🏫 Early Childhood Education

The science and art of nurturing young minds during their most formative years, exploring play-based learning, developmental milestones, and the philosophies that shape how we teach our youngest.

Theories of Childhood

by Carol Garhart Mooney • 2000

Five theorists built the blueprint for early childhood education a century ago. It still holds.

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791

📚 Educational Theory 🧠 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Progressive Education 🏫 Montessori Method 🧩 Play-Based Learning

Theories of Childhood

Five theorists built the blueprint for early childhood education a century ago. It still holds.

by Carol Garhart Mooney 2000

4.07

791 ratings

📚 Educational Theory 🧠 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Progressive Education 🏫 Montessori Method 🧩 Play-Based Learning

Troublemakers

by Carla Shalaby • 2017

Disruptive kids are the classroom's alarm system. Silencing them only makes the air more toxic.

4.23

3k+

🚸 Classroom Discipline 🌱 Progressive Education ⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline 🕊️ Restorative Justice In Schools 📚 Hidden Curriculum

Troublemakers

Disruptive kids are the classroom's alarm system. Silencing them only makes the air more toxic.

by Carla Shalaby 2017

4.23

3k+ ratings

🚸 Classroom Discipline 🌱 Progressive Education ⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline 🕊️ Restorative Justice In Schools 📚 Hidden Curriculum

Montessori

by Angeline Stoll Lillard • 2005

She built schools on hunches a century ago. Psychological science is finally catching up.

4.22

983

🏫 Montessori Method 🧠 Child Development 🌱 Alternative Education 🔬 Learning Science 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation

Montessori

She built schools on hunches a century ago. Psychological science is finally catching up.

by Angeline Stoll Lillard 2005

4.22

983 ratings

🏫 Montessori Method 🧠 Child Development 🌱 Alternative Education 🔬 Learning Science 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation

The Montessori Toddler

by Simone Davies • 2018

Make your home a place where your toddler does things themselves, calmly, without bribes or battles.

4.28

15k+

🏫 Montessori Method 👶 Toddler Parenting 🦅 Child Independence 🤝 Positive Discipline 🧒 Child-Led Learning

The Montessori Toddler

Make your home a place where your toddler does things themselves, calmly, without bribes or battles.

by Simone Davies 2018

4.28

15k+ ratings

🏫 Montessori Method 👶 Toddler Parenting 🦅 Child Independence 🤝 Positive Discipline 🧒 Child-Led Learning

Your Self-Confident Baby

by Magda Gerber • 1997

Your infant arrives ready to play and learn. The method: step back, observe, trust.

4.10

1k+

🤲 Gentle Parenting 👶 Infant Development 🧸 Child-Led Play 💞 Responsive Caregiving 💬 Emotional Validation

Your Self-Confident Baby

Your infant arrives ready to play and learn. The method: step back, observe, trust.

by Magda Gerber 1997

4.10

1k+ ratings

🤲 Gentle Parenting 👶 Infant Development 🧸 Child-Led Play 💞 Responsive Caregiving 💬 Emotional Validation

The Importance of Being Little

by Erika Christakis • 2016

Preschool looks like grade school now. An early childhood educator on what young kids need instead.

3.71

3k+

🧩 Play-Based Learning 🌱 Child Development 🧠 Developmental Psychology 💛 Social-Emotional Learning 🌟 Whole Child Approach

The Importance of Being Little

Preschool looks like grade school now. An early childhood educator on what young kids need instead.

by Erika Christakis 2016

3.71

3k+ ratings

🧩 Play-Based Learning 🌱 Child Development 🧠 Developmental Psychology 💛 Social-Emotional Learning 🌟 Whole Child Approach

Montessori Madness!

by Trevor Eissler • 2009

Traditional schools reward compliance, not curiosity. A parent's case for the opposite.

3.87

376

🏫 Alternative Education 🧒 Child Development 📚 Progressive Education 🌱 Self-Directed Learning 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

Montessori Madness!

Traditional schools reward compliance, not curiosity. A parent's case for the opposite.

by Trevor Eissler 2009

3.87

376 ratings

🏫 Alternative Education 🧒 Child Development 📚 Progressive Education 🌱 Self-Directed Learning 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

The Developing Brain

by Marilee Sprenger • 2008

How play, movement, and talk wire a young brain for reading, focus, and lifelong learning.

3.62

🧠 Brain-Based Teaching 🔬 Neuroeducation 🧬 Brain Plasticity 🗣️ Language Acquisition 📖 Emergent Literacy

The Developing Brain

How play, movement, and talk wire a young brain for reading, focus, and lifelong learning.

by Marilee Sprenger 2008

3.62

13 ratings

🧠 Brain-Based Teaching 🔬 Neuroeducation 🧬 Brain Plasticity 🗣️ Language Acquisition 📖 Emergent Literacy

Learning at Home Pre K-3

by Ann Barbour • 2014

Ditch the dittos: how to design homework that gets families talking, playing, and learning together.

🏫 Home-School Partnerships 🧸 Play-Based Learning 📚 Culturally Responsive Teaching 👪 Family Involvement 📋 Integrated Curriculum

Learning at Home Pre K-3

Ditch the dittos: how to design homework that gets families talking, playing, and learning together.

by Ann Barbour 2014

🏫 Home-School Partnerships 🧸 Play-Based Learning 📚 Culturally Responsive Teaching 👪 Family Involvement 📋 Integrated Curriculum

Don't Leave the Story in the Book

by Mary Hynes-Berry • 2011

Stop just reading stories. Start using them to drive math, science, and inquiry in preschool.

4.00

📚 Teaching With Stories 🔍 Classroom Inquiry 🧩 Play-Based Learning 🔗 Integrated Curriculum 🧱 Constructivist Teaching

Don't Leave the Story in the Book

Stop just reading stories. Start using them to drive math, science, and inquiry in preschool.

by Mary Hynes-Berry 2011

4.00

1 ratings

📚 Teaching With Stories 🔍 Classroom Inquiry 🧩 Play-Based Learning 🔗 Integrated Curriculum 🧱 Constructivist Teaching

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