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Roberta Golinkoff

Roberta Golinkoff

Developmental psychologist and Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Education at the University of Delaware, co-author of "Einstein Never Used Flashcards" with Kathy Hirsh-Pasek.

Oct 1, 2026

35:33
[laughs]
35:33
Um, we have siloed subjects.
35:38
So there's reading, and then a year later, maybe you get writing.
35:43
And there's spatial.
35:45
Nobody actually does spatial the way they should, but it relates to math.
35:50
There's language arts, and there's math, all separate.
35:56
If we could recognize that being able to do math rests on having certain language concepts like seven is over six, five is under six, you know.
40:15
[laughs]
30:44
Listen to this
30:44
thisChildren with imaginary companions tend to be more intelligent and more creative than- Yep ... children who don't have such friends.
30:53
Yep.
30:53
Children are at their, and this is a, a quote from someone else, but, "Children are at their highest levels of development when they play." And this, "The benefits of social play are many, yet perhaps the biggest one of all," cross cuts the others, "children who play are happier." Yes.
31:11
Yeah, joy.
31:12
What if we have happy kids? [laughs] What if they- And by the way, happy kids equals happy adults.
31:20
[laughs] Sure.

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49:30
Oh, my God.

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