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every Thursday at
6:35 am on WMBI
and daily on KTIS in
St. Paul/Minneapolis
at 8:20 am.
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Welcome
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Just how much DO your kids understand?
Parents often assume that because toddlers aren’t talking much, they don’t understand things. But research is showing that they just might understand more than you think.
• Research done at Temple University has indicated that babies start to recognize their names by around 4 ˝ months. By the age of 1 year, most babies know about 50 words. (That doesn’t mean that they verbalize these words.) And by 14 months they can understand the inflection in your voice. In other words, children are tuned in from a very early age.
• Reading to your child, singing to your child, talking to your child are very important activities to help them develop their language skills.
• Ask yourself, what vocabulary words should you eliminate? Don’t wait until you hear those words repeated. Now you know that your child is learning them before she is capable of repeating them.
• Be careful not to label your child with a negative nickname. Susie, the trouble-maker or James, the bully will know their negative niche before they are able to say their own names. The chances exist that Susie or James might live down to those labels.
• Your child understands, even when very young, what you mean when you say “no.” They are able to recognize the word itself and the tone. Be certain your “no” means “no!”
• By 18 to 21 months researches declare that your child will begin a “language explosion, learning an average of nine words a day!” Enjoy that part of their development. Encourage and applaud this extraordinary time of learning.
I'd love to hear from you. Email me at kendra@kendrasmiley.com.
Blessings!
Kendra
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NEW BOOK SPECIAL!
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$15 each or 2 for $20
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06:35 am - 06:55 am
Jul 26th
