Phonetic information -- the smallest sound elements of speech -- may not be the basis of language learning in babies as previously thought. Babies don't begin to process phonetic information reliably ...

Scientists have found that infants learn languages from rhythmic information - the rise and fall of tone - as seen in nursery rhymes or songs. Sarah McKinley reports Parents should speak to babies in ...

The early years of a child's life are a remarkable development period, particularly in language acquisition. While many parents instinctively engage in sing-song speech and nursery rhymes with their ...

Professor Usha Goswami is among researchers from the University of Cambridge and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, who jointly investigated babies’ ability to process phonetic information during their ...

Justin Fletcher has the first of two sessions using movement to explore popular nursery rhymes. This two-part unit focuses on movements based on traditional nursery rhymes, to help develop children’s ...

Parents should speak to babies in sing-song speech to help them learn language, experts have said. Scientists from the University of Cambridge have found that infants learn languages from rhythmic ...