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Character-Based Games to Support Speech Development
A 2-year-old who answers "What did you do at daycare?" with a shrug will often spend ten minutes telling a sock puppet about it. The puppet does the t...
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When Daycare Does Not Accelerate Speech Development
The expectation that daycare will accelerate language is mostly accurate but not universal. For some children, several months at a quality program pro...
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Why Speech May Improve After Starting Daycare
A common pattern parents describe: by week 6 at daycare, the toddler who had 30 words six weeks ago is now using short sentences, naming things they'v...
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The Impact of Daycare on Speech and Language Development
Parents have two opposing worries about daycare and language: that it'll slow their child's speech (concern about peer influence and reduced one-on-on...
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The Impact of Daycare on Speech Development
Many parents wonder if daycare affects their child's speech development. [Healthbooq](https://healthbooq.com/apps/healthbooq-kids) explains how daycar...
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Bilingual Children and Early Speech Development: What Parents Need to Know
Growing up with more than one language is normal in much of the UK and most of the world. Yet bilingual families still get told, by well-meaning but u...
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