Parents can improve their preschool child’s math skills by reading specially designed math picture books to them, according to a new study at Purdue University. Through a grant from the Heising-Simons ...

Healthy vision is integral to a baby learning early literacy skills. To support literacy and vision development, parents should read to their child early on, limit screen time and watch out for any ...

Tallie Z. Baram receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Bren Foundation, and the Hewitt Foundation for Biomedical Research. Scientists have long known that the experiences you ...

The latest data from the 2024 Nation’s Report Card is a sobering indictment of the state of American education. While slight improvements in math scores offer a glimmer of hope, the continued decline ...

That’s a question parents, pediatricians, educators, and caregivers ask over and over again as children grow and change. To help answer this important question, child development experts have created ...

Three schools across Isabella and Gratiot counties have had vending machines installed in their schools. However, they aren’t ...

In 2017, Pamela Paul, the editor of The New York Times Book Review, and Maria Russo, the publication’s children's books editor, published their expansive article “How To Raise A Reader”. The piece, ...

In honor of Banned Books Week, it's a good time to look at ways to curate your child's reading without taking books away from other children, something happening with increasing frequency around ...

Encouraging low-income families to stimulate their toddlers with play and involve them in household activities can improve the children’s cognitive and socio-emotional skills development, Yale ...