Story time – at home, at nursery and at school – is where young children encounter the magic of books. Reading stories to ...

Brokk Tollefson Julia Irwin presenting “Positive Early Experiences to Promote Language and Literacy” Julia Irwin has written a recent book (with coauthor Dina Moore) on Preparing Children for Reading ...

New research finds screen use can affect cognitive and language development and more in child development.

Reading helps build the foundation for healthy cognitive, language, and literacy development, setting the stage for school readiness and benefits that will last a lifetime.

The researchers also tested the children cognitively, looking at measures of language and early literacy.

These traits continue to influence my work ethic and relationships with other people today.” In her own scholarship, Han has focused on the relationship between play and early literacy development, ...

Dr. Mariela Páez's research interests include bilingualism, children’s language and literacy development, and early childhood education. She has training in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, ...

The Sacramento State Literacy Center provides diagnostic literacy assessment of pre-kindergarten children, school-age children, and adults. Assessments focus on all areas of literacy development: ...

When early language development is disrupted in one age group, all of us are affected due to its impact on school budgets and taxes, future workforce, and correctional systems.

Poverty is a cement barrier standing between low-income families and their ability to stimulate healthy early childhood development so their children can reap the full benefits of education.

South Africa is confronting a literacy crisis, with alarming statistics showing that the majority of learners are unable to ...

Fortunately, recent studies have shown dramatic improvements in speech, language, and literacy outcomes in children born with severe to profound hearing loss.