Raising a bilingual child in the United States requires much deliberate effort, since English surrounds nearly every ...

The brains of humans understand the world by recognizing patterns. Patterns as simple as a line drawing to complex math/arithmetic figures. The brain processes patterns in language, music, quilting, ...

Hands of a child learning about patterns of size and color with colorful wooden blocks. Source: myboys/Shutterstock Part of what makes us human is the need for our brains to search for meaning. Good ...

Without substantial reading skills, “the risk is that future generations will simply be unable to think as deeply and with as ...

Adults learning another language often tend to continue using the intonation of their native language. This causes them to ...

Howard Gardner has been a proponent of what he has named "multiple intelligences." Schoolwork typically emphasizes linguistic (of a certain kind) and logico-mathematical skills, developed through ...

A Manitou Springs farm and nonprofit is working to secure permanent protection for its land through a conservation easement, ...

More than one‐third of the world's population uses a writing system that includes both uppercase and lowercase letter forms.