Why reading nursery rhymes and singing to babies may help them to learn language
Researchers have found that babies don’t start processing the individual sounds of speech—known as phonetic information—reliably until they’re around seven mont...
When Kids Start Pretending: What Research Reveals About Early Imagination
Babies start recognizing pretend play pretty early on, and by their first birthday, about half of them are already getting in on the action themselves, accordin...
Why Do Newborns Hiccup A Lot? For Brain Development. Seriously.
Baby hiccups might seem like a strange quirk or muscle development, but they’re so very much more than that. Newborn babies don’t do much else besides eat...
Tips for surviving a holiday with a toddler
Life with a toddler, while wonderful, can be utterly draining. Holidays, therefore, provide a much-needed and much-welcome break for frazzled parents. A chance ...
What the global ‘play gap’ means for our children’s futures
What’s the importance of play? Why are we playing less than only 20 years ago? And what do socioeconomic background and gender have to do with this? Thes...