Play is essential for children to develop language and literacy skills. Free and purposeful play are both essential for the child’s development. Free play is when the child is allowed to play independently of parental instruction. Purposeful play is still child-led, but the parent/caregiver engages …
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What is Parentese/ Motherese? The Cambridge Dictionary defines motherese as the simple form of language mothers often use when talking to their babies. Over the years the term has encompassed fathers renaming it to parentese. How parents, caregivers and pediatric providers communicate with infants and …
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