That's right - go ahead and guess!

VOCAL PLAY and COMMUNICATION

Parenting often seems like one big guessing game.  Well, there's one circumstance in which making a guess can improve your baby's development - when you guess to make sense of baby's sounds.  Guessing and verbalizing what you think baby is saying will help baby to understand that he can communicate and be understood.  This will motivate him to continue to use his voice to express himself.  So, when baby squeals with delight, say "You like playing that game; You want to do it again!" And when baby grunts with effort you can say, "You're trying to get that ball.  It's hard work trying to crawl over to the ball."  Also, the more you encourage baby to make a variety of vocal sounds, the more you will encourage her developing voice for both expressive speaking and for accurate singing. 

On our blog - Did you know that you can Answer That Baby Babble, to Speed Up Language Development?

Kindermusik @ Home:

• Log in to your Kindermusik @ Home account, and learn the Pretty Bird fingerplay!  How does baby react? 
• Then, listen to some Bird Chirping!  Does baby copy any of the bird sounds?  Can you decipher which is baby's favorite one? 
• Cue up a favorite track from your Kindermusik home CD, and dance around, with baby!  Does he try to sing along?  Does she squeal with delight whenever you stop, then start again?