Of the top 30 words that parents are calling kids' attention to ('look at the'), 12 are animals.

Of the top 30 words that parents are calling kids' attention to ('look at the'), 12 are animals.

We have this enormous connection to the living world that is reflected in our language...

Language develops by interacting with other people talking to you.

Kids will use their own system at the stage that they are, they're not (learning merely by) imitating you.

Your brain is not formed when you're born. You have to build your brain.

Literacy, written language is a very late acquisition in terms of human evolution.