By Joan Lessen-Firestone, Ph.D. Marshmallows played a central role in a classic study of young children’s ability to control their impulses and regulate their behavior. Four-year-olds were given the choice of eating one marshmallow immediately or waiting about fifteen minutes to get two. Not surprisingly, only about a third of the children were able to […]

NOVI, Mich., February 10, 2011 – As Valentine’s Day approaches, Tutor Time — a leader in early education and child care — is pleased to provide a variety of activities that you can do to show love. Five things to do for your child: Cut-up Notes: Go through magazines and find letters that spell out […]

By Dr. Pam Schiller Joy: the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or by the prospect of possessing what one desires Joy belongs to all of us. It is the cornerstone of living fully. In today’s fast-paced, hurry-up world, it is easy to lose joy without meaning to — it is easy to rob our children […]

By Dr. Heather My son was turning 3. After a long toddlerhood of screaming, not sleeping and throwing tantrums, I was ready for a break. Hurray! I thought. The Terrible Twos are over! A birthday party was had. He was walking — and talking — more confidently. He didn’t look so much like a toddler […]

By Pam Schiller, Ph.D. The first three years of life lay the foundation for lifelong learning. During this critical time, a child’s brain is busy wiring the foundation for vision, emotional stability, language development, motor development, thinking skills and much more. By age 3, a child’s brain is two and a half times more active […]

A study finds that young children who had more early reading knowledge were slightly better readers when they entered middle school, but preschoolers’ general knowledge of the world was found to be a much stronger predictor of their later success in reading.

NOVI, Mich., January 11, 2011 – Learning Care Group, Inc. announces today that Barbara J. Beck will join the organization as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective March 1, 2011. Learning Care Group is the second-largest for-profit child care provider in North America, operating more than 1,000 schools in 36 states, with the capacity to serve […]

By Dr. Heather My two youngest kids were having fun together in the playroom, so I started the dishes. All of a sudden, my 4-year-old screamed in shock and pain, “Mom! Sasha bit me!” And sure enough, she had. Our otherwise adorable 14-month-old left bite marks, and she and her brother were crying. So much […]

By Pam Schiller, Ph.D. Many people think that talking with children is not important because there appears to be so much children don’t understand. This is a huge misunderstanding! Children understand our intonations and speech patterns almost from birth. If they are around talkative caretakers, they understand most of what is said to them by […]

When my first child started preschool, I dreaded it for weeks. Would she cry? What if she needed me?

Our new blog, Learning Together, gathers a few of the country’s leading education experts to write candidly about the latest childhood development and early childhood education research.

NOVI, Mich., December 1, 2010 – As the New Year approaches, people around the world are thinking about their resolutions for 2011. If you’re a parent, you want to be sure that you are doing everything possible to ensure your child’s success academically, socially, developmentally and emotionally. With more than 275 early education and child […]