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What Your Child's Facial Expressions Are Telling You
Facial expressions forecasts social problems years later when students are lacking this key factor.
School Day Structure Could Benefit Children’s Health
Children’s behaviors are healthier when they have consistent routine and structure in their day-to day lives, such as on school days.
Taking Short Breaks May Help our Brains Learn New Skills
The resting brain repeatedly replays compressed memories of what was just practiced.
Petting Therapy Dogs Enhances Thinking Skills
New research shows petting therapy dogs enhances thinking skills of stressed students.
Exercise Aids the Cognitive Development of Children Born Preterm
A premature start in life can cause problems even into teenage years. A recent study indicates that training motor skills in these children helps even when they are older.
Kids' Physical Fitness is More Important Than BMI
Weight loss shouldn’t be the goal of PE new study shows.
Clumsy Kids Can Be Fit Too
Clumsy kids can be as aerobically fit as their peers with better motor skills, a new Finnish study shows.
Visual-Spatial Learning Disorder Is More Common Than Thought
Nonverbal learning disability (NVLD), a poorly understood and often-overlooked disorder that causes problems with visual-spatial processing, may affect nearly 3 million children in the United States, making it one of the most common learning disorders.
Playfulness Can Be Trained - Here's Why You Should Do It
Playfulness is a personality trait that is expressed differently in people. "Particularly playful people have a hard time dealing with boredom....
Child's Play 'Lost' in Pandemic Fear
Social and community disruptions caused by the COVID-19 restrictions could have a lasting effect on child wellbeing, Flinders University researchers warn.
Study Finds Government Policies Push Schools to Prioritize Creating Better Test-Takers Over Better People
Personal growth and job skills have taken a backseat to an increased focus on standardized test scores in schools across the nation, according to new research.
Getting Kids Moving: Home Tennis Keeps Kids Active, and Learning
Games-making is designed to encourage students to create their own tennis games using various equipment from around their home environment, getting kids to move more, improve their skills, and come up with their own creative tennis games.