New research suggests the foundations for reading success begin in toddlerhood. Learn how talking, reading, and word play can ...

Are genetic factors underlying children's language development linked to later-life outcomes? In a genome-wide analysis, an international research team found genetic associations between children's ...

A new evaluation of Georgia's Pre-K Program found that children enrolled in the state's early learning classrooms are making significant gains in language and literacy skills before entering ...

Baby talk isn't just cute—it could play a vital role in helping infants learn the sounds of their language, new research from the University of the Sunshine Coast has found. The study is published in ...

Rhythmics, music and movement: Taken together, these lay the foundations for pattern recognition associated with number ...

Gestures--such as pointing or waving--go hand in hand with a child's first words, and twins lag behind single children in producing and using those gestures, two studies from Georgia State University ...

Matching the sight and sound of speech — a face to a voice — in early infancy is an important foundation for later language development. This ability, known as intersensory processing, is an essential ...

Source: spass/bigstockphoto What happens when 40 percent of a generation cannot function effectively at school? Signs are emerging that this may happen with the children who were 0 to 6 years old ...

Nearly two million children in the UK are affected by early language delays. New research will examine whether noise in nurseries is a hidden factor. An estimated 1.9 million children across the UK ...

UNIGE scientists have discovered that children with autism exhibit different brain patterns depending on their language ...