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Alison Gopnik TED talk

Follow up to Kris’s recent post on Alison Gopnik, child development psychologist, philosopher, author, and frequent media guest, who teaches at Cal Berkeley: a TED talk by her which has been viewed 2.5M times, so far. “Babies and young children are like...

How children succeed

“How Children Succeed” written by Paul Tough looks at how both low income and higher income kids can be successful with grit, curiosity and the hidden power of character. My two year old grandson Henry came to mind often as I read this book.  Henry is full...

Children’s Reading Foundation

I had a chance to visit with Maria Flores today and catch up on the Children’s Reading Foundation. Here is a LCSN news report from last year that shows some of the early reading programs offered by the Dona Ana County Children’s Reading Foundation, and a...