In the First Five Years

Did you know that 75% of a child’s IQ is developed in the first five years of life?  If you think early childhood is just a time of physical growth, you are mistaken.  The brain is constantly changing through this period (and really into adulthood too…the prefrontal cortex isn’t fully …

NAEYC Adventures

Once a year, thousands of early childhood educators and advocates from around the world join together for the Annual Conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).  This week, the 2010 annual conference is happening in Anaheim, California and I am right in the middle of …