It might look like just a big bump, but can you believe your little one is always listening, even before they’re born?We know this because they actually move around less and have a slower heartbeat when they hear their mum speak.
Amazingly, this means baby is learning the building blocks of language from inside the womb.And once they’re born, they’ll already recognise the vowel sounds of their parent’s language and they might even recognise sounds from sentences they heard before they were born!Babies’ listening powers don’t just end there, they can even tell the difference between languages!
So, a newborn baby with English speaking parents, will be able to tell the difference between English and Chinese, even before they understand a single word of English.Babies are language superheroes listening even before they’re born. So, talk to your bump and even tell them stories! And once they’re born, you can feed their superpower by carrying on that talking habit. Talk about what they’re looking at, and what they’re interested in. It helps if they can hold it too. It really is as easy as that!
Did you know that even before they're born, your baby is listening and learning?
So talk to your bump, sing it songs - even tell it stories. This is a great way to get their language learning off to a flying start.
Image caption, It might look like just a big bump, but can you believe your little one is always listening, even before they’re born? We know this because they actually move around less and have a slower heartbeat when they hear their mum speak.
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