big news on 3 fronts

Since November, there is big news on 3 fronts: research team expands, na2ure.org, and a Kickstarter: • Research team expands In December, na2ure welcomed Kathy Hirsh-Pasek (Temple University)and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff (U Delaware) who have been researching together for decades, to our research team. Since then, we have been busy reaching out for foundation grants, as…

We WON NASA video contest, for ‘most educational’

lots of news • NASA Biocene 2020 •• Elsevier textbook chapter ••• Uncommon Goods October promotion •••• upcoming Kickstarter • Presenting and winning at NASA Biocene 2020: NASA V.I.N.E. selected na2ure to create a video on what we do and how it fits in with NASA for their invite-only workshop Oct 8-11, 2020. • we WON…

Early childhood play — more relevant than ever — and na2ure

It turns out what you do in kindergarten and preschool really does matter. Early childhood is about laying down the structure of the brain, as well as emotional response, and expectations for living. A Froebel® Gift assortment including multiple “gifts”, block sizes and shapes. (Froebel USA®) Revisiting the origins of Kindergarten Kindergarten (which loosely means…

The Pattern Alphabet is the center of a pilot test in Tanzania

The Pattern Alphabet is the center of a pilot test in Tanzania, and we have expanded into spatial research to complement this testing.  A powerful application of the Pattern ABC is as a learning tool for preschoolers to master spatial skills and relational thinking. Visual spatial patterns help language acquisition, early math and non-verbal logic,…