Tips to boost your toddler's speech
Tips to boost your toddler's speech Source : www.thepiripirilexicon.com I was at the playground this morning with my boy. I came back totally amazed by how little some parents speak to their kids. For the whole 15 minutes I was nearby, one dad did not say one single world to his child (who fell over, climbed and playd in the sand). The child was a similar age to mine (18-months old at the time) and dad followed him around the playground the whole time. I know dads tend to speak less than mums. But still. I am not passing judgement, it is merely an observation. There was also a grandfather there with his grandson. They spoke. A lot. The grandfather was putting him back in the pushchair and explaining to him everything that they were now going to do. Research has shown that the amount parents (and other caregivers) speak impacts their children's language. IN A FASCINATING STUDY where researchers recorded toddlers for 10-hour stretches in their home enviro...