From the Lund University press release: Six-month old infants recognize when adults imitate them, and perceive imitators as more friendly, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden…. Read more »
From the University of Cambridge press release: Parents should not feel pressured to make their young children undertake structured learning or achieve specific tasks, particularly during lockdown. A new study… Read more »
From the New York University press release: Children who experience “dependent” or clingy relationships with their preschool teachers tend to also have difficulties in their relationships with their mothers finds… Read more »
From the Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona press release: Adults talk to babies differently from how we would speak to other adults. Compared to how adults speak, speech directed at… Read more »
From the Ohio State University press release: Researchers — and parents — have long known that babies learn to speak by mimicking the words they hear. But a new study… Read more »
From the University of Washington press release: Used in virtually all of the world’s languages, parentese is a speaking style that draws baby’s attention. Parents adopt its simple grammar and… Read more »
From the Princeton University press release: Have you ever played with a baby and felt a sense of connection, even though they couldn’t yet talk to you? New research suggests… Read more »
From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that digital storybooks that animate upon a child’s vocalization offer beneficial learning opportunities, especially for children with… Read more »
From the University of East Anglia press release: Children may learn new words better when they learn them in the context of other words they are just learning — according… Read more »
From the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus press release: Reading in the presence of a pooch may be the page-turning motivation young children need, suggests a UBC researcher. Camille… Read more »
