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An unborn baby begins to absorb sounds prior to birth. A baby in the womb hears conversations, music, household noises and direct talk from mom, dad and other family members. These outside sounds are competing with her internal body noises: […]
What is the ‘talking dance’? It’s the interaction between the parent and child as communication connections are developing. The parent and baby are partners, joined together in practicing a variety of steps for language learning. The parent-teacher is the responder […]
One important strategy to use when creating a language partnership is called “parentese” or infant-directed speech (IDS). “Parentese” is used more frequently and replaces the word “motherese”. This language style is a highly recommended way for parents to speak to […]
Talking time using “Parentese” with “Serve & Return” creates beginning baby conversations for language development. Keep in mind that infants don’t really have an understanding of what they’re saying with their cooing or babbling —they just want to be connected and “in the conversation”. During […]
Vocabulary & Concept Boosters with BONDING There are multiple ways to interact with a baby to increase their vocabulary and ready them to speak. Here are just a few talking time brain gain activities which will stimulate language learning and […]
Language and literacy are connected, but only the spoken aspect of language is natural. Each child at birth comes equipped with the necessary wiring for the development of oral language. Multiple parts of the brain are hardwired together to produce this essential […]
The first beginnings of language start when the child is inside the womb. Before birth, a baby eavesdrops on the outside world, voices and noises are absorbed. At arrival, small tiny ears are already tuning into the sounds being produced […]
Listening is the receptive part of language, it’s the hearing and understanding of what the spoken word means. A baby is a captive audience of one, ready and able to hear voices and surrounding sounds. They are the receivers. Their ears […]
Speaking is the expressive part of language, it is communicating one’s wants, needs, thoughts and ideas . A baby does this almost immediately! Not speaking but producing vocal sounds. Crying is one of the first ways an infant will let a parent know […]
Early language development has two key components: listening and speaking. These elements were presented separately, but they operate in conjunction with each other. Listening leads the way, since the auditory system is ready to go at birth. Speaking is in […]
