capture the phenomenon, we focu...

New in our Journal of Research in Childhood Education: a powerful look at how educators shape children’s emotional experiences in everyday moments.
✨ Open access for a limited time—take a look:
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#ECE #SEL #EarlyChildhood

373: Two Truths and No Lies with Cindy and Alison Join Cindy and Alison for a discussion about the concept that two truths can coexist for children, their families, and their early educators simultaneously. Why? Because of human behavior!

📣 New Podcast! "373: Two Truths and No Lies with Cindy and Alison" on @Spreaker #childcare #childdevelopment #children #daycare #earlychildhood #earlychildhoodeducation #earlylearning #ece #families #parenting #parents #teachers

Pajama Sam Duopack

https://macintoshgarden.org/games/pajama-sam-duopack

A compilation of the first two Pajama Sam games in Dutch: Pajama Sam: No Need To Hide When It's Dark Outside and Pajama Sam 2: Thunder And Lightning Aren't So Frightening.

#macgarden […]

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Home Page - The Heckman Equation

The notable work on investments in early childhood education was out of the University of Chicago, by the great James Heckman (The Heckman Equation, The Heckman Curve) heckmanequation.org
#UChicago #EarlyChildhood

So grateful to share my work at PEC2026!

Feeling so very honored to receive a “Gold Star” from attendees + just so thankful for the educators and leaders I had to privilege to learn beside!

#education #appliededucationalneuroscience #educators #earlychildhood #mentalhealth #bodyandbrainbrilliance

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Lapin Malin: Je Chante et je Joue!

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The download is a Hybrid ISO Image created using ImgBurn 2.5.8.0 on Windows 10. Tested on an eMac running Mac OS X 10.3.9 Panther and found no issues.

#macgarden #EarlyChildhood #2004 […]

From Seed to System: How Small Grants Grow Lasting Change What happens when you give local early childhood leaders the freedom to try bold ideas with modest seed funding? In Colorado, the answer is visible in classrooms, child care…

Small grants are being used to test local solutions to workforce, access, and quality challenges. Some are scaling beyond the original scope and informing broader policy decisions.

What this could signal for future funding approaches: buff.ly/a0Lrkk4

#ECEfunding #EarlyChildhood #EducationGrants

Profiles of maternal beliefs about physically aggressive behaviors, parenting practices and child externalizing behaviors during the preschool years Parental beliefs about physical aggression are one of the socialization factors that may be associated with children's externalizing behaviors during early childhood. Using multidimensional and per...

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#SPEetologia

#ChildDevelopment #Parenting #Aggression #EarlyChildhood #BehavioralScience #PsychologyResearch #ParentalBeliefs

Assembly Human Services advances a package of child‑ and family‑focused bills to appropriations and policy committees The committee moved a set of bills to follow‑up committees, including contingency funding for nutrition programs, emergency CalWORKs changes, an IHSS pilot, updates to early childhood mental‑health consultation, and a community prevention pilot; most measures were approved as amended and referred to relevant fiscal or policy committees.

California's Assembly Human Services Committee has just moved a groundbreaking package of bills aimed at revolutionizing family support and early childhood services!

Learn more here

#CA #CitizenPortal #FamilySupports #EarlyChildhood #CommunityInnovation

HARC Webinar. Title - Partnership-Engaged Research to Advance Home Visiting: Iowa’s Integrated Data System Approach (I2D2). Speaker - Heather Rouse from Iowa State University.

✨Join us Apr 2 • 12pm ET! I2D2 partners agencies with universities to link and use administrative data. Topics include partnership, governance and tech solutions, and how I2D2 supports statewide HV programs. Register: hvresearch.org/harc-webinars/
#HomeVisitingResearch #EarlyChildhood #Webinar

As New York Nears an Early Care Milestone, This Funder Collaborative Is Advancing the Cause Liftoff WNY's early care work is one example of how advocacy support can help set the stage for major policy shifts.

Liftoff WNY's early care work is one example of how advocacy support can help set the stage for major policy shifts.

Constance Matthiessen(@cmatthiessen.bsky.social) Reports: tinyurl.com/3yc66kre

#Childcare #EarlyChildhood #UniversalChildcare #Philanthropy #EducationPolicy #ChildcareCrisis

DEC Talks: The Power of the “Why” in Inclusive Early Childhood

DEC Talks!

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#DECTalks #DECRPs #Inclusion #ECSE #ECInclusion #PowerOfWhy #EarlyChildhood #EarlyIntervention #EarlyChildhoodSpecialEd