Research shows that using games increases classroom participation, improves collaboration, and fosters social and emotional learning. These vocabulary games for home and the classroom for kids ages 4 ...

There are effective techniques for teaching vocabulary, but it's impossible to explicitly teach all the words kids need to become proficient readers. Vocabulary is key to reading comprehension, and ...

Reading books helps children connect new vocabulary words to real world experiences. Reading books helps children connect new vocabulary words to real world experiences. Using props while reading with ...

The stronger a child’s vocabulary, the more successful she tends to be in school, and new research shows that the word-building can begin before kids start talking. Child development experts have long ...

A study examining parents' vocabulary and grammar as an influence on children's acquisition of English, finds that the quality of child-directed speech depends on the speaker's language proficiency.

This is what Assistant Professor Yemimah King discovered in her research on how parents' word usage is related to children's ...

Want to help your child develop their vocabulary? Pick a picture book for their bedtime story. Books with no words are actually best for boosting children’s language skills, a study has found. Experts ...

Swimming a few laps likely won’t turn your child into the next Katie Ledecky or Michael Phelps, but it just might help them become the next J.K. Rowling or Stephen King. A recent study by University ...

James Law has received funding from the Nuffield Foundation, the Economic and Social Research Council, The Department for Education, Scotland's Chief Scientist Office, the National Institute of Health ...

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U.S. students -- from the richest to the least privileged -- have trouble with words, and they're getting worse. This time, though, it's not just the schools that are failing them. A recent news ...