Babies who engage in musical play may have an easier time picking up language skills, suggests a new study that is the first in young babies to examine differences in brain regions involved in ...

A part of the brain that maps letters to sounds can acquire a second, visually distinct alphabet for the same language, according to a study of English speakers. The research challenges ...

Did you know that animal sounds can be crucial to your child’s early speech and language development? From the moo of a cow to the buzz of a mosquito, animal sounds offer fun and engaging ways for ...

Children start learning specific letters of the alphabet by learning the sounds that letters represent individually and as pairs. There are about 400 children enrolled.

French scientists say babies in the womb are able to distinguish the differences between speech sounds three months before they are born.