Teaching a child independence is a core part of the Montessori philosophy, often starting in the heart of the home: the kitchen. Parents today are increasingly involving their little ones in ...

Psychology researchers provide a fresh perspective on how infants connect names with objects, a critical skill for language development. A lot is unknown about how infants begin to connect names with ...

The benefits of object play (blocks, puzzles, cars, dolls and so on) for infant learning and development are well documented. However, nearly nothing is known about how natural play unfolds in the ...

Babies can help unlock the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI), according to neuroscientists who have just published new guiding principles for improving AI. The research examines the ...

A beach day turned into a comedy moment after Instagram user @amandak_cooper shared a video of a little baby girl working on learning to stand. The clip opens on the beach, with the ocean off to the ...

One of the most amazing phenomena in young children learning a language is how well and how fast they learn new words. There comes a time in their development when we, adults, can hardly keep up with ...

One of the tightest interpersonal connections in the world is between new parents and their infants. Although tightening this connection seems unlikely, it is possible to enrich and expand it—in ways ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A lot is unknown about how infants begin to connect names with objects, a critical skill for later language development. A new study by Indiana University researchers offers a ...