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“Double me!” You know I can’t resist a good language development video, which is why this one from shshshayla on TT jumped right to the top my list for sharing this week. As mom tries to introduce little Willow to the letters in her name, Willow brings a huge... wealth of knowledge to the table… which makes mom’s task slightly more challenging! Told the first letter is “W,” Willow understands mom to be saying “double you” - and correctly restates it as “double me!” When that doesn’t meet mom’s approval, she tries a slightly different - but entirely reasonable response: “double baby Willow!” What clever - and fantastic - responses! And what a perfect example of the complexity of toddlers’ task as they acquire language.show more

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Just Sally ♥️💛♥️💛1 year ago

I just love your account. I took one Childhood Development course in college and this account makes me wish I had explored this area more.

Dan Wuori1 year ago

Thank you! Child development is really endlessly fascinating!

Propertee1 year ago

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Upahill. KPSS 5427 and 29521 year ago

Shes a clever girl!

Dan Wuori1 year ago

For sure!

Jacqui1 year ago

Love it, so cute, do people not use phonetic language when teaching children letters? This is wuh, wuh for willow, wuh for winter, wuh for wiggle. I might need to know this in future, that's the reason I'm asking!

Dan Wuori1 year ago

Typically they use both… wouldn’t it be nice if letter names and sounds were the same? Another example of complexity!

The one and only truly original1 year ago

"Yes it is" nods head 😂

Dianne Murphy 📚🇳🇿🇮🇪1 year ago

Wonderful! That reminds me of teaching our daughter to read ‘Matthew’, a friend’s name. Her response was ‘Math Me’!

Brian Moon1 year ago

Incredible, real-time display of building upon an already quite mature self (enabled by speaking) to develop a mind (enabled by writing).

🎶D from the D🎶1 year ago

Mom & Baby Willow have their Abbott & Costello skit down cold! 😆

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