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7 ways to build your child's vocabulary

  • Written by David Dickinson, Professor of Teaching & Learning, Vanderbilt University
The size of a child's vocabulary during the early years helps shape language skills later in life.Monkey Business Images/www.shutterstock.com

If you want your child to have a rich and fulfilling life, one of the best things you can do is help build your child’s vocabulary. Research shows strong language ability is associated with a number of p...

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