Language in multilingual families during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: a survey of challenges and opportunities

E García González, L Liu, E Lanza - Multilingua, 2024 - degruyter.com
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 …

The effect of the COVID‐19 pandemic on infant development and maternal mental health in the first 2 years of life

JF Sperber, ER Hart, SV Troller‐Renfree, TW Watts… - Infancy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Not all babies are in the same boat: Exploring the effects of socioeconomic status, parental attitudes, and activities during the 2020 COVID‐19 pandemic on early …

A Hendry, SP Gibson, C Davies, T Gliga, M McGillion… - Infancy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Impacts of the COVID-19 disruption on the language and literacy development of monolingual and heritage bilingual children in the United States

X Sun, RA Marks, RL Eggleston, K Zhang, C Lau… - Reading and …, 2023 - Springer
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 …

[PDF][PDF] How did COVID-19 affect young children's language environment and language development? A scoping review

C Zuniga-Montanez, C Davies… - Journal of Child …, 2024 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
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 …

Early word segmentation behind the mask

S Frota, J Pejovic, M Cruz, C Severino… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] An examination of measures of young children's interest in natural object categories

R Madhavan, B Malem, L Ackermann, R Mundry… - Cortex, 2024 - Elsevier
Developmental research utilizes various different methodologies and measures to study the
cognitive development of young children; however, the reliability and validity of such …

Infants' and toddlers' language development during the pandemic: Socioeconomic status mattered

P Fung, TS Pierre, M Raja, EK Johnson - Journal of Experimental Child …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Sustained benefits of early childhood education and care (ECEC) for young children's development during COVID-19

C Davies, SP Kong, A Hendry… - Journal of Early …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings faced significant disruption during the
COVID-19 pandemic, compromising the continuity, stability and quality of provision. Three …

The quality of caregiver–child interaction is predicted by (caregivers' perception of) their child's interests

R Madhavan, N Mani - Royal Society Open Science, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
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 …