Learning and speech - 1 to 2 years

During this second year, your toddler will not only consolidate all the physical skills she acquired in her first year, but she'll also master one of the most difficult intellectual ones - learning speech.

Learning - 1 to 2 years

During the first year of your baby's life the accent was on learning physical things: she learned to crawl, to stand up and possibly even to take a few steps. The ability to do these things brought with it a sense of physical achievement and a sense of independence. She was able to go and explore...
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Learning and playing - 1 to 2 years

To a child, play is learning; it's also very hard work. While she is playing, she is learning and growing up. Play helps learning in many ways: It can improve manual dexterity. Building a tower of blocks or, when she is older, doing a simple jigsaw, teaches a child that she can make her hands...
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Let your child play alone

Some parents make the mistake of thinking that their child's every waking hour has to be filled with interesting diversions and stimulating activities. This is wrong and can even be harmful.
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Speech - 1 to 2 years

This year your child will make great strides forward in terms of both physical and intellectual development. She'll increase her vocabulary, and her grasp of grammatical construction will greatly improve. In order to speak properly she'll have to unlearn some of the habits she got into when her...
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Speech: helping your child to understand

Understanding speech comes before usage and your toddler will understand a lot more of what she hears than her own speech suggests.
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Toddler talk, step by step

If the truth be told, most toddlers express themselves with ease and there is no need to worry even if they take a little more time than others to start talking.
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