There are effective techniques for teaching vocabulary, but it's impossible to explicitly teach all the words kids need to become proficient readers. Vocabulary is key to reading comprehension, and ...

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At my town’s public library, one wall of the children’s section displays posters declaring, “Babies need words every day,” encouraging me to sing, talk, and read with my child. On the radio recently, ...

Several years ago researchers at the University of Maryland reported that fathers have a strong impact on childrens’ development in language and vocabulary. The study led by Kathryn Leech, published ...

Guiding students to infer the meaning of a word from a set of images may be more powerful than providing a definition. Vocabulary is crucial to reading comprehension, but it can be hard to ...

Autumn is just around the corner on Sept. 22 this year! This season of the year is a golden opportunity to refresh and expand your child’s vocabulary in engaging and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Abstract This article reports on 2 studies with kindergarten and first‐grade children from a low‐achieving elementary school that provided ...

• University of Freiburg study on vocabulary acquisition uses novel game-based design • Study results: Children of primary school age can benefit from long-term experience with multiple accents when ...

A speaker at a recent school board meeting claimed the vocabulary of the average American grade school student was 25,000 words in 1945 and about 10,000 today. This is pretty disturbing if true. What ...