A Place for Everyone: Nurturing Each Child's Niche
One of the many jobs of early childhood educators is to nurture the uniqueness of every child. This article includes tips for identifying a child's individual strengths and needs.
The Importance of Pleasure in Play
Play, more than any other activity, fuels healthy development of children. In this article, learn strategies for mixing emotional, social, and cognitive challenge with fun.
Curiosity: The Fuel of Development
For children, the positive cycle of learning is fueled by curiosity, and the pleasure that comes from discovery and mastery. Find out how teachers can help to keep the process going.
How Sounds Become Words
How is it that words come to have meaning? When does the sound become the word? And how can we help children learn the true meaning of our most important words?
The Developmental Hot Zone
Helping children move from the comfortable and familiar, and take on new challenges, is a very important task. In this latest article, Dr. Perry outlines strategies for providing the right opportunities for children at the right time, and in the proper sequence.
The Meaning in Words
In a conversation with Early Childhood Today editor Helen Benham, Dr. Perry explains how children learn to make sense of the language they hear — in conjunction with the actions they see.
Biological Relativity: Time and the Developing Child
Can mere hours in infancy have more power to shape us than months in middle age?
Curiosity, Pleasure and Play: A Neurodevelopmental Perspective