See Ellen talk with Ann Pleshette Murphy from ABC News Now on the topic of quality child care and the recent report released by the NICHD. To read more about Ellen's perspective and tips on how to choose quality child care, see the links on the side bar of this page.
Ellen Galinsky has recently had conversations with Ronnie Koenig on AOL Health and Maggie Jackson (columnist for The Boston Globe) for her blog. In these conversations, she talks about her inspiration for writing Mind in the Making, reassuring parents that it's never too late, how she is trying to broaden our definition of learning and how our views of childhood have changed. Read the interviews and tell us what you think.
Ellen Galinsky was interviewed for the Baby Talk radio program on WERU yesterday. In case you weren't in Central Maine to catch the program, you can listen to the full hour here on their archives. Let us know what you think of the interview by writing in comments.
Paul Bloom and his colleagues at Yale University are one of a handful of research teams around the world exploring the moral life of babies. In this forthcoming New York Times Magazine article, Bloom gives a fascinating account of this groundbreaking work. You can read the article online.
Click here to see one of our favorite experiments from Paul Bloom, Kiley Hamlin, and Karen Wynn: "Helpers and Hinderers."
Here is a list of Mind in the Making researchers and educators filmed to date
Community Schools: “Mind in the Making and Community Schools: Crossing Boundaries and Creating Strong Linkages for Children Birth through Eight and their Families,” is a collaborative project with The Children’s Aid Society’s National Center for Community Schools and the Institute for Educational Leadership. (Read more)
Learning Communities: Throughout the country, groups of parents, educators, and other family support and health professionals have joined together to learn more about the research on children’s learning from birth through the early elementary school years, and about how to use this research to promote better outcomes for children. (Read more)
Learning Modules for Educators: Mind in the Making Learning Modules for Educators is an 11-part, facilitated learning process designed to bridge the gap between research and teaching practice. (Read more)
Seven Skills Modules: We have created new Modules from the book, called the Mind in the Making Seven Essential Skills Modules. (Read more)
Experiments in Children's Learning DVD: This two-volume series of 42 videos take viewers on a series of virtual “field trips” to laboratories in the U.S. and abroad. (Read more) View a crosswalk of the experiments to the seven essential life skills
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