Investing in the education, health, and social and emotional development of children in the first eight years of their lives is critical to a childs cognitive development, especially for children who grow up in low-income families and communities of color, a report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation argues. aecf.org/~/media/Pubs/Initiatives/KIDS%20COUNT/F/FirstEightYears/AECFTheFirstEightYears2013.pdf The latest in Caseys KIDS COUNT policy report series, The First Eight Years: Giving Kids a Foundation for Lifetime Success (20 pages, PDF), found that children who enter kindergarten with below-average language and cognitive skills can catch up with the help of effective interventions — but only if they are physically healthy and have strong social and emotional skills.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:24:14 +0000
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