Toddlers learn new words more easily when they figure out the words' meaning for themselves, research by a 22-year-old Johns Hopkins undergraduate suggests. Toddlers learn new words more easily when ...

Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) can be difficult to diagnose, despite the condition being more prevalent than autism spectrum disorder, representing roughly 7.5% of 5-year-olds in ...

Parents have so much that they need to be responsible for these days. Where children often waited until kindergarten or first grade to learn their numbers, letters and colors, today’s children often ...

Tabitha Brandel shuffles in her tiny chair as weird pictures flash on the computer screen before her. “We’re going to play a game,” the computer tells the 5-year-old. “Find the yame.” Brandel attempts ...

This random word generator for kids is one of those tools that just makes things easier when you’re stuck for ideas. I’ve used it for quick rounds of Pictionary, last-minute writing prompts, and even ...

Preschoolers read a lot into writing before they know how to read. Youngsters befuddled by printed squiggles on the pages of a storybook nonetheless understand that a written word, unlike a drawing, ...

We’re going through a comic book phase at my house. Since lucking into the comics stash at the library, my 4-year-old refuses any other literary offering. Try as I might to rekindle her love of Rosie ...

A couple of months back, my Harvard class on educational assessment met virtually with Sondra Mims and Comer Yates, CAO and CEO of the Atlanta Speech School, who asked the class to make a few educated ...

Toddlers learn new words more easily when they figure out the words' meaning for themselves, research by a 22-year-old Johns Hopkins undergraduate from Medford, N.J., suggests. Meredith Brinster's ...