Here’s another study about infants and language development.  Two scientists from the University of British Colombia collaborated with a French researcher to study language preference and discrimination in newborns.  Their research found that when babies are exposed to two languages in the womb, after birth they respond to both languages and can distinguish between them. [...]

I find it fascinating that, according to some new research, the cries of newborns mimic the melodic patterns they have heard while in the womb.  We already know that babies learn to recognize their mothers’ voices in the last weeks of pregnancy, but medical anthropologist Kathleen Wermke of the University of Würzburg in Germany has [...]

If you ever have to entertain a baby or toddler with only a computer at hand, this is the site for you.  KneeBouncers has colorful interactive games that can be played without using the mouse.  Most of the games are intended just for fun with, in the words of the creators, “a whole lot of [...]