Ever wonder if your little one is actually absorbing those conversations happening around them? As a mama who spent countless ...

Human language allows us to learn new words for things we've never witnessed directly. We do this seamlessly, for example, in conversations, using clues from the overall context to infer a new word's ...

Infants as young as 15 months can use language context to infer the meaning of words referring to objects they’ve never seen.

Toddlers at 15 months begin to learn new words for objects that they’ve never seen, suggests a study. The findings provide evidence that infants can learn words from language alone, say American ...

A new study reveals that young children learn letters and word structures more effectively through handwriting than typing.

US schools are going all in on phonics, but research shows that approach won’t work for every child. A blended literacy ...