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By one month of age, every child should be showing awareness of sounds, turning (at least with their eyes) towards voices or rattles. Most babies start making cooing sounds by three months of age, and make several other different sounds (growling, laughing, etc). By four months, babies should be able to hold a "conversation" without words listening when you talk to them, then "talking" back at you. Of course, on any given day, a baby …

…of you will have. If your child has difficulty pronouncing some words, do not point out the mistake. Simply repeat the whole sentence back using the appropriate words. Read to your child every day, children who learn to read early and easily are those who were read to at home. As they show an interest in writing, provide them with writing materials and time and space to scribble, pretend to write, and eventually to write.