Intelligence
| • Creating a private language or an invented one
like pig-latin • Picking up phrases or stories • Memorizing long strings of words from books or TV • Telling stories or writing poetry • Reading at early age, often teaching self |
| • Read to child every night • Give a library card and visit the library • Pin up his/her writing on refrigerator • Play word games at night and on trips • Give him/her a good dictionary • Show how books are important in your life • Talk about books at supper • Encourage storytelling • Write down his stories • Make picture books on themes • Help child build a collection of books |
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Birth to 6 months |