Elizabeth Kirk, University of York What if babies could tell us what they want, before they start crying for it? Bring in baby signing, a system of symbolic hand gestures for key works such as “milk”,
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Come and learn with LuCiD researchers from the Lancaster Babylab at Campus in the City 2016. The team of child psychologists will be taking up residence in a shop in Lancaster city centre this week to

Amy Bidgood, Research Associate for the Language 0-5 project, has written two articles about language development for English and Media Centre's eMagazine. The first article, Learning about Language…

We know that the way in which words are presented will affect how children learn them. Some words refer to amazing and exciting things (chocolate, birthday, santa!!), but some refer to things that we

Amy Bidgood was awarded a LuCiD travel grant to visit the ANU Language Lab in Canberra and work with experts conducting research on children's play. She describes her experiences in this blog.

Parent and baby classes are increasingly popular, and the choice greater than ever. But given that these classes are often expensive, do they deliver any of the benefits they claim to? Find out more..