Studies show that reminiscing about the past with young kids helps their social-emotional development as they get older. When ...

There are effective techniques for teaching vocabulary, but it's impossible to explicitly teach all the words kids need to become proficient readers. Vocabulary is key to reading comprehension, and ...

My kids ask me some pretty wild stuff: "Where does Bigfoot ride Ferris wheels?" "Why doesn't our house have a McDonald's in it?" "Is it true that ghosts don't poop?" That's the sensational part of ...