Look Who's Talking: How to Enhance Your Child's Language Development, Starting at Birth

Using the latest academic research, Laura Dyer has written the most comprehensive book available that shows parents how to enhance their children's language development, starting at birth. She addresses topics such as development in every stage broken down into every two months the first year to age seven. Mrs. Dyer specifically suggests lots of practical ideas to enhance language in each stage of development. She targets literacy and the best way to read to your child. Also when it comes time, how to help your child get ready to read and nurture their literacy development throughout the school years. Mrs. Dyer also provides steps for using sign language successfully and addresses bilingual and trilingual language development issues. She also targets language challenges with international adoptions and how to use music to enhance language development. In this book there are helpful charts that help parents know the window that certain sounds develop so that they do not become overly concerned when unneccessary. This author has addressed multiple questions about common issues from parents such as pacifiers, ear infections, tv, computers and many other issues that affect speech and language. This book is helpful for any parent of typical or special needs children ages birth to seven.