All children deserve the best start in life and new scientific discoveries deepen our understanding of how to create the best environments for children. The team at I-LABS creates new and effective ways to bridge the gap between the science and the practice of learning by disseminating the latest science of child development. Our team shares the latest scientific discoveries in relevant and actionable ways with those who can best put it into practice: early learning professionals, parents, and policymakers. Partners use cutting-edge research to create evidence-based policies, practices, and programs that grow the next generation of lifelong learners.

This 25-minute Online module covers the following points:
-In the first year of life, babies already start to make predictions about what things are causes and what are effects. By the time they are in preschool, children are proficient causal learners, ready to engage in and learn from causal lessons.
-Children of all ages learn how to make things happen on their own from watching what other people do. They do this even if the people they are watching make mistakes or things don’t work perfectly.
-Cause-and-effect relations also occur between living things. Figuring out how to cause people to change their behavior is important for children’s social development.
-Lessons about cause-and-effect happen at home and in the classroom all the time, with little or no need for special tools, toys, or preparation.