Colin Salmon Quotes

Research has shown time and time again that infants who receive the high-quality child care and early education programs do better in school, have more developed social skills, and display fewer behavior problems.

At three years of age, the child has already laid the foundations of the human personality and needs the special help of education in the school. The acquisitions he has made are such that we can say the child who enters school at three is an old man.

To achieve our goals of educating bold and ambitious children, we must invest in enriching, quality early child care and learning.

I have 9 children; I'm a big believer in childhood education, but we've got to be smart about getting a good return on the investment of those dollars.

Every child should be given a strong start to their education.

I don't think I have ever done anything for this age of children before, a pre-school audience. Generally speaking, we don't have vivid memories of that age and what influenced us, yet clearly they are hugely formative years and it's really important that we can create television of a high quality for that audience.

I'll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids, what kids need to learn to get ahead in this world.

I say this as a young dad seeing children going into primary school: I don't think we should underestimate the formative effect on a child of those first years in primary school.

Our children are our greatest resource and Head Start grants help them reach their full potential.

I'm a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.

After I had my son, Max, I knew I wanted to get involved in causes that help children.

Learning can take place in the backyard if there is a human being there who cares about the child. Before learning computers, children should learn to read first. They should sit around the dinner table and hear what their parents have to say and think.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

Kids who are poor often have families that have not really been kept informed about... how important it is to read to your child, to reduce stresses in their life, to use positive incentives and words.

Education depends on 5 factors: The attendance at school, the time spent watching television at home, the time of reading at home, the amount of reading material in home, and the number of parents in home.

Parents have got to become more involved in their children’s education.

It's an advantage to have two parents, but to have one parent to stay closely connected and at home during those early years of education can be very very important.

When my daughter Somah was young, I didn't have much money. But I was fortunate to find a preschool where I could volunteer in exchange for lower tuition. I saw firsthand how an early childhood education shaped my daughter's success.

One way to ensure that all kids will be successful in school and life is by focusing on literacy by the end of the third grade.

I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?

Generational disinterest in education means that too many young children lack the push from their parents in early years which can make the difference between success and failure in schools.

The home is the child's first school, the parent is the child's first teacher, and reading is the child's first subject.

It is … interest of all, that every one, from birth, should be well educated.

I think much of what you learn as a kid comes before age seven.

Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.