Travel Tales…with your Tot in Tow!
If you’re interested in language learning, there’s a good chance you’re interested in travel too! Whether your wanderlust is sparked by wanting to see new places, learn about new cultures, or simply to escape from the ordinary, you may be wondering how your little...
Why Routines are an Essential Tool for Building Baby Brains
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 developing in the womb, babies’ brains continue to develop at a rapid...
Building Baby Brains: The Benefit of Combining Language and Movement-Based Play
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 percent? Researchers at Michigan State University have found...
Serving Up Future Learning: Some Tips for Serve and Return Interactions
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 we told you that all of your everyday experiences with your baby aid...
5 Stages of Language Development
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 fascinating, but it doesn’t happen overnight—in fact, it happens over time from...