Last week’s question was: What are the best ways to help students -- mainstream and/or English Language Learners -- develop academic vocabulary? Helping our students develop academic vocabulary ...

In its Second Annual 15-Second Vocabulary Video Contest, The New York Times recently featured the work of Professor Bridget Dalton in "developing vocabulary through multimodal expression." Professor ...

Mastery of reading requires developing its highly interrelated major component skills: decoding, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. These components are discussed separately below, but they work ...

Research shows that using games increases classroom participation, improves collaboration, and fosters social and emotional learning. These vocabulary games for home and the classroom for kids ages 4 ...

To succeed in school and beyond, children need to build a robust vocabulary. Kids learn a lot from the adults in their lives and there are many ways you can help your child learn new words. We reached ...

To enlist parents in their children’s education, schools are increasingly sending text messages home. There’s evidence to suggest parents appreciate the trend. But can such an approach actually help ...

The "Question of the Day" is a simple and fun way to launch opportunities for learning. The “Question of the Day” is a great activity starter that helps early learners develop vocabulary, ...

Spending one-on-one time gives them a head start by the age of three London: Young children looked after by middle-class grandparents develop better vocabulary than those in nurseries, a study has ...

Go to a paint store, and you'll be overwhelmed by the choices, from Aspen Bark White to Zydeco Purple. But it turns out that early humans probably had words for just two colors, and many ...

Why do rich kids end up doing better than poor kids in school? Of late, one common explanation for this has been the “word gap,” or the idea that poor children are exposed to significantly fewer words ...