Toddlers enjoy a ride in a bed-swing in the outdoor area of the Kathinka-Platzhoff-Stiftung Kindergarten (Kathinka-Platzhoff-foundation kindergarden) in Hanau, 30km (18 miles) south of Frankfurt, July ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When it comes to learning words, a hands-off approach may be in order. New research suggests ...

Kids%27 Vocab teaches words through nine different games The Opposites teaches antonyms SAT Word Slam explains the definitions of new words Between weekly spelling tests and looming SATs, kids need to ...

You probably know the old story about the three blind men and the elephant: One man grabs the tail and thinks an elephant is like a rope; one wraps his arms around a leg and things the animal is like ...

Stuck with a word on the tip of your tongue when talking to a toddler? Don't worry — a new study finds that hesitant speech may help the kid learn new vocabulary. Language disfluencies, or the "ums" ...

Have you ever wondered why kids can pick up languages so easily? Even if it’s one they don’t speak at home, and contains ...

More than 40 years ago, psychologists found signs that children living in noisy places were having trouble learning to read. They suspected that the noise interfered with language learning. Now, their ...

Toddlers learn new words more easily when they figure out the words' meaning for themselves, research by a US study seems to suggest. Meredith Brinster, an undergraduate student in the John Hopkins ...

Parents, let your children get messy in the high chair: They learn better that way. That's according to a new study which concludes that a 16-month-old's setting and degree of interaction enhances his ...

Around a toddler's second birthday, you might hear them saying loads more words as their vocabulary starts to grow, though they still understand a lot more than they can say. But between the ages of ...

More than 40 years ago, psychologists found signs that children living in noisy places were having trouble learning to read. They suspected that the noise interfered with language learning. Now, their ...