Tabitha Brandel shuffles in her tiny chair as weird pictures flash on the computer screen before her. “We’re going to play a game,” the computer tells the 5-year-old. “Find the yame.” Brandel attempts ...

Preschoolers read a lot into writing before they know how to read. Youngsters befuddled by printed squiggles on the pages of a storybook nonetheless understand that a written word, unlike a drawing, ...

Parents have so much that they need to be responsible for these days. Where children often waited until kindergarten or first grade to learn their numbers, letters and colors, today’s children often ...

We’re going through a comic book phase at my house. Since lucking into the comics stash at the library, my 4-year-old refuses any other literary offering. Try as I might to rekindle her love of Rosie ...