Kids who don't listen to their parents tend to learn very quickly the realities of life. From independence to accepting ...

That makes it more crucial than ever for families to understand how children learn to read — through implicit exposure at home and in child-care settings, and through explicit teaching in elementary ...

I sat around a table with a group of fourth graders learning to be mentors for younger students, and a girl looked at me and said, “Now whenever I am upset, I have Buddy and Snuggles in my head.” ...

Children are remarkable for their ability to quickly and easily learn massive amounts of new information. A new study shows that the key behind this ability to rapidly process ABCs and 123s is spelled ...

Daniel Willingham is a cognitive scientist, by which I mean, he is an academic researcher who extracts information from psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, and ...

Their numbers are growing. Tools like Project Read and LitLab create decodable texts, designed to be aligned to the ...

If you've ever had the feeling that your elementary school kids were 'smarter' than you -- or at least capable of picking up new information and skills faster -- a new study suggests you're absolutely ...

Children learn countless lessons growing up. They learn how to crawl, how to walk, what’s right or wrong, and what's good or bad, and, as they grow older, they learn all about subjects like ...

While there’s no such thing as a perfect parent, the best ones show up for their kids, teaching them empathy, compassion, trust, respect, and honesty in ways that add value to their lives, even into ...

Our analyses of the mathematics to be learned, our reading of the research in cognitive psychology and mathematics education, our experience as learners and teachers of mathematics, and our ...