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The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE)  will be conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago between late October, 2011 and May, 2012. If you are selected…

Halloween need not be scary. It can actually be downright fun, regardless of the age. As more attention is given to ensure a safe Halloween, that does not mean it…

Since this is the harvest season, thought I’d share one of my favorite kid recipes.   Recipe for Radishes by Amanda (age 4)   First you plant them in your…

4-C just finished our internal United Way campaign and we did it again! 100% of our employees gave to United Way. Thanks to all the 4-C staff for their generosity…

Don’t be afraid of this strange sounding word. It means ado or disturbance, among other things. Why am I trotting out this weird word? The simple answer is: during the…

A story in ScienceDaily (Sept. 19, 2011), shared with us by Zvia Dover described a study of more than 400 children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder which found a…

In the current issue of Psychology Today is a fascinating article about why preschool benefits the brain. It cites a 1930 hypothesis which Nobel-prize winning ethologist and zoologist Konrad Lorenz…