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The use of larger vertical surfaces such as chalkboards, marker boards, and smart boards allows children to use bigger arm movements that encourage strength and flexibility throughout the joints and muscles of the upper extremities.

Research shows that 85% of brain development occurs before age three, and growth is particularly affected by the quality of children's home and educational learning environments.

Perhaps the most striking finding about play comes from research with animals in which play-specifically, rough and tumble play-has been shown to promote early brain development.

Hands-on activities empower children to be problem solvers, equipped with the tools to cope with the inevitable challenges and idiosyncrasies of life.

It's so exciting for children to master the building blocks of prereading, and so thrilling for adults to witness, that sometimes we don't realize there are supports missing from the foundation.

Summer is quickly approaching, which means less time in a structured environment and more time out in the sun. Even though school is out, it doesn't mean students should stop learning.

Sequencing skills are extremely important in everyone's day to day life. But without these early skills in place children are left with gaps in their overall development.

A new report funded by the National Science Foundation attempts to offer some possible solutions for better integrating STEM practices, tools and lessons into early childhood education, finding that both teachers and parents are extremely important in helping to develop young students' STEM knowledge, according to eSchool News.

Of all that brain science has taught us over the last 30 years, one of the clearest findings is that early brain development is directly influenced by babies' day-to-day interactions with their caregivers.

Research shows that a child finds their creative self-expression through the active exploration of and reaction to their surrounding environments. So if you find your students losing interest in the classroom after a few months, it's time to change up their environment to help them flourish.