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language development

Helping Your Child Learn to Speak Words

May 8, 2024May 8, 2024 by valplowman

Get a list of things to do and things NOT to do to help your baby, pretoddler, or toddler learn to talk. There are things you can do to enhance …

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Categories Baby, Pretoddler Tags language development, Nurture Shock 1 Comment

How to Teach Your Baby Sign Language

October 4, 2024March 1, 2021 by valplowman
baby doing sign language

How to Teach Your Baby Sign Language to enhance language development and avoid tantrums. When to start and the benefits. When we talk about teaching baby sign language, we do …

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Categories Baby Tags Babywise II, language development, poll results, sign language 13 Comments

My Son Can’t Handle Play Dates

June 5, 2019 by valplowman
Child upset on a slide at a playground

Tips for moms to figure out how to get out of the house when their child cannot handle play dates or social situations without a meltdown.     anonymous guest …

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Categories Parenting Tags Guest Post, language development 4 Comments

Brinley Pre-Toddler Summary {17.5 Months Old}

November 20, 2023January 28, 2014 by valplowman
17.5 month old sleeping in her crib for nap time.

17.5 month old pretoddler schedule and routine. 17.5 month old schedule. Pretoddler schedule for baby’s 74-75th weeks. 74-week-old and 75-week-old pretoddler routine and daily life. Learn about pretoddler eating, babyproofing …

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Categories Pretoddler Tags language development, pre-toddler summary 1 Comment

The Best Way to Build Vocabulary in Children

November 5, 2021November 10, 2011 by valplowman
Father reading a book to his daughter

Reading is the very best way to build vocabulary. Read aloud to your kids and encourage them to read independently when they can. What do you think is the most …

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Categories Reading Tags language development, read aloud handbook 5 Comments

Early Literacy and Phonemic Awareness

October 7, 2019October 9, 2009 by valplowman
Preschooler wearing suspenders deep in thought

The importance of phonemic awareness for a pre-reader or pre-writer. What that even is and how to teach your child at home. Here is the next post by blog reader, Susanne. …

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Categories Reading Tags Guest Post, language development, learning, literacy 6 Comments

Index: Language Development

June 12, 2019August 30, 2009 by valplowman

Tips for Developing Language Skills Great Children’s Books Helping Your Child Speak Words Language Development : http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/03/language-development.html Non-BW: The Value of Reading: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/non-bw-value-of-reading.html Read 30 Minutes a Day Sign Language …

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Valerie Plowman

Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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