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Valentine cards

Handwritten valentines create a legacy of love and literacy

Program offers skills training for preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Program empowers parents of young children on autism spectrum to help their offspring thrive

Marie Claire Arrieta

UCalgary researcher investigates the link between the microbiome and asthma in premature babies

Children learn through exploring the world

Writing and reading starts with children’s hands-on play

Benefits of reading to children

Parents play a key role in fostering children’s love of reading

First day at school

How to get kids talking about their school day

Hand holding paper with cursive writing on it

Why cursive handwriting needs to make a school comeback

There are many daily ways math can be relevant to children – from using money to matching or counting cards.

Math challenges? A school psychologist could help

Although guidelines suggest that developmental delays, including language delays, are ideally diagnosed by age three, most diagnoses don’t occur until age four or five.

New research suggests three profiles of communication delays in early childhood

Fine motor play builds strength and endurance in muscle memory needed for literacy tasks like putting pencil to paper.

Summer play that enriches kids’ reading skills — 8 fine motor activities for little fingers