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For decades, scientists didn’t think babies could remember
much. Although parents and caregivers suspected that more was
going on inside their young children’s heads, many “experts”
thought babies experienced the world as simply a blur of
sights, sounds, smells and textures.
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Talking with an 18-month-old is hard for those who don’t speak
toddler language! Some words toddlers say sound just right.
Others don’t seem very close to real words. Children learn the
sounds of their language over several years, and some sounds
seem harder to learn than others.
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Beginning at an early age, many children begin trying to
understand the signs, labels, logos and print they see
regularly around them. They are not really reading, but they
are using their growing knowledge of the world and interaction
with adults to give meaning to some of the familiar words they
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From birth to age five, children learn an astonishing amount
about how the world works. They learn how to speak and
understand a complex language, how objects that disappear from
view can still exist, and how people feel about events in
their lives. They are, as several researchers point out, among
the best learners in the universe.
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The age of two can be a very difficult time for parents and
caregivers. Children at this age are growing more independent
and sometimes they do things adults don’t want them to do. If
it seems like children are intentionally disobeying or
disregarding their caregivers’ wishes—it’s because they are!
But they are not trying to drive you crazy on purpose.
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Sometime around the age of 18 months many children experience
what researchers call a “word spurt” (also known as a word or
naming explosion). Word spurt is an increase in the rate at
which children learn to say new words. In other words, the
young child is learning new words quickly and many of these
new words are names of objects!
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