Jennise Conley's Blog - Posts Tagged "baby"

For speech and vocabulary development of a child, the critical window is open between birth and 3 years of age. The sounds a child hears in those years will largely determine the size of his/her adult vocabulary. So speak and read-aloud to your child regularly early in life to expose them to a lot of spoken language.
A Fish, a Frog, and a Gnome: My Favorite Poems

There is a powerful way to fine-tune a child's hearing for the emotional aspects of speech: musical training. Researchers in the Chicago area showed that musically experienced kids—those who studied any instrument for at least 10 years, starting before age 7—responded with greased-lightening speed to subtle variations in emotion-laden cues, such as a baby's cry. (Medina, 2010)

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A Fish, a Frog, and a Gnome: My Favorite Poems
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