A unique study has thrown fascinating new light on how young children begin to understand the meaning of words. The findings by the researchers, from The University of Manchester are published in the ...

The poll, conducted by the British Standards Institution (BSI) to mark its 125th anniversary, found that 50 per cent of children aged 16 and under have already been given at least one AI-powered toy ...

When children learn to talk, their ability to pronounce different sounds develops gradually. We asked speech and language ...

But how does all this change how young children develop? Human development is essentially a social practice. From infancy, we participate in the world around us and learn from experience, especially ...

For parents, carers and teachers, it’s often tempting to base our thinking on a child’s development around what we understand as “normal”. Much of the time we do this without thinking, describing a ...