For the 11th year, a Greeley nonprofit dedicated to early childhood literacy and oral language development advanced its mission with a holiday event. Volunteers with the Seva Community spent a couple ...

Source: spass/bigstockphoto What happens when 40 percent of a generation cannot function effectively at school? Signs are emerging that this may happen with the children who were 0 to 6 years old ...

After reading the Jan. 3 Edmonton Journal article by David Staples which featured the comments of Dr. George Georgiou and Premier Danielle Smith, it comes to mind that wisdom doesn’t necessarily ...

*Julia Irwin, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, SCSU; senior scientist, Haskins Laboratories *Laura Raynolds, Ph.D., associate professor of special education ...

Did you know that animal sounds can be crucial to your child’s early speech and language development? Speech refers to the production of sounds that transform into words through the physical act of ...

Most children in lower and middle income countries fail basic literacy tests, according to World Bank-backed report ...

When I was growing up in San Diego, there was a brother and sister in my neighborhood whose speech I could not easily understand, because they talked with high-pitched voices and did not pronounce ...

Early years practitioners are invited to take part in the National Literacy Trusts survey on supporting childrens language. The charity is asking practitioners working with children aged three to five ...

Some food for thought in your professional career Developing Language and Literacy with Young Children. By Marian R Whitehead. (Paul Chapman, 15.99, 020 7374 0645) Developing Language and Literacy ...

Within the United States, education is commonly regarded as an equalizer to opportunity and upward mobility. In reality, there are countless impediments in the system that exclude low-income children ...