Positive attention from day one

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A child's sense of security and safety is built from a nurturing, responsive relationship with caregivers. If you smile at the baby when he/she looks at you, support and encourage the child when he/she is insecure or scared, notice the child's interest, motivate him/her for further activity - the child will feel safe with you and will be ready to explore the world with you, and later with other significant people.

A child's sense of security and safety is built from a nurturing, responsive relationship with caregivers. If you smile at the baby when he/she looks at you, support and encourage the child when he/she is insecure or scared, notice the child's interest, motivate him/her for further activity - the child will feel safe with you and will be ready to explore the world with you, and later with other significant people.

Movement and play: newborns

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Through play, newborns learn what their bodies can do and build their motor skills.Newborns gain more control of their bodies as they develop during the early weeks.Play ideas for newborn motor development include tummy time, floor time and, as they get a bit older, play with rattles and dangling objects.
Through play, newborns learn what their bodies can do and build their motor skills.Newborns gain more control of their bodies as they develop during the early weeks.Play ideas for newborn motor development include tummy time, floor time and, as they get a bit older, play with rattles and dangling objects.

Thinking and play: newborns

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Play is important for newborn cognitive development. Through play, your baby begins to learn about you, their world, and concepts like movement and colour. Newborn play ideas include talking, sharing books and pictures, singing, exploring outside and playing with soft toys.
Play is important for newborn cognitive development. Through play, your baby begins to learn about you, their world, and concepts like movement and colour. Newborn play ideas include talking, sharing books and pictures, singing, exploring outside and playing with soft toys.

Playing with newborns

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Play is important for overall newborn development, learning, wellbeing and bonding. Playing with your newborn is about interacting with your baby. Newborn play ideas include smiling at your baby, blowing raspberries and having tummy time.
Play is important for overall newborn development, learning, wellbeing and bonding. Playing with your newborn is about interacting with your baby. Newborn play ideas include smiling at your baby, blowing raspberries and having tummy time.

What is learning for a child?

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Although adults may have the idea that learning means intentionally acquiring certain knowledge, from a child's perspective, learning means something else.

Although adults may have the idea that learning means intentionally acquiring certain knowledge, from a child's perspective, learning means something else.

Talk to your baby

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When a child listens to words and has an opportunity to hear the names of phenomena, experiences or activities, he/she learns the meanings of words and ways of expressing his/her thoughts or feelings. We call this process "language nutrition" and science offers unequivocal evidence that this type of "nutrition" is very important for brain development, as well as overall child development.

When a child listens to words and has an opportunity to hear the names of phenomena, experiences or activities, he/she learns the meanings of words and ways of expressing his/her thoughts or feelings. We call this process "language nutrition" and science offers unequivocal evidence that this type of "nutrition" is very important for brain development, as well as overall child development.

Reading with babies from birth

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Reading, storytelling, talking and singing with your baby helps her learn about sounds, words and language.Babies enjoy listening to books with good rhyme, rhythm and repetition.
Reading, storytelling, talking and singing with your baby helps her learn about sounds, words and language.Babies enjoy listening to books with good rhyme, rhythm and repetition.

Reading to the child and reading with the child

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Reading is one of the ways for a child to get "language nutrition". This "food" is one of the most comprehensive ways of stimulating development, as proven by science. Reading offers words - names for things, activities, events that the child sees around him/her, his/her experiences, feelings and the like.

Reading is one of the ways for a child to get "language nutrition". This "food" is one of the most comprehensive ways of stimulating development, as proven by science. Reading offers words - names for things, activities, events that the child sees around him/her, his/her experiences, feelings and the like.

Reading with toddlers

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Reading, storytelling, talking and singing with your toddler helps him learn about sounds, words and language.Try to read daily with your toddler. Ask your child to fill in the words in stories she knows, and name what she sees in the pictures.Your toddler might enjoy books with animals, stories about playtime, and lift-the-flap and pop-up books. See book suggestions below.
Reading, storytelling, talking and singing with your toddler helps him learn about sounds, words and language.Try to read daily with your toddler. Ask your child to fill in the words in stories she knows, and name what she sees in the pictures.Your toddler might enjoy books with animals, stories about playtime, and lift-the-flap and pop-up books. See book suggestions below.

Language development: 1-2 years

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Language development in children aged 1-2 years is amazing. Your child will start to understand what you say to him. And by the year’s end, you might even understand some of what he says to you! Here are some of the things you might expect at this age.
Language development in children aged 1-2 years is amazing. Your child will start to understand what you say to him. And by the year’s end, you might even understand some of what he says to you! Here are some of the things you might expect at this age.
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