A new research lab, sponsored by Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, will soon open to help scientists learn more about cognition, language, and perception ...

Sensory play improves attention span, helps babies understand the world and boosts language learning. But what is sensory ...

The Perception, Language and Attention in Youth (PLAY) Lab's aim is to understand how early sensory experiences shape our visual, cognitive, and language abilities later in life. We study how deaf and ...

What is cognitive development? Expert Dr Samantha Durrant answers parents' questions around this tricky subject, and how it ...

A children's activity area. — Image by © Tim Sandle. A children's activity area. — Image by © Tim Sandle. Between 2011 and 2023, public playground budgets fell ...

If there is one thing I wish every parent could feel in their bones, it is this: play is not “just play”. It is not filler time between naps and meals, or something we squeeze in after the “real” ...

Don't use baby talk with babies and toddlers. Instead, caregivers are often encouraged to speak properly and use adultlike language, out of concern that simplified speech could confuse children or ...

A combination of naturalistic and lab-based measurement, considerations of culture and demographics, and other factors that are related to pretend play development (language development, executive ...

“Play is fundamentally important for learning 21st century skills, such as problem solving, collaboration, and creativity.”– American Academy of Pediatrics. Many children no longer play, and this is ...

At the British International School (BIS) Hanoi, Early Years classrooms are structured environments designed to facilitate exploration, imagination, creativity, and purposeful movement for young ...

Many people often think of play in the form of images of young children at recess engaging in games of tag, ball, using slides, swings, and physically exploring their environments. But physical play ...