A baby's first year brings incredible change. In just a few months, babies go from cooing and crawling to making sense of language in ways researchers are only starting to understand. One mystery has ...

Many new parents can relate to the frustration of trying to figure out the exact needs of their baby. Are they hungry? Do they need changed? Whether it's a piercing wail to have their diaper checked, ...

Katie Mingus, 17 months old, uses the sign for ‘drink’ as she sits on her father Russ’ lap at their Tacoma, Wash., home. Parents can begin communicating early with babies by teaching them sign ...

CHANDLER, AZ (AZFamily) — A daycare in the East Valley is teaching children a second language from a very young age. Babies and toddlers are soaking up the basics of sign language at The Learning ...

If you were to poll an audience of educators–classroom teachers, literacy specialists, reading researchers, and university professors–about whether high frequency words should be taught in early ...

Aishwarya Raji, a medical doctor and mom from India who read some of my Psychology Today posts on baby/toddler reading reached out to me. Her story highlights four science-based lessons for teaching ...