As the director of UBC Okanagan’s reading, language and mathematics lab, Chan is exploring the relationship between the home environment and children’s language, literacy and math skills. “As parents ...

Literacy is essential for success in school and in life beyond school. The ability to read and write well provides individuals with untold opportunities as they move through school, pursue advanced ...

This work has important implications for general theories of speech, language, and literacy development and important practical implications for education and intervention. Through research over the ...

Literacy development therefore is so important to build on in the early years with the understanding, however, that it can be built on the simplest of things found within one’s home.

When assessing academic development, Skibbe looked at four language and literacy skills: comprehension; vocabulary; early decoding, or the ability to identify letters of the alphabet and read ...

Meaningful uses of technology can help educators meet ELs’ individual proficiency levels, enhance language development and content area learning, and provide performance-based assessments. More ...

More information. Visit these websites for more information about supporting children’s literacy development: BookTrust has tips and advice about reading with children and also has videos showing ...

Self-regulation is children's abilities to keep information in their working memories, pay attention to tasks and even to inhibit behaviors that might prevent them from accomplishing tasks.

Ontario is helping 10,000 more children with speech and language difficulties by reducing wait times for speech and language services. ... "Speech, language and literacy development in the early years ...