From Babling to Books:Building pre reading skill

        The average child has about a 700 word vocabulary by the age of three.•Children of very sociable families have a vocabulary of about 1,100 words Children of uncommunicative, non-reactive families have only about a 500 word vocabulary. From birth to age three, children have roughly 15,000 hours of learning opportunity

        The more you talk, the higher the quality of the language.•Quantity results in quality..All    

        parents engage in “business talk” — imparting necessary information such as “get down 

        from there,” or “don’t do that.”.If you don’t talk much, this terse business talk is the only  

        language children are exposed to. So  talk more — that’s when children are exposed to  

         complex and rich communication.. The  interaction with adult caregivers is the most 

         important part of baby’s world.. The amount of interaction makes the environment 

        richer. You don’t have to worry about how to talk to your baby-–Just talk a lot!

               Talk about what you’re doing, what you see, what’s going on.To the baby, it’s all  

               engagement with the world and people around them.. Listening and learning contribute to 

               language development.