The Princess of Wales has launched an animated film series which focuses on childhood development. The films, now on YouTube, are designed for use by charities, early years education professionals ...

Bilingual children from low-income homes are at greater risk of falling behind their peers in developing the appropriate language skills for their age group, leading to poorer academic achievement ...

While kids naturally pick up the language around them, it is still a skill that needs to be learned. Parents and caregivers ...

Kate’s foundation launches animated films to support children’s development The project follows the princess’s major Shaping Us Framework initiative, aimed at increasing awareness of social ...

Often marketed as educational, electronic toys have the opposite effect, resulting in parents and children speaking less to each other.

Parents who used screens more had children who used screens more, and this behavior could be hindering their kids’ language development, new research shows.

Because the learners are still so early in their development and schooling, there can be substantial diversity in how children learn language, even within the same classroom, she said.

The pandemic affected many aspects of children's development. One of the most critical is language development, owing to its broad and lasting effect on the whole person.

A pervasive idea assumes that young children can absorb new languages with minimal effort, but it turns out that the science is more complicated.