One of the brain-related issues of special interest to educators is the place of “enrichment” in early education. Science writer Janet Hopson and anatomist Marian Diamond have written about research conducted since the 1960s establishing that rats allowed to play with toys and other rats have thicker, heavier brains than rats kept in isolation. The [...]

I started playing ball at Rice one year before Larry.  My last known playing size was 6′3″ 245 lbs;  Larry was listed at 5′11″ and 210 lbs.  We were both fast and reckless on the field, talented, gifted, fundamentally sound, and strong.  One of us made it pro, the other one didn’t. When I was 4, my brother [...]

Early childhood generally encompasses the first eight years in the life of an individual. The education given during these years of a child’s life plays a very important role and helps in proper development of children. Early childhood education can be fundamentally termed as “Learning through play”. Recent research have shown that early eight years [...]