Language and Literacy

Memory is key in supporting children's meaningful learning experiences. Learn how children can start young exercising their memory muscles through play.

How can fairy tales build resilience in young children? It's like magic.

Cooking is not an activity you’d typically think of for four year olds. However, the benefits are abundant.

In this article, Jackie Wildau and Eileen Hall add a fresh spark to fine motor development by using imaginative play. Using this method, all children are equally capable of success, no matter their level of competence.

In the history of human development, oral language—conversation, poetry, story-telling, and song—arose long before written language. In children we see the same pattern of language development. Children first learn to listen, to speak, to…

From their very first days, infants need to be surrounded by a language-rich environment. There's no better way to do this than the age-old practice of singing lullabies and reciting nursery rhymes.

How do children develop strong literacy skills? What can Early Childhood teachers do to support them in a sensible, developmentally appropriate manner?

There is no evidence to suggest that early reading is a helpful step for long-term school success. Yet teachers of young children are pressured to devote hours every day to test-driven curricula at the expense of play and other free choice…

In-depth strategies to extend children's visual and verbal literacy through art.

In the scramble for improved literacy, with all its attendant measurements and statistics, one strong forerunner is often overlooked. The benefits of Reading Aloud have been researched and documented, but they seem to have missed their…

Selecting good books is more important than ever because there is so much competition for the quality time you spend with the children in your care. Every minute spent reading a mediocre book is time taken away from reading a good one. So,…

Blocks not only offer engaging play, but also provide fundamental educational lessons that will be valuable for later life.