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Educators weigh play, curriculum, and AI in early learning shift

Early childhood education in 2026 is marked by efforts to blend play-based learning, comprehensive curricula, and AI-driven tools. Educators and program leaders are working to balance tactile, ...
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AI tools reshaping early childhood teaching

AI is becoming a trusted partner for early childhood educators, helping them design developmentally appropriate lesson plans, streamline documentation, and personalize learning experiences. These ...
Education Week

What Are the Ingredients of a Good Preschool Curriculum?

The Student Achievement Partners guidelines outline similar criteria, though with more general recommendations rather than ...
NHS England

Supporting young people to transition into adolescent and adult services

This guidance supports services to provide developmentally appropriate care for 0 to 25-year-olds. It sets out proposed actions for integrated care boards (ICBs), providers and clinical teams to ...
The Korea Herald

3-hour cap puts Korea’s all-day English kindergartens under pressure

South Korea will ban what it calls cognitive learning for children under age 3 and limit such instruction for older preschoolers in a sweeping move expected to hit English-language kindergartens, the ...
Frontiers

Sustainable education management of AI in early childhood education: policy and system-level implications for Asia

This conceptual paper examines how education systems in Asia can integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into early childhood education (ECE) in ways that are sustainable, equitable, and ...
Medical Xpress

Q&A: Psychologist offers guidance on new screen time recommendations for children

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently released updated guidelines on digital ecosystems for children and adolescents, mostly shifting away from firm screen time limits to a more nuanced ...
PBS

Early childhood professor examines AI on young minds

Steve Adubato sits down with Dr. Jennifer Chen, Professor of Early Childhood Education at Kean University, to explore the link between early childhood education and brain development and the impact of ...
Purdue University

Purdue HHS researchers uncover connections between word learning and retrieval practice to improve outcomes for children with developmental language disorder

Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) can be difficult to diagnose, despite the condition being more prevalent than autism spectrum disorder, representing roughly 7.5% of 5-year-olds in ...
pna

Boost to early learning support at household level needed – EDCOM II

EARLY EDUCATION. Children enrolled at the Child Development Center in Sibalom, Antique having their supplementary nutritional feeding during their first day of class on Sept. 4, 2023. The 2nd ...
Morningstar

Chroma Early Learning Academy Expands to 19 Locations Across Metro Atlanta, Reinforcing Its Leadership in Early Education, Safety, and Community Impact

METRO ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Chroma Early Learning Academy, one of Metro Atlanta's fastest-growing and most trusted early childhood education providers, today announced the ...