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 ...

On many playgrounds, from elementary school to high school, students often enjoy playing and singing the rhyme “Miss Mary Mack.” Perhaps the most fun aspect of the ditty is the clapping games that go ...

Growing up, kids spent a lot of time on the playground. (Though, we hope that is still happening today, in the digital era.) Doing so, there are many games, from blacktop kickball and clapping to the ...

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 ...

Lots of people automatically speak to babies with a 'baby voice', using a sing-song rhythm and silly sounding words like 'bunny' and 'doggy'. But how does this affect the way babies learn language?

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 ...