For the 11th year, a Greeley nonprofit dedicated to early childhood literacy and oral language development advanced its mission with a holiday event. Volunteers with the Seva Community spent a couple ...

*Julia Irwin, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, SCSU; senior scientist, Haskins Laboratories *Laura Raynolds, Ph.D., associate professor of special education ...

Children begin telling stories as young as age two or three. And they continue to develop storytelling skills in their interaction with parents and others who provide guidance and feedback. For our ...

Volunteers with the LiTEArary society read to children who live in "book deserts" and bring them their own books.

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 ...

Program Director, Early Childhood Education, M.Ed. Dr. Mariela Páez is Associate Professor at the Lynch School of Education, Boston College. She has a doctorate in Human Development and Psychology ...

New research finds screen use can affect cognitive and language development. The digital age has made screens more accessible and portable than ever. Although the full implications of screen time ...

Using a longitudinal, UK representative sample from the Millennium Cohort Study, the present study examined longitudinal variations in parent ratings of child social, emotional and behavioural ...

Most children in lower and middle income countries fail basic literacy tests, according to World Bank-backed report ...

With the help of their stuffed animals or figurines, many toddlers and preschoolers play “teacher,” “doctor” or “firefighter,” drawing early inspiration from the careers they observe in their ...

Within the United States, education is commonly regarded as an equalizer to opportunity and upward mobility. In reality, there are countless impediments in the system that exclude low-income children ...