Sleep Well, Learn Well

News Herald - Juliann Talkington "Early to bed, early to [...]

August 1st, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Adolescence, Behavior, Brain development, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development, Education, Health, Insomnia, Juliann Talkington, K-12, Learning, Memory, Mental Health, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Performance, School, screen time, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Students, Talkington, Television, Time Management|Tags: Education, School|

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Summertime play enhances school year learning

Faribault Daily News - Gloria Olson "Signed the kids up [...]

June 23rd, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Brain, Brain development, Cognitive Development, Free play, Outdoors, Physical Activity, Playing, summer, Summer program|Tags: Education, School|

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Essay contributes to national study on foreign language learning

Penn State News - Kristie Auman-Bauer "Society is becoming increasingly [...]

May 27th, 2016|Categories: Adults, Bilingual, Brain, Cognitive Development, Foreign Language, Infants, Multilingual, Research, Second Language, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Foreign language skills important in our global environment

Delaware Online - Dr. Annette Giesecke "Fluency in a foreign [...]

May 5th, 2016|Categories: Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Cultural Intelligence, Culture, Foreign Language, Global, Multiculturalism, Problem-solving, Reading, Skills, World languages|Tags: Education, School|

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Learning a language can boost mental agility in just one week

CTV News - Staff Writer " A new study has [...]

April 29th, 2016|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Childhood Education, Children, Cognitive Development, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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10 ways to help kids fall in love with being outside

The Washington Post - Lauren Knight "Spring is in full [...]

April 20th, 2016|Categories: Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development, Concentration, Free play, Mental Health, Motor skills, Nature, Outdoors, Playing|Tags: Education, School|

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Across the Globe: Languages

The UCSD Guardian - Marcus Thuillier "...multilingualism is a proven [...]

April 14th, 2016|Categories: Brain, Cognitive Development, Foreign Language, Health, Multilingual, Problem-solving, Second Language, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Codeswitching Rewires Bilingual Brains

Language Magazine - Staff Writer "Bilinguals use and learn language [...]

April 13th, 2016|Categories: Bilingual, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Cognitive Development, Learning|Tags: Education, School|

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The benefits of being bilingual can be seen in 11-month-old babies

Science Alert - Peter Dockrill "Numerous studies point to the [...]

April 6th, 2016|Categories: Bilingual, Brain, Brain development, Brain development and Language, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Cognitive Development, Early Education, Infants|Tags: Education, School|

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Raising Bilingual Children: Who Should Speak What?

The Huffington Post - Kevin M. Wong "With more than [...]

April 1st, 2016|Categories: Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Cognitive Development, Family, Language, Language Immersion, Languages, Multilingual, Parenting, Parents, Second Language, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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