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Your baby's growth and development - 10 months old
A 10-month-old will be very active. As a parent, you’ll probably be chasing them around as they crawl, and be learning more about their developing personality.
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Your baby's growth and development - 9 months old
Your 9-month-old will, by now, really be developing their personality. They will form stronger attachments with a few people, preferring some over others.
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Your baby's growth and development - 12 months old
At 12 months, your baby is now a toddler. If they haven’t already, it won’t be long now before they take their first steps, develop a sense of humour, and tell you they love you.
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Reading to your child
Reading to your child is a great way to help them do well at school and develop cognitive, reading and language skills. Find out more about the benefits here.
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Language development in autistic children | Raising Children Network
Autistic children can find it hard to learn and use language. You can help by creating reasons to use language, playing, modelling and rewarding language.
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Language development: children 0-8 years | Raising Children Network
Language development in children is amazing. And at 0-8 years, lots of talking and listening together is the secret to helping your child learn language.
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Baby language development: 3-12 months | Raising Children Network
At 3-12 months, there’s a lot happening with baby language development. Expect your baby to coo, laugh, play with sounds, babble and gesture. Read more.
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Language development in children 1-2 years | Raising Children Network
Language development in children 1-2 years is amazing. Your child starts understanding what you say. By two, you can partly understand what she says too!
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Language development – the early years | Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
Right from birth, babies learn language and communication skills and are able to react to different sounds
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Bilingual children- teaching children a second language
Second language development in children requires teaching. Multilingual learning resources like flashcards can help children learn English and other languages.
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