Mar 24, 2020 | Language development
Babies map new sounds effortlessly… Everyone knows that babies don’t just communicate through irresistible eye contact and cute facial expressions – from the very start of life they have an innate desire to learn and use language. In the early weeks and...
Nov 19, 2019 | Language development, Music for babies
Somebody’s definitely listening… Do babies learn their first songs in the womb? It’s quite common for parents to play music to their unborn baby in the hope that it will improve their development… but does it have any effect? Research carried...
May 17, 2019 | Language development
Prepare to be listened to very intently. When do babies first tune in the sounds of speech? A few decades ago, many people would have answered that babies start listening to language at birth – or even when they begin to say their first words. Over recent years,...
