Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...

A new study investigates where toddlers look when they learn new words. It finds that children with larger vocabularies looked quickly towards objects when learning new words. Meanwhile, children who ...

• University of Freiburg study on vocabulary acquisition uses novel game-based design • Study results: Children of primary school age can benefit from long-term experience with multiple accents when ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A baby's first words are often Mama or Dada, but new research by a Florida State University psychology professor delves into how children build on these early words to create a ...

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, ...

As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

Learning a second language during childhood can prove to be a fun and fruitful experience for children. Though it has been ...

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 ...

Aviva Segal receives funding from The Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC). Sandra Martin-Chang received funding from SSCHRC. Concordia University provides funding as a founding ...