Limit the TV!
There has been a lot in the news lately regarding baby DVD’s and their effect on language development.
The following excerpt is from Advance magazine : “Researchers at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute, in Seattle, WA, found that for every hour per day spent watching baby DVDs and videos, infants understood an average of six to eight fewer words than infants who did not watch them. Baby DVDs and videos had no positive or negative effect on the vocabularies of toddlers ages 17-24 months.”
The bottom line is this parents: The best tool for your baby’s language development is you!
Nothing can take the place of an interested, loving, and engaged parent! Get talking!
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