When I was trying to help my children navigate the exciting journey of learning to read, all I really wanted was for us to have fun. I love books and reading and wanted them to have the same joy. I ...

Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...

Early literacy isn't just an education issue. It's the foundation of lifelong learning, stronger communities, and a more ...

As many educators and researchers will attest, there’s no exact science to choosing vocabulary words—no inherent reason the word “detest” is more important to teach than “despise,” or why “compassion” ...

New research from Northwestern University shows 15-month-old infants can learn words for objects they've never seen. This ...

Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed a mechanism that allows spoken dialog systems to learn new words ...

For the study, owners of 10 talented dogs —mostly border collies—taught them words for two categories: tug toys, called pulls ...