Merriam Webster's 150 First Words

Merriam Webster's 150 First Words book cover — Introduction Children learn language from their parents and families Research shows that young children learn words most easily when parents and caregivers use single words and short phrases to narrate and describe what the child and the caregivers are doing throughout the day Incorporating these short descriptions into the child’s daily routines and play activities is a simple way for parents to encourage language learning In addition to providing pictures of common items in a child’s life this book is intended to give models of the kinds of short comments that fit well into a child’s daily routines Over 150 new words and phrases are included in the text Once children start to talk repeating their words and adding a little bit to what they say encourages them to say more Parents can help with language understanding by asking simple questions about the 90 photos shown along the page borders such as Where’s the duck or Who’s running And then encourage the child to point to the appropriate picture Using simple language with lots of expression while communicating with your child creates a lifelong bond Claire Laties Davis MS CCC SLP Picture Agency Credits Key I iStock S Shutterstock D Dreamstime R 123RF A Alamy T Tetra Images Babies L-R Row 1 michaeljung I Aldo Murillo I ajaykampani I Row 2 Asia Images Group S Donald Iain Smith T Capuski I Row 3 Tanya Constantine T PeopleImages I AngiePhotos I Objects L-R Wake up onurdongel I SweetyMommy I karandaev I Michael Burrell I 3DMAVR S ivanastar I beright I AlexStar I MichaelJayBerlin S Get dressed og_photo S scol22 I AlexMax I mawielobob I NYS444 I Toxitz I clubfoto I Hungry Nerthuz I kyoshino I Zaclurs D TimUR I LightFieldStudios I Abc4foto D Rouzes I footstock_pdv I kaanates I akova I pamela_d_mcadams I Fuzullhanum I atoss I Play time MicroStockHub I zayatssv I BLUEXHAND I baona I ThomasVogel I Dmitri Stalnuhhin R Get ready GeniusKp I Dechev D Arnont tp S Floortje I imaginima I Sergiy1975 I Vitali Andreyavets D Grassetto I Outside macroworld I Cinecam S george socka I Popartic I DSGPro I Rawpixel I Abel Tumik S At the park Farinosa I rusm I SabOlga S Jan Martin Will S Sergiy Kuzmin S Le Do R nasidastudio S InspirationGP S TimUR I Sharp S GlobalP I Oops photovideostock I alslutsky S BK foto S Diana Taliun S Panther Media GmbH A Max Labeille I Time to cook Grassetto I Bernd Schmidt S delmonte1977 I olvas I SvetlanaK I akinshin I Stock Image Factory D GURPREET SINGH I blackred I Burly I Andrey_Popov S Wirestock D MahirAtes I spaxiax I Suradech14 I Take a bath studiomode A ArturTona S ayo888 I pioneer111 I Atlas Studio I Curly Graphics S ababil12 I wk1003mike S mariusFM77 I Mikhail Spaskov I Time for bed jocic S Irogova D Alexander Mogilevets S Firmafotografen I gupina S Venus Angel S Shirt on cover Chernetskaya D

Merriam Webster's 150 First Words — page 1 — Wake up Mommy Daddy Up Sun’s up Good morning Baby’s awake Out you come Baby Crib Stuffed animal Bottle Blanket

Merriam Webster's 150 First Words — page 2 — Stacking rings Box Window Goldfish Ball

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