The first lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in school closures and homeschooling
for families across the world. This provided a unique scenario to investigate multilingual …

We investigated how exogenous variation in exposure to the COVID‐19 pandemic during
the first year of life is related to infant development, maternal mental health, and perceived …

Early executive functions (EFs) lay the foundations for academic and social outcomes. In this
parent‐report study of 575 UK‐based 8‐to 36 month olds (218 followed longitudinally), we …

Children who speak one language at home and a different language at school may be at
higher risk of falling behind in their academic achievement when schooling is disrupted. The …

Background: A diverse body of research conducted since the start of Covid-19 has
investigated the impact of the pandemic on children's environments and their language …

Infants have been shown to rely both on auditory and visual cues when processing speech.
We investigated the impact of COVID-related changes, in particular of face masks, in early …

Developmental research utilizes various different methodologies and measures to study the
cognitive development of young children; however, the reliability and validity of such …

The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about children's
development. Here, we examined the impact of the pandemic on Canadian infants' and …

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings faced significant disruption during the
COVID-19 pandemic, compromising the continuity, stability and quality of provision. Three …

This current study examines the extent to which children's interests and caregivers'
sensitivity to their children's interests are associated with the quality of caregiver–child …