"Over the course of this video, a variety of high-energy, engaging professionals who work with children talk about some of the choices available to students today."
This program looks at how adult creativity is formed by our childhood experiences. It poses the question, "Are we crushing or liberating the creativity of our children?"
"This video examines the different types of child care options, how to conduct an interview, which questions to ask, and how to obtain and check references."
"... this video will review the basic skills needed to be the most effective caretaker possible. Reviewing techniques will be helpful for you and the children in your care. "
Discoveries from neuroscience with the stories of families and communities struggling to provide the nurturing environments all babies and young children need to thrive--while too often hindered by social conditions that put their children on low developmental paths.
"Can infants do math? Is there a window of early brain development that - if missed - can doom a child to a life of mediocrity? Explore the wealth of evidence suggesting that even very young infants are seeing, hearing, thinking, feeling beings, and gain tips for creating enriching experiences for your baby."
"In a Montessori classroom, toddlers are encouraged to follow their natural learning tendencies by being active explorers. They're also given some responsibility for maintaining an orderly space. Here, the professor unpacks the evidence indicating this approach can boost mental and physical development; then, he demonstrates how parents can use Montessori methods at home."
"This lecture details how our brains progress from single-word associations to forming full, original sentences, as well as how babies learn to overcome obstacles like learning irregular past-tense verb forms (look/looked versus run/ran, for example)."
