She researches how children learn to talk. Her aim is to understand the mechanisms of language learning and to develop evidence-based support for families and professionals. This involves running ...

Imagine that you are teaching your child the word dog by showing them a cuddly toy that looks like a puppy and saying “doggie”. How will your child learn that the word “doggie” refers not ...

Dr. Ferry added, "Learning a language is a uniquely human experience; children just pick it up from being exposed to it. Yet, ...

Children are learning even when it seems as though they aren’t paying attention, new research from the University of Toronto has shown.

When children have daily opportunities to care for plants, trees, animals, and insects, they practice nurturing behaviors that help them interact in kind and gentle ways with people as well.

If Latino immigrants and their U.S.-born children knew little English ... jobs,” according to a global survey by Pearson, a language learning company, and PSB Insights.