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Dad, Senior Researcher at foundry10 investigating children's conceptual development, language/gestures and thought, numerical cognition, playful learning and parenting. Opinions my own. Lab: https://www.foundry10.org/conceptual-development-lab
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All practice guides are in the public domain. Just in case... osf.io/dk4r5/

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

submitted 28 days ago • 1664 comments

A little parent math talk with kids might really add up hechingerreport.org/a-little-par... Nice interview @alexsilverlevy.bsky.social

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

"Washington is in need of more early childhood educators. But 45% of early educator households in the state participate in one or more public assistance programs." www.seattletimes.com/education-la... via @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Happy New Year!! So thrilled to share this preprint (Kara Weisman, Lucy King, and I worked on this for 8+ yrs): "Beliefs about the development of mental life" Read to find an interesting story on how people perceive different domains of capacities changing from birth to age 5 yrs. osf.io/kq4j7

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

new #DevPsychSky demo of motivated reasoning in preschoolers just dropped: turns out deciding if it was a 'real' spin of the dreidel or not *really* depends on whether the outcome means you get more chocolate gelt or not. currently a large effect size case study, replication in progress.

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Cute title, neat finding, and some insight into why my kids so often mix these up - what more could you want in a paper?

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Want to nurture your baby’s early language? It’s really not rocket science. It just takes your time and attention. (Thread 🧵)

submitted 70 days ago • 4 comments

Something clearly isn't right with this survey. This was last year's:

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

Overparenting is on the rise and hurts children’s motivation starting in early childhood. How can we help parents step back? Our new paper in Child Dev shows that pointing out learning opportunities reduces overparenting. srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 94 days ago • 3 comments

New blogpost about a program my colleague Meredith Berlin and I recently ran at the Truro Library to translate some of my research on early number learning and support children and their caregivers in thinking, talking, and playing games involving numbers: www.foundry10.org/stories/play...

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

There's still time for interested grad students/postdocs to apply for a paid, part-time position at foundry10 to collaborate with Kara Weisman and me on a new project investigating parents' & caregivers' lay theories and beliefs about Covid-19/vaccines: recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

It has been great reconnecting with folks here! For new friends, here's a recent interview about my transition from cognitive development/early ed research (in academia) to cognitive development/early ed research (outside of academia): www.nature.com/articles/s44...

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

“It’s time to build” - Wally, Age 2, just wants to talk about tools

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment