Recite nursery rhymes and sing songs. Play rhymes, stories and songs. Copy your child\'s attempts at words to encourage two-way conversation. Also build on your child\'s words. Read with your 20-month-old baby every day and encourage them to choose their favorite stories and follow along. Using your imagination. Find ways to get your toddler to engage in pretend play.
Recite nursery rhymes and sing songs. Play rhymes, stories and songs. Copy your child's attempts at words to encourage two-way conversation. Also build on your child's words. Read with your 20-month-old baby every day and encourage them to choose their favorite stories and follow along. Using your imagination. Find ways to get your toddler to engage in pretend play.
Reading picture books and ‘labelling’ the things in them can really help your little one, as it encourages speech. For instance, say ‘where’s the dog’ and let your child point to it.
20 months is also a good time to introduce the concept of manners, by teaching them to say ‘please and ‘thank you’. It is still too early to insist on this, but you are at least building the foundations.
You can also introduce counting – as your budding mathematician may mimic it if they hear it often enough. But they won’t properly begin to understand numbers until about 30 months.
Reading picture books and ‘labelling’ the things in them can really help your little one, as it encourages speech. For instance, say ‘where’s the dog’ and let your child point to it.
20 months is also a good time to introduce the concept of manners, by teaching them to say ‘please and ‘thank you’. It is still too early to insist on this, but you are at least building the foundations.
You can also introduce counting – as your budding mathematician may mimic it if they hear it often enough. But they won’t properly begin to understand numbers until about 30 months.
Reading picture books and ‘labelling’ the things in them can really help your little one, as it encourages speech. For instance, say ‘where’s the dog’ and let your child point to it.
20 months is also a good time to introduce the concept of manners, by teaching them to say ‘please and ‘thank you’. It is still too early to insist on this, but you are at least building the foundations.
You can also introduce counting – as your budding mathematician may mimic it if they hear it often enough. But they won’t properly begin to understand numbers until about 30 months.
Reading picture books and ‘labelling’ the things in them can really help your little one, as it encourages speech. For instance, say ‘where’s the dog’ and let your child point to it.
20 months is also a good time to introduce the concept of manners, by teaching them to say ‘please and ‘thank you’. It is still too early to insist on this, but you are at least building the foundations.
You can also introduce counting – as your budding mathematician may mimic it if they hear it often enough. But they won’t properly begin to understand numbers until about 30 months.
20 months is also a good time to introduce the concept of manners, by teaching them to say ‘please and ‘thank you’. It is still too early to insist on this, but you are at least building the foundations.
You can also introduce counting – as your budding mathematician may mimic it if they hear it often enough. But they won’t properly begin to understand numbers until about 30 months.
20 months is also a good time to introduce the concept of manners, by teaching them to say ‘please and ‘thank you’. It is still too early to insist on this, but you are at least building the foundations.
You can also introduce counting – as your budding mathematician may mimic it if they hear it often enough. But they won’t properly begin to understand numbers until about 30 months.
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