Charles is also a specialist in child education

• He integrates his research in AI and cognitive science, and develops a full range of thinking strategies that improve children's intellectual abilities. These thinking strategies embrace, enhance, and connect with math, science, and other areas.
• He develops "Power Thinking with Dr. Ling", a video-based program that teaches thinking strategies to elementary-school students. The program has been approved by Curriculum Services Canada, and licensed in hundreds of elementary schools in Ontario, Canada.
• He presented an invited plenary speech at the International Conference on Cognitive Science. Title: Artificial Intelligence for Improving Children's Thinking. Download the position paper here (PDF). His other related publications can be found here).
• He published an audio book How to Teach Your Child to be Gifted (From Birth to Six Years Old) (ISBN: 0968428908), 1998.