Child's Play, Learning and Development Lab

Are you pregnant with your first child?🍼 We’re looking for first-time expecting mothers in their third trimester to join our study! You can help us learn more about parents’ expectations of how they want to raise their child!🐣 To learn more, click the link in our bio and sign up today! 🔗

We wish you all a happy and healthy 2026 from the Child’s Play, Learning, and Development Lab! ☃️ Enjoy our newsletter which includes useful information for parents! Click the link in our bio to access the PDF and links we mention in the newsletter🔗

Looking for a fun way to spark curiosity? Try Tip #9: Flashlight Adventures! Let children lead the way as they explore shadows, nature, and numbers, all while building confidence and independence!

Tip #4: Want even more ideas to help your children learn through play?

Bring your children to our lab for our playful learning study ✨

Do you have a curious 4- or 5-year-old? We’re looking for families to join our playful learning study! 🧩🌈

Looking for a fun family outing?

Tip #3: Visit the Delaware Children’s Museum and play alongside your child!

Talking about your visit afterward helps kids remember and learn even more.

Looking for a fun way to build your child’s skills?

Try Tip #2: Simon Says and Red Light, Green Light!

These classic games help children strengthen self-control and executive function while having fun.

Explore these six essential principles for nurturing children’s language development! 😄Thank you Kathy and Roberta for these helpful tips!

Final dinner with all senior labbers before our lab coordinator, Janelle, heads to graduate school this summer! 🥹👩🏻‍🔬

This week, Stories with Clever Hedgehog was recognized as a trusted partner of Project Kesher! We are so proud of our team 🦔 Please visit http://ebooks4ukrkids.org to see what Clever Hedgehog is all about!! 😁📕📚

We had a blast at our Spring Lab Party! A huge THANK YOU to our wonderful crew of labbers for another amazing semester 🥳🧸🎈

👩🏻‍🔬🧪🔬Researchers Nesrin (visiting scholar) and Faezeh (graduate student) hard at work! 😊 We love sharing our research findings with the community. We’d love to see you and your child in our lab, please see the link in our bio to sign up! 🤩