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Cognitive Development

Cognitive Development is the development of a person's ability to think and understand their world meaningfully and their place within it.


Creativity and Play

Article: The Golden Rule of Creativity
How you are perceived by others affects your creative potential

Do schools kill creativity?
Sir Ken Robinson - TED Talk 2006 (Video)

Children speak about the importance of play
Video Resource

What is Play?
Encyclopedia of Children's Health

Learning and developing through play
Aistear: The Early Childhood Curriculum Framework

Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence
Center on the Developing Child - Harvard University Resource


Learning and Evaluation


Success

Child Development Resource
Milestones of Development

Article: Just Right Challenges: The secret to effective teaching and training
By Michael Doctoroff (Trainers Warehouse)

The key to success? Grit
Angela Lee Duckworth - TED Talks Education 2013 (Video)