Remember the famous 30 million word gap in language exposure between the children of professional families and those on welfare, and all its attendant problems in reading and attention? How could ...

Images and paper available at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JRhAD1ESL6NZN7acEoZQcXCA9w50Gczr?usp=drive_link Phonetic information – the smallest sound ...

It’s no secret that kids and (most) parents love nursery rhymes that are as old as time. They can keep children of all ages entertained, help get them through meals without much fuss and even fall ...

Scientists have found that infants learn languages from rhythmic information - the rise and fall of tone - as seen in nursery rhymes or songs. Sarah McKinley reports Parents should speak to babies in ...

From the moment babies are born, they use their developing senses to discover the world. In terms of sight, bold patterns in contrasting colors or black and white are initially preferred. As for ...

A rare language that dates back to the Viking Age will be taught at a new nursery school in central Sweden, it's reported. Elfdalian will be the sole language spoken to children attending the ...

“From then individual speech sounds are still added in very slowly – too slowly to f orm the basis of language.” The researchers recorded patterns of electrical brain activity in 50 infants at four, ...