Tamara Masters, PhD, joined CEED in 2024 as TARSS program manager. In this Q & A, she describes how her career and educational pathway have allowed her to experience many different facets of the early childhood field. She also shares her thoughts on the vital work that educators do in early childhood classrooms–and why routines and relationships are key to children’s development.
Theater games and activities can be highly engaging for young children. They can also be a great way to work on social and emotional learning. Download our latest tip sheets, created in partnership with the Children’s Theatre Company, and learn why!
How are children who were born during the COVID-19 pandemic doing now? Research Associate Alyssa Meuwissen, PhD, digs into what scientists have found so far.
Learn about exciting new ways to support children’s growth with our summer collection of tip sheets! We’ve got information on helping children develop executive function skills with music. And you’ll learn about encouraging play as an essential way to learn. Watch this space for more!
Play is more than just having a good time. Play helps children grow physically, cognitively, and socially. Download our tip sheets on the importance of play to learn more.
Inhibitory control is one of our executive function skills. It’s the skill that allows us to resist an unhelpful impulse or a temptation. Children learn inhibitory control over time, like other executive function skills. Adults can help! Our latest tip sheets explain that music offers fun opportunities to practice inhibitory control.
Inhibitory control is the skill that allows us to resist an impulse. Children develop this skill over time and with practice. Music is a tool that can be used to help children learn inhibitory control. Find out more in our tip sheets!
Looking for advice on integrating music into your work with children? Our latest tip sheet is called Applying It: Engaging in Musical Play with Young Children. We created this resource in partnership with MacPhail Center for Music. Try out some of our ideas for musical play with infants through preschoolers!
Music is a part of every human culture, and many caregivers instinctively include musical play in their interactions with children. But music does more than entertain; there’s evidence it can help children learn emotional regulation skills. Read more in our latest tip sheets!
Did you know that in addition to being an enriching experience, music in the classroom can help children build emotion regulation skills? Download our latest tip sheets to learn more.