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Early Childhood

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The Early Childhood Initiative

The L.A. Times early childhood initiative explores the development and learning of California’s youngest residents. Engage with our community-funded journalism as we delve into child care, transitional kindergarten, health and other issues affecting children from birth through age 5.

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Jenny Gold, Reporter
Kate Sequeira, Audience Engagement Editor

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Transitional kindergarten is now serving nearly all 4-year-olds, but teachers haven’t been trained to understand how such young brains learn.

For a generation of parents who grew up with cell phones and computers, letting kids indulge in a bit of phone or TV time doesn’t feel like a big deal.

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