Book Review of Talking Baby: Helping your child discover language By Anne Buckley & Margaret Maclagan
Written by
Anne Buckley & Margaret Maclagan, “Talking Baby: Helping your child
discover language” was published on 26th September 2016, in this
book two specialist in children’s language development, explain the precise and
extraordinary process in which how children learn to talk and also about the
special role played by the parents and grandparents. The book starts with a
reference chart narrating key language learning milestones directing readers to
applicable chapters to learn more. Throughout, pictures address key questions,
such as “What does science tell us?” and highlight relevant and applicable
facts.
This book
is a combination of broad understanding of speech development, their behavior
and also some shocking scientific facts about how a baby cries with different
accents. This book offers countless practical suggestions and real-life
experiences on how parents can help in the best way to help their children
learn to talk.
Anne
Buckley & Margaret Maclagan also provide us with many ideas for talking
topics, talking ideas, as well as teach us ways to use the normal everyday
things in life to encourage children’s comprehension and speech development.
The book is lined out clearly, making it easy to dip into a wide range of
topics including first words, putting words together and the question phrases.
This book is helpful and a well-constructed guide for the parents and carers of
children who require alternative ideas or approaches when talking to their
children and understanding their language level. In this book after every end
of the chapter, there are summary tips for parents.
Short and
concise. This book is a great resource for parents, teachers, and speech
therapy students. This book provides small chapters which is great help for
some parents as some parents don’t have a lot of time to dive deep into a
lengthy book. This book is an insightful science-based fact, helpful real-life
examples, and characters on development milestones that babies experience as
they begin talking. A wide range of thoughtful ideas and tips are provided as
well, showing parents completely how they can build-up their communications
with their child to support language development. For example, the book
recommends that parents should put their words into simple sentences and
understandable words when speaking to infants. The other suggestion which is
referred to in the book is to use very few words and simpler words at a time if
a child is very young and doesn’t know many words yet. Block in-block out! For
example. These types of tips paired with the helpful facts throughout the book
makes this a great resource for parents.
Focusing
on parental involvement makes this book so appealing to the readers. For
anxious new parents, the authors have provided the occasional reassurance. An
FAQ section is also included at the end, as a brief list of book
recommendations and websites for further information.
32 Seyana Pereira
BIBLOGRAPHY-
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/inflibnet-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6210167
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48665528-talking-baby
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