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The new AI enabled superpower for kids

Hi I'm John McDonagh, the CTO of eKidz.eu, and I'm going to talk a bit about how artificial intelligence is contributing to a boom in language education and language development both for children and …

Technology in its Glory: Capability to Meet Educational Needs of the Future – Women in Cloud

Looking back at my journey, I have come to realize that over the years I worked hard to independently forge an international way in the business while nurturing a thriving family – it would have been …

Five Activities to Keep them Clever Kinaesthetically

If your household is anything like the rest of ours during lockdown – keeping sane while controlling the kids is a challenge. Boredom. No outlet for energy. Trouble sleeping. A recipe for rebellion! …

How Speech Delay Affects Language Development in Children

Most children who show difficulties in reading have or have had a form of speech disorder such as speech delay, dyslexia or stuttering. In this article, we explore what kind of role speech disorders …

What to Expect when Your Bilingual Child Starts Learning to Read

A quarter of one million people migrate to the UK each year¹, increasing the number of children growing up bilingual or multilingual. As both a practicing child psychologist and speech therapist, I …

Is Being Left Handed Connected to Learning Difficulties?

One of the most common questions posed to me as a child psychologist and speech therapist is a question about reading disorders. And more often than not, they come from parents of children who are …

Get Ready For School: Intellectual, Psychological, and Social Aspects

It’s very normal as a parent to be concerned about your child getting ready for school. Skills related to reading and writing, counting and arithmetic, and the ability to solve logical problems …

Cognitive Development in Children

Learning how to read and write is an important stage in the development of the child, the effectiveness of which depends on his general cognitive abilities. There are cases when the difficulties in …

Development of Spatial Orientation and Eye-Hand Coordination

Learning process of reading and writing is based on the child's spatial orientation skills (top, bottom, right, left, understanding of prepositions) and visual-motor coordination, especially eye-hand …

Fun reading games to help children learn to read

Learning to read is likely the most challenging task a child has faced in their lives at the age when they start learning to read. Learning to read can feel impossible to the child, especially if …