Yuko Goto Butler, director of the Graduate School of Education's Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program, has long fielded requests from her students for a wide-ranging book of ...

Unlike kids in the United States, hunter-gatherer children in the Congo Basin have often learned how to hunt, identify edible plants and care for babies by the tender age of six or seven. This rapid ...

Children learn not just from what we teach, but from how we attend. They watch our faces and sense our focus—or lack of it ...

“Dr. Laura: How will they know right from wrong when they are never taught something will happen when they do wrong?" In a recent post, we addressed the fact that punishment doesn't actually teach ...

In my previous posts, we explored why summer feels so boring for kids and why traditional activity lists often make the problem worse. Today, I want to dive deeper into what child-led learning ...

Ensuring kids have manners is a perennial preoccupation for parents and caregivers. How, then, do you teach good manners to children? Modelling good manners around the home and in your own interaction ...

What if improving children’s reading skills didn’t start with another worksheet, but with a rescue mission? Across ...

Parents think their children are more engaged with school and enjoy their time there much more than they actually do, a gap in understanding that could signal that both parents and schools are missing ...