Child-Directed Speech can shape early sound learning, but cross-cultural studies show children also learn from broader talk around them.
Why Using Your Hands During Story Time May Help Preschoolers Learn New Words
Story time can introduce a preschooler to words that rarely appear in everyday conversation, but hearing an unfamiliar word once does not guarantee that its meaning will stick. New 2026 evidence suggests that gestures during story time may give children another route into meaning: when a storyteller’s hands visibly represent Continue Reading
Word Learning in Children: Research Lessons
Word learning improves when adults teach target words in meaningful routines, repeat them, and support bilingual children’s full language use.