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Language development

Language development is the gradual process through which babies learn to understand and communicate using sounds, gestures, words, and social interaction.

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Language development activities baby

Language development activities baby

How babies begin to communicate During the first year, language development is a gradual progression from regulation and social attention to increasingly intentional communication. Newborns listen to the prosody, or rhythm and intonation, of speech and may quiet or orient toward a familiar voice. Over the following months, babies often become more alert to faces, […]