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Language Development & Communication
Listening & Understanding
WiseTip: LD-UND-M1626-E01A

Provide opportunities for your toddler to listen to the sounds of nature e.g. birds, animals, people and the rain. Talk about what your child is hearing.

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  1. New Jersey Birth to Three Early Learning Standards. (2013). New Jersey Council for Young Children.

  2. Honig, A. ed. (2014). Fostering Early Language with Infants and Toddlers. Montessori Life, 26(2), 28–31.

16-26 months
Environment
WHY IT MATTERS

Developing children’s ability to focus and listen to surrounding sounds helps in their eventual ability to discern sounds in language.

Children with greater ability to discern sounds have wider vocabulary when they are older. This impacts their language and other learning up to their primary school years.