Early Futures

Sign far side of picture: Private Property Window A: God is Love! Graffiti: No Future Window B: Yellow Happy Face This graffiti I found tagged on the back of a daycare center in

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My present home city of Baltimore is a very antagonistic, yet at times, very hopeful place to be working. There are a number of institutions and individuals focused on alternatives

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A recent article in the New York Times Magazine regarding the possibilities that moody children are actually depressed: Can Preschoolers Be Depressed?

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The concepts of national relations, global relations, international relations, intergalactic relations etc. are imperative to discuss with children at a young age. These two books are excellent introductions to the

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This is a summary of notes written a few years back in the effort to gather the pros and cons of starting an adventure playground and for what purpose. Most

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The Journal of Future Studies, an international journal of foresight and futures studies, is putting out a three part symposium of articles on “Teaching the Future.” Early Futures will have

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I felt it to be true that children had great advantage in this respect as they are not burdened with the misconceptions and obsolete propositions with which the grown-ups have

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The Neuro Education Initiative Summit at Johns Hopkins University brings together Neuroscientists and Educators to present contemporary research in brain science and how it affects educational functions. The article reviewing the

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Futures 2010 (brought to you by the 4-and 5-year-old’s at Bolton Hill Nursery School) Each year we do a futures unit near the end of their last year of preschool. This year

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We all could promote holistic health and integrated education in our classrooms more frequently. To help do so, I turn to the wonderful research and advocacy group, Committee for Stress-Free

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One thing you almost always see with a child is their non-human companion: a worn out blanket, a stuffed animal, a funny piece of cloth, a baby doll etc.  Stuffies

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So, what are the questions that 4-and 5-year-olds come up with when asked, “What is your hardest question or what is something you want to know the answer to?” Here they

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The New York Times had an excellent section on open source education courses in today’s Sunday paper. Using open source materials found on Youtube, Academic Earth, OpenCourseWare Consortium among others are

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We’ve finally put together a full version of the stories told and illustrated by a class of 4-and 5-year-olds at Bolton Hill Nursery School. Early Futures has promoted those stories

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On the Day You Were Born By Debra Frasier A classic, beautiful story which relates each child their place on Earth when they are born. It tells the story of the uniqueness

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