Earning a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential opens the door to rewarding careers in early childhood education. With this credential, you are qualified to work in a variety of early childhood ...

You’ll be qualified for employment and management positions in private childcare and daycare facilities, working with children from birth to 5 years old. You will learn in-demand skills like speaking, ...

Parents can improve their preschool child’s math skills by reading specially designed math picture books to them, according to a new study at Purdue University. Through a grant from the Heising-Simons ...

That’s a question parents, pediatricians, educators, and caregivers ask over and over again as children grow and change. To help answer this important question, child development experts have created ...

The Iowa Department of Education approved a $600,000 grant to be split between nine school districts across the state. This grant aims to help expand child care programs and provide students with a ...

Choosing a child care arrangement for your baby or young child can be an extremely difficult choice for parents (if you are even fortunate enough to have the opportunity to make this choice). Many ...

It can be hard to imagine how newborns on playmats could soon grow into fearless five-year olds riding bikes and climbing trees. These gross motor skills play a key role in how little people explore ...

Developmental delays can affect a child’s physical, cognitive, communication, social, emotional, or behavioral skills. Often, delays affect more than one area of development. When a child has delays ...