Children learn loads between birth and starting school. One thing they pick up are their fine motor skills. Motor skills are a key area of development, and help kids improve their dexterity and ...

Using a fork to eat, zipping up a sweatshirt and turning a doorknob are all things most people do without thinking, but children spend their early years developing and refining these abilities. They ...

Many babies go from crib to crawling in their first year or so. One moment they’re lying on a playmat and the next they're already rolling, crawling and cruising around the living room. So what are ...

From zipping coats to turning book pages, simple tasks are becoming challenges for a generation raised on tablets. Here’s what parents need to know to help. A toddler stacks plastic blocks, practicing ...

Writing, driving a screw or throwing darts are only some of the activities that demand a high level of skill. How the brain masters such exquisite movements has now been described. A map of brainstem ...

Hetty Roessingh receives funding from SSHRC (2019). University of Calgary provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Calgary provides funding as a member of The ...

Understood reports children with ADHD are more likely to struggle with motor skills, highlighting the importance of early ...

Despite the well-documented academic, cognitive, and social difficulties associated with persistent language disorders, predicting early-life language issues remains a significant challenge for ...