Note where you accent words. Change the tone and inflections of your voice. Play music and sing along. Children need to make sounds and feel the delight and results that making sounds brings. Sound helps develop brain connections that help a child respond to others.
Synapses are strongest when the learning has a function.
Words that get results are stimulating. The thrill that accompanies asking why, what, and when questions may come from a synapse connecting. Choose activities that give children opportunities to make choices using memory. Toddlers and preschoolers respond to sorting, matching, and classifying games. Examples are sorting, naming, and assigning colors or numbers to common items such as socks, silverware, blocks, and pictures.