Studies

Most studies are online only unless specified

Baby Chat Study

Who: 24-month-olds to 35-month-olds

What: We are interested in learning more about two-year-olds emerging perspective-taking skills in the context of video chat interactions. In this 20-to-30-minute video- recorded study, parents and children will engage in a 10-minute book-reading task, a 5-minute show-and-tell task, and a 5-minute perspective-taking task.

How: Please fill out the form below if you are interested in participating!
https://forms.gle/r6yRcyERLCBJfd7x9

Learning from Overheard Contexts [In-lab Study] 

Who: 24-month-olds to 35-month-olds

What: Our study is designed to understand how young children learn from overheard conversations. During a 30-minute study in our lab, your child will listen as a member of our research team labels objects, and then your child will be asked questions about the objects. Participation is voluntary. 

How: Please fill out the form below if you are interested in participating!
https://forms.gle/SXstzBKjLvZos6cK6

Let’s learn new words in books

Let’s learn new words in books!

Who: 4-year-old children who speak English as a primary language.

What: Our study is designed to understand how young children are learning to understand new words. During a 10-15-minute Zoom study, you will meet with one of our researchers who will read your child a book and ask them questions about the book.

How: Fill in the form below and the researcher will contact you with more information!

https://forms.gle/PwZKnhGMHxL8oy8N8

Emotion Book Study

Who: 4-year-old children who speak English as a primary language.

What: Our study is designed to how young children learn new words from storybooks with emotions. During a 15-minute Zoom study, you will meet with one of our researchers who will read your child a story. After the story, your child will be asked questions about some of the words they heard in the story. We hope you will participate!

How: Click the link below to sign up! A researcher will then follow up with you via email.

https://forms.gle/TzfZttEWY45m9zBQA

Let's match some pics

Let’s match some pictures!

Who: 4 to 6-year-old children who speak English as a primary language.

What: Our study is designed to understand how young children think about the “opposite” relation. During a 30-minute Zoom study, you will meet with one of our researchers who will show your child some pictures and ask them to match the ones that go together. We hope you will participate!

How: Fill in the form below and the researcher will contact you with more information!

https://forms.gle/c6wYmNz4kqyhC1FH9

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Let’s learn new spatial words!

Who: Children ages 5 to 6 years old who speak English as a primary language.

What: Our study is designed to understand how young children are learning to understand new words. During a 10-15-minute Zoom study, you will meet with one of our researchers who will show your child a series of videos with everyday objects and ask them questions about the videos.

How: Fill in the form below and the researcher will contact you with more information!

https://forms.gle/bPDbzwdsysqebgJB8

Let’s learn new spatial words

Learning about Science

Who: Children ages 7 to 8 years old.

What: We are interested in understanding how children learn about science through different types of media. In this 20-to-25-minute video-recorded study, children will listen to a 15-minute science-related podcast and answer questions about what they learned.

How: Please fill out the form below if you are interested in participating!

https://forms.gle/r6yRcyERLCBJfd7x9

Families and Podcasts Study 

Who: 7- to 8-year-old children & a parent

What: We are interested in understanding how parents and children engage with podcasts. In this 30- to 40-minute Zoom study, parents and children will listen to a 10-minute science-related podcast together and children will answer questions about what they learned. The study session will be recorded. 

Please fill out the form below if you are interested in participating!
https://forms.gle/ExboukZJ9EA7AkKu5

If you are looking for more studies to do with your child, please check out ChildrenHelpingScience.com

Children Helping Science has studies from universities around the world, on many different topics, for children of multiple ages (infancy to 18 years).