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 ...

In the fourth part of a series on establishing a book collection for children in the Foundation Stage, Judith Stevens considers rhythmic and rhyming stories Every early years setting needs a wide ...

Parents should speak to their babies using sing-song speech, like nursery rhymes, as soon as possible, say researchers. That's because babies learn languages from rhythmic information, not phonetic ...