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How getting kids to make grocery lists and set the table can improve their vocabulary and willingness to learn

  • Written by Diana Leyva, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
imageChildren can help make grocery lists and confirm the parent has bought everything on the list. Antonio Diaz/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Reading, writing and math are often thought of as subjects that children learn in school. But as a psychologist who researches how families can help support learning at home, I have found that children can also learn...

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