Growing Up Brainy

Baby brains are often compared to sponges, and it’s true – they absorb information at an amazing rate. While an incredible amount of learning takes place long before a baby is born as he or she is...

Here at smallTalk, we love helping you discover the best ways to develop and grow your baby’s brain. But what if we told you that there was something you could do to boost your baby’s learning by 90...

Did you know that the early development of your baby’s brain lays the foundation for all their future learning? As parents, we know we play an integral part in our baby’s early learning, but what if...

Have you been anxiously awaiting your little one’s first word, wondering if it will be “dada,” “mama,” or something else entirely? Watching the process of your baby acquiring a language is...

There’s no denying that babies are cute- and as adults, we often want to mirror this cuteness right back to them! But what if we told you that there’s a right way to talk to your baby?   At...

If you're about to have a baby and you and/or your partner happens to be bilingual, you've likely heard the age-old suggestion that it is best for each parent to speak one (and only one) of the two...

Your baby is born ready to acquire language. We say acquire rather than learn because language development is different from other types of knowledge learning (e.g. math, music). We don’t need to...

It’s no secret that trying to learn a new language as an adult can be quite an uphill battle. But hearing that it would be easier if only you were younger can be frustrating. It can feel like an...

The more you learn about a baby’s development, the more you will see how little they actually need in terms of toys and entertainment--how the world around them is a playground of discovery all on...

Have you ever stopped and pondered how animals like bees and birds can communicate through fixed repetitive patterns, but they do not have language? And how unique is it that human language is not...