Baby’s Weight Gain in First Month Linked to IQ at 6 Years of Life Public Health researchers at the University of Adelaide found IQ benefits of rapid weight gain in the first four weeks of life for healthy newborn babies. They analyzed data from more than 13,800 full-term babies showing that babies who put on […]
The Growing Chorus for Babies
In a recent ECEpolicymatters blog post “Raising Baby”, Susan Ochshorn talks about the ways in which the chorus for babies is growing. She includes in that chorus, the strong voice of our very own Dr. Lally! Here’s an excerpt from Susan’s blog: “He started working with babies 46 years ago, creating the Program for Infant […]
First Things First: Why Babies Before Others?
Today, in honor of the National Early Learning Day of Action, I am reprinting a statement “First Things First” written by J. Ronald Lally in which he answers why we should invest in babies before others. As Dr. Lally tells us, “the potential for a strong American future is right in front of us. It […]
News Roundup May 30th
Day of Action As part of the Strong Start for Children Campaign led by the National Women’s Law Center, ZERO TO THREE is joining with organizations and individuals across the country to get people talking about the importance of early learning from birth to five. On Wednesday, June 5th, they encourage you to organize a Day […]
Another book signing event on June 11th @ 12.45p
NAEYC’s 2013 National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development theme is “Developmentally Appropriate Practice: The Next Era”. Will you attend? It’s not too late to register. We’d love to see you there. J. Ronald Lally and Peter Mangione are presenting a featured session on Tuesday, June 11th 10:30-12:30p titled “Building infant and toddler intellect and […]
What Could We Be Doing Differently?
What could we be doing differently? What could we do to be smarter? These questions are at the heart of a 5- minute video titled “Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change”. This short video, narrated by Jack Shonkoff, MD, explains the Frontiers of Innovation community’s theory of change for improving […]
