Catherine Tamis-LeMonda – Play and Language Lab

In the Play & Language Lab, we study children’s learning and development across the first years of life, with a focus on how social and cultural contexts influence the skills that children acquire and how they engage with their physical and social environments. Our observations of children and parents in structured tasks and the natural setting of their home environments, provide us with rich video records for detailed coding of children, caregivers, and context.

toddler is seated in a high-chair pointing at something in the distance Mother and child are seated on the floor playing with blocks Infant in Tajikistan is in a "gahvora" cradle
Language & Literacy Development Play & Exploration Culture & Development
Mother and child are playing with a stroller together  

Mother and child are sitting together playing with geometrical blocks

 
Developmental Cascades Early Math & Spatial Cognition Parenting in Fathers and Mothers