Happy Thanksgiving! This week we are thankful for parents, relatives, and child care teachers who intentionally work to focus on quality interactions with young children. Nurturing an infant or toddler’s language and communication skills can have lasting effects on math, reading, and science later in life. Our Thanksgiving gift to you comes from the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. The Institute has created “More Than Baby Talk: 10 Ways to Promote the Language and Communication Skills of Infants and Toddlers” (pdf). This brief guide outlines 10 research-based practices for nurturing language and communication skills among infants and toddlers.

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We hope you have a happy Thanksgiving – and share this resource (pdf) with someone you’re thankful to for impacting the life of a young child.