Outreach Specialists Sarah Roseberry and Elizabeth Zack share insights from I-LABS research regarding language development and imitation. This important dialogue was featured in the April edition of ParentMap Magazine: ‘Whether you’re a parent or researcher, everyone agrees: Babies are amazing! “They’re these little geniuses who have a lot to share,” says Sarah Roseberry. Roseberry is an outreach specialist at the … Read More
Road Map Parent Forum Connects More Than 750 to I-LABS’ Exhibits
More than 750 children and families from 7 south King Country school districts and communities converged on Foster High School in Tukwila for the Community Center for Education Results Road Map project Parent Forum to learn about educational resources and how to engage and advocate for children within and without the school system. The I-LABS interactive exhibits on display drew … Read More
I-LABS at the 2013 UW PAWS-On Science Festival
April 5-6, 2013 – For the second year in a row, the entire I-LABS Outreach Team was on hand at the Pacific Science Center during the University of Washington PAWS-On Science Husky Weekend. Over 13,000 parents and children came through the Center and learned about the science of early learning at our interactive booth featuring 3 hands-on exhibits. This event … Read More
Andrew J. Rotherham of Eduwonk.com reflects on I-LABS research and universal pre-K programs
After hearing talks from I-LABS Co-Directors Andrew Meltzoff and Patricia Kuhl at the America’s Promise Summit in Washington D.C., Andrew J. Rotherham shares his thoughts on early learning and the upcoming proposal for universal pre-K. Read more at the Eduwonk.com Blog.
I-LABS interactive exhibits dazzle at the annual Brain Awareness Week Open House
For the 5th year in a row, the I-LABS interactive exhibits were a hit at the annual Brain Awareness Week Open House, this year held at the University of Washington HUB. Students from schools across the Pacific Northwest came to learn from different units at UW about different facets of the brain. I-LABS interactive booths use a touch-screen display and … Read More
I-LABS Advisory Board member’s op-ed emphasizes the importance of social emotional contexts for learning
I-LABS board member Jackie Bezos shares insights regarding a new “School in the Cloud” online learning initiative designed to increase access to education for children with specific empahasis on creating social emotional learning experiences in the home. This important effort is headed by Dr. Sugata Mitra or Newcastle University. Read the full article in the Huffington Post.
I-LABS Scientists in Washington DC
On Feb 25-27, Co-Directors Patricia Kuhl and Andrew Meltzoff, along with Outreach team Hannah Lidman and Sarah Roseberry, presented the latest research in a series of meetings to top government officials in Washington DC. Grad Nation Summit – Monday, February 25, 2013 Department of Education – Tuesday, February 26th 2013 Congressional Briefing – Wednesday, February 27th 2013 Department of Health … Read More
New Research: While in womb, babies begin learning language from their mothers
Each time a newborn sucks on the pacifier, a computer delivers sound into the headphones. The sounds are computer-generated versions of vowels. Infants in both countries were tested with English and Swedish vowels. This newborn in Sweden is listening to an English vowel; after long pause in sucking, the vowel is changed. The number of sucking responses to each vowel … Read More
I-LABS Research Featured for the 2011 Education Nation Summit in New York City
I-LABS was proud to participate in the 2011 Education Nation Summit, hosted by NBC in New York City. The summit took place during the week of September 26, 2011 and sought to ‘engage the country in a solutions-focused conversation about the state of education in America’ by bringing parents, educators and students together with politicians and business leaders. As events continue to unfold … Read More
Dr. Kuhl’s TED.com talk: The linguistic genius of babies
FEb 18, 2011. Dr. Patricia Kuhl’s TEDx Rainier talk on language acquisition is now available on TED.com. Dr. Kuhl talks to attendees at the TEDx Rainier event held on October 10, 2010 about I-LABS’ studies on the first critical period of language development in infants. At the age of six months, babies are able to distinguish sounds from all languages, … Read More