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• What is Early Childhood Development? A Guide to Brain Development

  Healthy development in the early years (particularly birth to three) provides the building blocks for educational achievement, economic productivity, responsible citizenship, lifelong health, strong c...

• Guides Archive - Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

  Personal experience, common sense, and science confirm that temperatures are rising globally. Heat waves are occurring with greater frequency and lasting longer than ever before. According to the Worl...

• InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development

  Early experiences establish either a sturdy or a fragile foundation for all of the learning, health and behavior that follow.

• Science - Center on the Developing Child at Harvard

  The science of early childhood is a source of new ideas that could be used to develop more effective policies & services focused on the early years of life.

• InBrief Series: Summaries of Child Development Research Topics

  The InBrief series provides brief summaries of scientific child development research and its implications for policy and programs. Each edition of the series is available in online, video, and PDF for...

• Key Concepts - Science of Child Development

  These key concepts are the scientific building blocks of the core story of child development.