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Check out our past newsletters!
My New Life (5/20):
“Baby talk: Learning your baby’s language with communication and play”
Raising Good Humans (4/20):
“How to get those babies talking!”
Early Learning Nation (3/20):
“The ooh-and-coo duet of babies’ language learning”
E! News (2/20):
“Babies first look: Netflix’s new show explores the ‘ultimate mystery’ of child development”
Spectrum News (8/19):
“Early exposure to speech may shape autistic children’s language ability”
Quartz (5/19):
“Laundromats are playing an unlikely role in the effort to shrink America’s literacy gap”
Yahoo (4/19):
“Why you Keep Talking to your Baby in an Annoying, High-Pitched Voice”
CNN (11/18):
“Talk to your baby like you talk to your dog”
Scientific American (2/18):
“Talking with—Not Just to—Kids Powers How They Learn Language”
NPR’s RadioTimes (11/14):
“How babies acquire language”
New York Times (10/14):
“Is E-Reading to Your Toddler Story Time, or Simply Screen Time?”
New York Times (10/14):
“Quality of Words, Not Quantity, Is Crucial to Language Skills, Study Finds”
myFox Tampa Bay (06/13):
“Parents, put down that phone”
WHYY News and Information (9/09):
“How much do Kids learn from TV?”
LiveScience (3/06):
“How Babies Learn their First Words”
ABC News (3/06):
“Interesting Objects Help Babies Learn New Words”
Language Hat (3/06):
“How Babies Learn Words”
FOX News (3/06):
“How Babies Learn Their First Words”
ScienceDaily (3/06):
“Infants Begin Learning Language as Early as 10 Months Researchers Find”
Pravda News (3/06):
“How Babies Learn their First Words”
MedicineNet (9/99):
“Baby Talk”
EdSurge (2/22)
Educators Have Some Pointed Advice For Tech Companies Building the Metaverse
Child Trends (5/19):
The Washington Post (9/17):
“Why it’s a real mistake to count on a cellphone when you go hiking”
BOLD (8/17):
“The connection between spatial intelligence and STEM”
The Psychologist (4/17):
“Building spatial skills in preschool”
KQED News Mind/Shift (12/15):
“Steps to Help Foster a Preschooler’s Spatial Reasoning Skills”
Vox (9/15):
“Is GPS ruining our ability to navigate for ourselves?”
Association for Psychological Science (1/15):
“Playing With Puzzles and Blocks Could Build Children’s Spatial Skills”
Camp Spring Creek Blog (11/14):
“Spatial Learning for Preschoolers & Home Learning”
Camp Spring Creek Blog (11/14):
“Spatial Learning in the Elementary Years”
Association for Psychological Science Observer (12/14):
“Exploring Infant Cognition”
American Educator (Summer 2010):
“Picture This: Increasing Math and Science Learning by Improving Spatial Thinking”
NewsWorks (11/13):
“Lost in space: Is it possible to reprogram your spatial intelligence?”
Association for Psychological Science Observer (11/13):
“What We Know Now: How Psychological Science Has Changed Over a Quarter Century”
Global Cognition (10/13):
“Building Spatial Thinking Improves STEM Success”
University of Delaware UDaily (09/13):
“The building blocks of learning”
ScienceDaily (09/13):
“The Building Blocks of Learning, Literally”
American Psychological Association (06/13):
“New psychological research on STEM education is showcased on Capitol Hill”
Faculty Focus: Nora Newcombe
FABBS Foundation:
“The Benefits of Spatial Thinking”
Science Magazine (9/09):
“Science Needs Kids with Vision”
Psychological Science (7/09):
“Gender Differences in Space”
Science Daily (1/09):
“Where Am I? How Our Brain Works As A GPS Device”
Science News (12/08):
“Baby Boys May Show Spatial Supremacy”
The Chronicle for Higher Education (3/06):
“A Plea for Spatial Literacy”
NewsWise (10/06):
“NSF Awards Temple $3.5 Million for Spatial Learning Center”
National Public Radio (12/05):
“Gender Differences and Cognitive Abilities”
New York Times (9/19):
“What Will My Grandchild Remember?”
Elsevier Connect (2/15):
“The Brian Williams debacle: What does psychology say about it?”
Temple University News (11/13):
“Episodic Memory, Understanding How Memories are Made in Kids”
New York Times (06/12):
“The Makings of Our Earliest Memories”
Psychological Science (4/08):
“Champions of Psychology: Nora Newcombe”
Brookings (02/22):
“Making pre-K work: Lessons from the Tennessee study”
Brookings (10/20):
“The missing piece: Where is ‘education’ in the national conversation?”
Brookings (9/20):
“Scaling playful learning: How cities can reimagine public spaces to support children and families”
Insider (9/20):
“21 educational toys and activities for elementary-age kids, according to experts”
Move This World (9/20):
“The Saracast: Conversations in social emotional learning”
New America (9/20):
“How strange bedfellows can save science”
Live Science (8/20):
“Do STEM toys actually teach kids science and math?”
Live Science (8/20):
School News Network (8/20):
“Teachers tap into existing online project-based lessons”
EdTech (7/20):
“Q&A: Kathy Hirsh-Pasek on finding the balance with screen time”
One News Page (7/20):
Brookings (7/20):
“Should schools reopen? Balancing COVID-19 and learning loss for young children”
WMC Action News 5 (7/20):
“Best life: Avoiding the COVID-19 student slump”
BBC Reel (7/20):
“How screen time affects children”
EdTech (6/20):
“Schools strive for screen time balance in complex equation”
The Ledger (5/20):
“Online pre-K may be better than nothing”
ABC News (5/20):
“How to overcome ‘COVID-slump’ with your family”
Sesame Workshop (5/20):
“Kathy Hirsh-Pasek: The future of play”
Brookings (4/20):
“Avoiding the COVID-19 slump: Making up for lost school time”
30 Seconds (4/20):
The New York Times (4/20):
“Early education is more demanding than ever, and experts have concerns”
The Lily (4/20):
“Many parents are struggling with child care during coronavirus. Is asking for help allowed?”
The New York Times (4/20):
“Is quarantine worse for an only child?”
Child and Family Blog (4/20):
“Play could help reduce ‘COVID-19 slump’ in learning”
Quartz (4/20):
“A support guide for parents raising babies and toddlers through the coronavirus crisis”
Brookings (4/20):
“Are our preschool teachers worth more than they were two months ago?”
Brookings (3/20):
“A parent’s guide to surviving COVID-19: 8 strategies to keep children happy and healthy”
The Hechinger Report (3/20):
Brookings (2/20):
“Playful Learning Landscapes: At the intersection of education and placemaking”
NBC News (2/20):
“How play is making a comeback in kindergarten classrooms”
Early Learning Nation (1/20):
“To the Stars and Beyond from a Tower of Blocks”
WHYY You Oughta Know (1/20):
“Mental Gymnastics at the Bus Stop”
Quartz (1/20):
“Some toddlers are chronically absent from preschool. A text message can help”
NPR (10/19):
“The Key To Raising Brilliant Kids? Play A Game”
WHYY Radio Times (5/19):
ABC 20/20 (5/19):
“‘ScreenTime: Diane Sawyer Reporting”
Cerebrum (2/19):
“Brain Training for Kids: Adding a Human Touch- With Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D.”
School News Network (9/18):
“ELL apps ‘open doors’ for early childhood students”
NPR (8/18):
“In Sesame’s New Show, To Play Is To Learn”
Los Angeles Times (8/18):
“It’s come to this: A checkup with the pediatrician may soon include a prescription for play”
The Atlantic (8/18):
“Playtime May Bolster Kids’ Mental Health”
The New York Times (7/18):
“9 Toys That Keep Kids Learning”
NPR (7/18):
“Raising Brilliant Kids- With Research To Back You Up”
The Inquirer (6/18):
“Philly library initiative encourages kids to run, climb, and scale walls”
Billy Penn (4/18):
“Transforming Philly into a giant playground, with benefits for kids and adults”
The Guardian (4/18):
“How babies learn- and why robots can’t compete”
The 74 (2/18):
Financial Times (1/18):
“Next stop, puzzles: learning on the go in Philadelphia”
The New York Times (1/18):
WHYY News (1/16):
“Child learning: Flashy toys vs. nature”
New York Times (12/15):
“Traditional Toys May Beat Gadgets in Language Development”
New York Times (11/15):
“Many Children Under 5 Are Left to Their Mobile Devices, Survey Finds”
CBS News (5/15):
“Smart tips for parents about ‘educational’ apps for kids”
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center (5/15):
“Four ways to tell if an educational app will actually help your child learn”
Deans for Impact (9/15):
“The Science of Learning”
The Sydney Morning Herald (08/13):
“Kids need to stress less”
Education Week (06/12):
“Imaginations More Active Despite Less Play Time, Study Shows”
National Institute of Health, News in Health (06/12):
“It’s a Kid’s Job Playing Helps Kids Learn and Grow”
New York Times (10/10):
“Scary Story: The Picture Book Fades”
The American Prospect (7/10):
“A Place for Play”
Forbes (6/10):
“Baby Geniuses”
Huffington Post (1/10):
“A Tale of Two Worlds: B-School and High School”
Babytalk Magazine (12/09):
“How Smart Is Your Baby?”
Early Ed Watch (6/09):
“Some Thoughts about Playful Learning on My Daughter’s Last Day of Preschool”
Couriermail, Australia (6/09):
“Playtime can teach us all”
Couriermail, Australia (5/09):
“Learning to play a priority for little explorers”
The Boston Globe (2/09):
“Facing off against your kids”
The Los Angeles Times (12/08):
“E-books catch on with children”
Today Show (8/08):
“Are Kids Getting Enough Play?”
The Christian Science Monitor (9/06):
“Forget Flashcards, let’s play!”
Newsweek (10/07):
“The Case for Chutes and Ladders”
Forbes-MSNBC (8/06):
“How to Raise A Smarter Child”