“Gross motor skills are large movements, often using the whole body,” says health visitor Kerry Bennett. Some examples might ...

As temperatures rise around the globe, researchers are scrambling to study the impacts on human health. They've linked ...

Researchers discovered that unusually high temperatures can hinder early childhood development. Children living in hotter ...

Climate change-including high temperatures and heat waves-has been shown to pose serious risks to the environment, food ...

Piaget’s stages of development describe how children learn as they grow up. There are four distinct stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. Jean Piaget was ...

Dr. Crystal Miller’s new book lends practical tips as mental health and developmental needs reach historic highs, CDC data shows.

Not that long ago, science told us that 1,000 or fewer neural connections were made each second in a baby's brain. Now we know babies' brains actually make one million neural connections every second ...

What helps families understand whether an early childhood program truly offers the safety and support young children need?

Western Michigan University's child development and services major prepares individuals to work with children and their families in a range of care and service settings. The program includes selection ...

Among the policy proposals included in the “Build Back Better” Act championed by the Biden administration and congressional Democrats is legislation the White House describes as “the largest ...

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with 16 state institutions of higher learning to ...