Last week, the largest US program for early childhood development turned 50 years. The program, called Head Start, serves over one million children…
Research carried out in Chile and in Brazil shows that, regardless of socioeconomic status, parents tend to think that babies do not understand when…
by Marta Rubio Codina. The pioneering work of Sally Grantham-McGregor and colleagues in…
by Claudia Cappa. © UNICEF/NYHQ2013-1496/Pirozzi; Sayariy Warmi in Sucre The Convention on the Rights of the Child…
It seems that the notion of childhood is not (and has not been) a fixed concept. Actually, it does vary greatly throughout history and cultures. A…
Courtesy Providence Talks In the United States, children in lower income homes are exposed to 30 million fewer words than…
by Norbert Schady. The World Health Organization and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme estimates that, in 2011, 94…
Dear readers, As you may have noticed, our posts in the First Steps Blog are less frequent. It is because we’ve moved to a different website. From…
By Florencia López-Boo. I don’t think there’s any better way to ensure that children are bored and disconnected from learning than…
By María Caridad Araujo. The science of child development tells us that, for early childhood interventions, what matters is “process…
By Florencia López-Boo. Inequality is one of the biggest challenges facing Latin America. We’ve discussed this topic several times from…
by Joan Lombardi From Kampala to Kingston; Delhi to Denver; and São Paulo to Santiago, giving children a strong start in life is critical to not only…
