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‘Snap, crackle, math’: Purdue early learning researchers pore over number activities on cereal boxes
Postdoctoral researcher Salvador R. Vazquez and assistant professor Sarah Eason in the Department of Human Development and Family Science examined hundreds of cereal boxes to see what kind of math activities were printed on them. The researchers say such number activities on the backs of cereal boxes are a valuable way to get math in front of preschool kids.
CEL Affiliates take a broad approach to dyslexia through research, education and clinical practice
CEL affiliates, Cammie McBride and Chenell Loudermill, discuss how using a broad approach to dyslexia through research, education and clinical practice improve outcomes for individuals with dyslexia.
3 Ways to Use the Solar Eclipse to Brighten Your Child’s Knowledge of Science
This article, published on March 26, 2023, highlights ways to use this important event to help children gain science understanding and knowledge.
Early childhood education language environments: considerations for research and practice
This article, published on September 22, 2023, evaluates considerations for early childhood language environments.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1202819/full
Purdue’s Center for Early Learning Prepares Children to Take Giant Leaps in Early STEM Learning
Originally published on March 9, 2023, this article summarizes some of the important goals of the Center for Early Learning.
On My Way Pre-K Children Outperform Peers
This study performed by the Center for Early Learning is highlighted in a news release by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, on January 31, 2022.
https://www.in.gov/fssa/files/OMWPK-2-studies-news-release.pdf
Indiana’s On My Way Pre K Has Made Strides
Op-Ed written by Drs. Jennifer Finders, David Purpura, and Sara Schmitt in the South Bend Tribune on 9/1/2022
https://www.in.gov/fssa/files/OMWPK-2-studies-news-release.pdf