Some toddlers are very chatty, others are more quiet, and every kid develops at their own pace. I see this firsthand with my twins – they don’t hit their milestones at the same time. Often it’s not ...

WASHINGTON -- It's called the "word spurt," that magical time when a toddler's vocabulary explodes, seemingly overnight. New research offers a decidedly un-magical explanation: Babies start really ...

Stuck with a word on the tip of your tongue when talking to a toddler? Don't worry — a new study finds that hesitant speech may help the kid learn new vocabulary. Language disfluencies, or the "ums" ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When it comes to learning words, a hands-off approach may be in order. New research suggests ...

One mom’s incredibly beautiful video of her daughter singing along with her son has gone viral after she explained how music helped her toddler with Down syndrome learn new words. Utah mom Amanda ...

A mom who was initially baffled by her infant daughter's choice of words for describing thing has finally discovered their unexpected origins. Toddlerhood is an important time in the development of a ...

More than 40 years ago, psychologists found signs that children living in noisy places were having trouble learning to read. They suspected that the noise interfered with language learning. Now, their ...

Getting and spending on Disney’s “Baby Wordsworth” DVD is a waste, and may actually hurt young children’s vocabulary, California scientists tested language in 96 toddlers between 1 and 2 years old.