Transforming supermarkets, bus stops and park benches for learning through play could cut educational gulfs between rich and poor. In the supermarket, signs prompt parents…
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta M. GolinkoffDecember 2018
Modern cognitive development theory emphasises relationships, seeing social interaction as the crucible in which children’s cognitive development takes place. Cognitive development theory: a relational approach…
Child and Family Blog EditorOctober 2018
Play with dad could help bridge cognitive, social and emotional learning gaps among low-income children. Please can we stop telling fathers just to pay for…
Professor Natasha J. CabreraOctober 2018
Eight baby development stages are shaped by the rapidly developing brain: (1) gross motor functions, (2) fine motor functions, (3) perception, (4) cognition, (5) verbal…
Professor Sabina PauenSeptember 2018
Eight baby milestones have been discerned and extensively researched: (1) gross motor functions, (2) fine motor functions, (3) perception, (4) cognition, (5) verbal communication, (6)…
Professor Sabina PauenSeptember 2018
Among the factors that can prevent infants from achieving milestones are genetic defects, toxic influences during pregnancy, birth complications and premature birth, perceptual problems that…
Professor Sabina PauenSeptember 2018
Research on a large sample of five- to seven-year-olds in the USA has shown that bilingualism supports early cognitive development and protects children from the…
The EditorJune 2018
