Thirty million words
by Dana Suskind · first published 2015
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"The founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, Professor Dana Suskind, explains why the most important--and astoundingly simple--thing you can do for your child's future success in life is to talk to him or her, reveals the recent science behind this truth, and outlines precisely how parents can best put it into practice"--
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Podcast and book on the same topic, both recommended: http://freakonomics.com/2015/11/19/does-early-education-come... http://www.amazon.com/Thirty-Million-Words-Building-Childs/d...
on “The Thirty Million Word Gap” ↗Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain After three it's too late Children's Garden of Verse Also I am following a lot of psy* experts which specialize on kids but they are not available in English. FWIW: Catherine…
on “Ask HN: Best Resources and Books for a Soon-to-Be-Dad?” ↗Related, but I'm currently reading "Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain", it's fascinating!
on “How babies and young children learn to understand language” ↗https://smile.amazon.com/Thirty-Million-Words-Building-Child...
on “Large home libraries may have a long-term impact on proficiency: study” ↗I haven’t read Thirty Million Words but I second the idea of talking to your child. A lot. I try to tell mine what we are doing, what we are about to do, why we are doing things the way we are, etc. Also, because I don’t always succeed…
on “Ask HN: Best Resources and Books for a Soon-to-Be-Dad?” ↗> I haven’t read Thirty Million Words but I second the idea of talking to your child. If to be honest, this is the only book from my list which I haven't read also. But I have read very thoroughly the "Eye Brain Vision" by David Hubel. He…
on “Ask HN: Best Resources and Books for a Soon-to-Be-Dad?” ↗