Extension
Date of this Version
2005
Abstract
Did you know?
• Infants are mastering language simply by listening to us talk.
• Babies begin learning about language in the first months of life. They can hear the difference between all the consonants and vowels used in any language.
• By the age of 6 months, infants have trained their ears to the sounds of their native language and they have learned to distinguish these sounds before actually learning words.
Baby talk, or "Parentese," makes it easier for the baby to learn a language because the sounds are greatly exaggerated.
This NebFact discusses how to communicate with children, language and communication development, engaging in conversation, tips of effective communications with your baby, and communication and language in play
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