Her current areas of interest include children’s theory of mind, narrative development, early literacy, play, and early mathematics development. She is also interested in working with teachers to explore more effective ways of applying developmental research in designing classroom curricula. The bulk of her research has focused on the developmental relations among language, theory of mind and narrative skill. For several years, she has been part of a longitudinal research study (with Mary Thelander) investigating the impact of a story-based curriculum on children’s language and theory-of-mind development. She has recently become involved with the Math for Young Children initiative, a research partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Education aiming to enhance mathematics education in early years classrooms.