Language Development
Communication Tools
Encourage your 3- to 5-year-old child to comment, discuss, and marvel. Here’s how to create a communication-friendly atmosphere.
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Early Signs of Reading Trouble
During the preschool years, your child should begin to engage in conversation and storytelling, sharing his feelings and ideas, as well as imitating...
"I Know What You're Thinking"
"Theory of mind" is a label for awareness of one's own feelings and sensitivity to others' thoughts and feelings, which may differ from one's...
Flights of Fancy
No one teaches an infant to babble. Yet through babbling, an infant creates all the sounds that will make up his native language. Likewise,...
Abstract Thinking Skills in Kindergarten
"This person needs help!" says Tamara into a long box she is using as a walkie-talkie. Sonja replies, "I'll be right there!" into her hand "phone"...
Self-Expression in Preschool
The preschool art center is bustling with activity this morning. After tearing strips of colored construction paper into lots of pieces in a...
Listening and Learning
Three year olds have fun with language, delighting in simple nursery rhymes and making up their own. As they listen to and repeat familiar rhymes...
Helping Children Build Language Skills
Preschool: That Sounds Silly! Four-year-old Adam runs to his teacher and says, "I see the sky with my eyes! What color is the sky?" She responds,...
Talk, Listen, and Learn
Three-year-old Henry and his 5-year-old sister, Maxine, sit snuggled with their mom on the couch, ready to listen to Henry's favorite book, Road...
Inappropriate Words
Q: My son Andrew, 4, is a sweet boy, but he often jokingly says bad words to other kids, and in front of their parents, or even to a teacher!...
How Is Your Child Smart?
Almost two decades after Howard Gardner identified multiple intelligences in his ground-breaking book Frames of Mind (1983), educators...
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Paying Love Forward
Growing up with an adopted sister led this actress to adopt a baby of her own.
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