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Madhu Govind is a leading voice in early childhood STEM education, specializing in how young children learn coding, computational thinking (CT), and robotics. Her research bridges the gap between technical skill development and foundational literacy, arguing that coding is, fundamentally, “another language.” In her highly cited 2022 study, Govind demonstrated this integration across 667 first and second graders in Norfolk, Virginia, showing how CT can be woven into early literacy curricula. She is also a pioneer in understanding the role of parents as learning partners; her 2020 work on how families support informal robotics learning (25 citations) reveals the critical dynamics between parent guidance and child exploration. To advance the field, Govind developed and validated a novel assessment tool—a robotics project rubric that evaluates both programming concepts and aesthetic design in children’s creations (2021, 19 citations). Her contributions provide educators and families with concrete frameworks for nurturing computational skills from the earliest grades, making her work essential for anyone interested in equitable, play-based STEM education.