She said literacy skills made a big difference to children's learning experiences.
Many teachers think it does not suit all children's learning styles and argue it is so mechanistic it can destroy the joy of reading.
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Information and communication technology used more to "personalise" children's learning.
In particular, she said, the robots could be used to improve the children's basic learning skills.
Pearson said a new vocational qualification in Children's Play, Learning and Development, for teaching from September, aimed to raise standards in the sector.
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Research on early childhood and brain development concludes that the first years of life have a much greater and more lasting impact on children's future growth and learning than we previously understood.
In China's bigger cities children often start learning English in reception year.
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Emily Brown, development manager for Learning Through Landscapes said: WWe believe that there's huge benefits to be gained by by children learning outdoors.
At the time Mr Thompson said the BBC would only survive in the digital world if it invested more in areas such as journalism, drama, comedy, music, learning, and children's TV and radio.
"A learning experience designed to unleash children's creativity" for 3-12 year olds.
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These include sport, children's, parts of Radio 5 live and learning.
Such projects, encouraging learning through play, had led to children's attaining higher IQs and getting better reading skills, she said.
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Even today, with Chinese children learning English from primary school onwards, it's a barrier that can be almost completely impenetrable at times.
"We know that there has been an increase in mental health and learning disability places and the number of children's nursing places is set to increase also, " she said.
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"In order to provide a rich learning experience to as many of the world's children as possible, it is critical to not just provide computers to children, but to ensure that the software that runs on the computers maximizes the potential for engaging in activities that promote learning, " said Mr Bender.
The Dome itself says it would be marvellous if some of the games in the Play Zone could find new homes and points out that one of the two "kaleidoscope" games in the zone are likely to go to a school for children with learning difficulties, as reported on the BBC Radio 4's Today programme last month.
The children's TV show "Sesame Street, " long a source of preschool learning, recently launched a new segment, "Elmo the Musical, " which infuses counting, calculations and shapes into singing, dancing and games.
At Shirelands Language College, an inner-city school in Birmingham, England, a portal called the Shirelands Learning Gateway makes it easier for parents to follow their children's progress, and it helps teachers and students keep track of schoolwork and take advantage of individualized instruction.
The Preschool Learning Alliance says its members fear such a change would risk children's safety and well-being.
As long as there's a teacher involved, children can find them interesting and it can inspire their learning, he said.
The following week the children returned to school and apart from a minute's silence and a morning spent learning the words to America the Beautiful, their lives were remarkably unchanged.
This is crucial because less than half of Latino children are enrolled in any early learning program, the only group in the U.S. to have participation levels below 50 percent.
"It grabbed children's attention and this carried on beyond the 3D episode, it seemed to trigger an interest in learning that maintained through the rest of the lesson, " said Prof Anne Bamford, who led the study.
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