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Small Talk:
how to develop
your child's
language skills
from birth to age four
Nicola
Lathey & Tracey Blake
The
Experiment, [2014] ©2013
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Babbling
Day – October 21
Babbling
back to babies helps them to speak faster: Researchers prove that attentive
mothers aid child development
Mothers who
interact with their babies speed up their language skills
Parents who
do not respond to their child's gurgling inhibit development
US
researchers studied 12 mothers and their babies over a six month period
Daily
Mail: 8.28.2014 by Jenny Hope
It may just
sound like baby talk, but mothers who hold a ‘conversation’ with their infants
are actually teaching them to speak more quickly.
Researchers
found new mothers who respond enthusiastically to their baby’s babbling are
helping to speed up the child’s language development
They say
parental feedback is a vital process that enables mothers and babies to become
mutually engaged in ‘talking’.
It
enhances the ability of children to communicate – unlike cases where mums did
not respond attentively.
A new
study, by US academics at the University
of Iowa (UI) and Indiana University, serves as evidence that speaking to
infants at a very early age is vital for their development.
The authors say parents who babble back at their newborns – even if they
don’t understand what they’re trying to say – are a key part of the process. READ
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