AppleTree Blog
Quality Matters
A federally funded study finds that obedience and academic problems among children who received low-quality care in their first 4½ years of life persist through their 15th birthdays, suggesting the potential for lifelong difficulties. Teenagers who had received higher-quality child care are less likely to report engaging in problem behaviors such as arguing, being mean to others and getting into fights.
TV and Toddlers
A recent study confirms that prolonged exposure to television during early childhood years contributes to developmental risk in academic, psychosocial, and health behaviors at age 10.
Field Trips: Classroom Connections to the Real World
AppleTree teachers are constantly looking for ways to create real-world contexts for engaging their students’ interests.
