Georgetown Early Learning Project

Happy National Tell a Fairy Tale Day! 📚 Swipe to see why reading fairy tales to your child matters and how you can support your little reader’s journey! 🧚‍♀️☁️

Learn more about our research on children’s cognitive and social development at elp.georgetown.edu. 🧠❤️

Today is Take Your Child to the Library Day! Swipe to learn more about the benefits of taking your children to the library. 📚

Find out more about our research on cognitive and social development in children at elp.georgetown.edu, or visit the link in bio.

Happy Halloween!🎃
Looking for more play opportunities for you and your child? Check out our current research studies, linked in our bio! We can’t wait to hear from you!

This past weekend, the Georgetown Early Learning Project attended the Cleveland Park Farmers Market. Stay tuned for more information about future events, and check out our website to learning more about early childhood cognitive and social development.

Yesterday was National Pasta Day! Did you know that being creative with pasta can create great opportunities for sensory and motor play? Here is one activity with pasta you can do with your baby.

Source:

⭐️https://laughingkidslearn.com/pasta-threading-activity-for-toddlers/

In celebration of National Walk to a Park Day, here are some reasons why it’s beneficial to bring your baby outdoors! 🌷

Yesterday, October 7th, was National Child Health Day! Learn how to support your child’s physical and mental health with tips from the ELP, from encouraging their creativity to establishing positive routines!

Find out more about our research on cognitive and social development in children at elp.georgetown.edu

Early Childhood and Digital Media will be freely available to access online at this link for the next two weeks

https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?q=9781009479301

Why is “how much screen time is too much” the wrong question to ask when measuring the impact of technology on early childhood development? Read more at https://college.georgetown.edu/news-story/barr-early-childhood-book/.

Happy to share that our book Early Childhood and Digital media has been published by Cambridge University Press.

To learn more about our studies and research on early childhood social and cognitive development, check out https://elp.georgetown.edu/ (https://elp.georgetown.edu/)

Sources:

https://college.georgetown.edu/
news-story/barr-digital-media/

Happy National Siblings Day from the ELP! If you are interested in learning more about children’s cognitive and social development, sign up to participate in our studies by checking out the link in our bio.

In contrast to both educational and entertainment TV, background television was associated with decreased self-regulation, language, and literacy skills. Background TV can make children divide their attention between the stimuli in front of them and the TV.

[This post was based on a video abstract done on an article by Andrew D. Ribner, Rachel F. Barr, and Deborah L. Nichols titled “Background media use is negatively related to language and literacy skills: indirect effects of self-regulation.”]

Last week was Random Acts of Kindness Day! If you are interested in learning about social learning, make sure to go check out the link in our bio and sign up to participate in our studies. 🫂✨

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in STEM! 🔭🧪🥼👩‍🔬At ELP, we encourage parents to begin science education early even if it’s teaching children how to observe the world around them. To learn more about our Play Project and its affects on child development, please visit elp.georgetown.edu

Last Friday, our research team had the opportunity to listen to a presentation by Dr. Caroline Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., on preschooler screen use habits and temperaments. Thank you to Dr. Fitzpatrick for coming all the way from Canada to speak with us and answer our questions!

This past Saturday was National Play Outside Day! Swipe to see some ways you can celebrate with your child! 🛝⚽️

Happy Groundhog Day! How do you and your child play? Visit www.elp.georgetown.edu/project/play/ to learn more.🌸🌻🌷