Early childhood newsletter archives
February 2024 Newsletter
”Toddler Math Talk”
By Tammy Steele
November 2023 Newsletter
”Thinking About Giving the Gift of Technology? Some Factors to Think Over!”
By Devorah Heitner, PhD
September 2023 Newsletter
”What Does It Mean to be Nourished?”
By Deborah MacNamera, PhD
2023 Spring/Summer
”Making Space for Teachers to Play”
By Louisa Penfold, Ph.D.
2022 Fall/Winter
”Back to School: Principles to Consider for a New Year”
By Erin Walsh
2022 Spring/Summer
”Why We Need to Build a Parent Nation”
By Dana Suskind, MD
2021 Fall/Winter
”Can a Child Be Too Attached To a Parent?”
By Deborah MacNamara, PhD
2021 Spring/Summer
”Rising to The Challenge: An In-Depth Look At The Celebratory Journey of Early Childhood Program Leaders to Open Their School Doors Safely During a Pandemic”
By Stefanie Maiuri
2020 Fall/Winter
”The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become And How Their Brains Get Wired”
By Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.
2020 Spring/Summer
”Social Emotional Learning Starts With Us”
By Wendy Turner, M.Ed.
2019 Fall/Winter
”The Powerful Feelings of Our Little Ones: How Parents and Educators Can Support Young Children’s Emotional Development”
By Jennifer Miller, M.Ed.
2019 Spring/Summer
”Parenting Young Children and Their 21st Century Brains: An Interactive Dance Between Genetics and Environment”
By Georgia Bozeday, Ed.D.
2018 Fall/Winter
”The Alliance Reimagines ScreenBreak: Our Evolution of Taking a Break from Screens”
By Stefanie Maiuri and Blakely Bundy
2018 Spring/Summer
”Saying Yes to Play”
By Rusty Keeler
2017 Fall/Winter
”Creating a Creative Child”
By Jennifer M. Zosh, Ph.D. and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Ph.D.
2017 Spring/Summer
”Going Beyond Try, Try Again”
By Hedda Sharapan, M.S. Child Development
2016 Fall/Winter
”The Importance of Being Little”
By Erika Christakis, MPH, MA, M.Ed.
2016 Spring/Summer
”Gesell Institute of Child Development Confirms: Development Matters”
By Dr. Marcy Guddemi, Ph.D., MBA
2015 Fall/Winter
”Making Sense of Math: Preparing Our Children to Love Mathematics!”
By Jennifer S. McCray, Ph.D.
2015 Spring/Summer
”Challenges Make Champions! Nurturing a Growth Mindset in Young Children”
By Georgia Bozeday, Ed.D.
2014 Fall/Winter
”The Role of Risk in Play and Learning”
By Joan Almon
2014 Spring/Summer
”Early Learning in the Digital Age: What We Know and Why It Matters”
By Chip Donohue, Ph.D.
2013 Fall/Winter
”The Common Core Standards: How Will They Impact Our Early Childhood Classrooms”
By Trisha Kocanda, MA
2013 Spring/Summer
”Beyond Remote-Controlled Teaching and Learning: The Special Challenges of Helping Children Construct Knowledge Today”
By Dr. Diane Levin
2012 Fall/Winter
”Technology in Our Children’s Lives: How Do We Make Wise Choices?”
By Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Ed.D.
2012 Spring/Summer
”Building Resilience in Early Childhood: The Value of Play”
By Ken Ginsburg, M.D.
2011 Fall/Winter
”Affluenza: The Rewards and Challenges of Teaching and Raising Young Children in Affluent Communities”
By Blakely Bundy, M.Ed., and Kathy Hardy, M.Ed.
2011 Spring/Summer
”Helping Children With Their Angry Feelings: What We Can Continue To Learn From Fred Rogers”
By Hedda Sharapan
2010 Fall/Winter
”School for Young Children: What Should It Really Be Like?”
By Julie Pfeffer, Ed.D.
2010 Spring/Summer
”The Wonders of Play”
By Joan Almon
2009 Fall/Winter
”Enjoy Your Media… And Use Them Wisely”
By Michael Rich, M.D., M.P.H.
2009 Spring/Summer
”Playing to Learn”
By David Elkind, Ph.D.
2008 Fall/Winter
”Significant! Remarkable! Stupendous! Helping Children Develop Large, Rich Vocabularies”
By Dr. Mary Frances Greene
2008 Spring/Summer
”Buy, Buy, Buy Childhood: Helping Children Resist the Lure of Today’s Media and Commercial Culture”
By Diane Levin, Ph.D.