Talk to Your Children

The more parents talk to their children the better. Especially from birth to preschool, talking will help their brains develop faster. Scientist have found that the amount of words a baby hears by the age of three is related to how well the child does academically by age nine.

While many people agree sending your child to preschool at age four is important, parents can help their children to succeed academically by talking to them as often as possible. Children even at the age of 18 months old can be many months behind in their brain's development if parents don't make a habit is speaking to their children directly.  

So what can you do? Putting your baby in front of the TV is not going to work. You have to speak with your baby, show them an object and then speak the word. You can read to them out loud. All these things help you baby increase their vocabulary.  

Read more: http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21596923-how-babbling-babies-can-boost-their-brains-beginning-was-word?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/pe/inthebeginningwastheword