Roberta Michnick Golinkoff holds the Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair in the School of Education at the University of Delaware and is also a member of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences. An author of 12 books and numerous professional articles, she founded and directs the Child’s Play, Learning, & Development Lab, whose goal it is to understand how children tackle the amazing feat of learning language and much else about their world.
Guided play advances cognitive skills like language and reading, as well as social skills like emotion regulation.
In the last 20 years, advances in the sciences of infant development have allowed us to view the processes of early word learning for the first time.
Investment in early childhood is a moral imperative that also saves society from 7 to 14 dollars for every dollar spent.
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Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D.

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff holds the Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair in the School of Education at the University of Delaware and is also a member of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences. An author of 12 books and numerous professional articles, she founded and directs the Child’s Play, Learning, & Development Lab, whose goal it is to understand how children tackle the amazing feat of learning language and much else about their world.

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Announcing the QUILS™

QUICK INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE SCREENER

Funded by the Institute for Education Sciences with a grant to Roberta M. Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Jill deVilliers, Aquiles Iglesias, and Mary Wilson, Brooks Publishing has brought out our new language screener, developed to find children (ages 3 through 5) with potential language problems. As language is fundamental to children’s success in school and in life, we hope it will be adopted by schools to find children with potential language issues who might linger unnoticed in classrooms. It can be administered on any touchscreen tablet or computer and identifies children for referral. QUILS™ has a monolingual English version and a forthcoming version for children learning both English and Spanish (the QUILS: ES).

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Roberta's work appears in news publications around the world.
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  • Good Morning America

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    On Tuesday, January 27th, Roberta spoke on Good Morning America with co-author Kathy, Hirsh-Pasek to discuss their new book: Einstein Never Used Flashcards, Revised Edition. The book has been meant with shining reviews: “An authoritative, up-to-date playbook on why we should raise our children to be learn-it-alls, not know-it-alls—plus practical advice on how parents can […]

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  • New Book Alert! Einsten Never Used Flashcards, Revised Edition

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    By Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD & Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, PhD Calling all parents, grandparents, and caregivers who want to find more joy in their lives with children! The latest science to help you see the magic of learning and navigating childhood in the digital age Get your copy today!

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  • Remaking Tomorrow Podcast

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    Roberta Golinkoff, author and Unidel H. Rodney Sharp chair and professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware, joins Ryan Rydzewski and guest host Kathy Hirsh-Pasek to talk about her work in developing new approaches to learning based on the promising signs shown by the science of learning.

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  • 2024 ECE Leaders Summit

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    Roberta gave a talk on children’s play at the 2024 Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning ECE Leaders Summit in April 2024.

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RT @BezosFoundation: “Lots of kids don’t have homes filled with puzzles and books, but can’t we do something to spark those conversations a…
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Some of Roberta's books include:

  • User’s Manual for the Quick Interactive Language Screener™ (QUILS™)
    A Measure of Vocabulary, Syntax, and Language Acquisition Skills in Young Children
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  • Links between Spatial and Mathematical Skills across the Preschool Years
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  • Becoming Brilliant:
    What Science Tells us About Raising Successful Children
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  • A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool:
    Presenting the Evidence
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  • Einstein Never Used Flash Cards:
    How Our Children Really Learn-- and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less
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Roberta is a contributor at The Huffington Post. She contributes articles to her blog there on a regular basis, so check it out for the latest from the field.

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