Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Praise
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • About this book
  • 1: Overview: What can they do?
  • 2: Beginnings
  • 3: A sea of sound
  • 4: Talking by accident
  • 5: Are they talking yet?
  • 6: Eureka! First words
  • 7: Thinking, play and language
  • 8: The one-word stage: expanding words and worlds
  • 9: What's the use of language, anyway?
  • 10: Early meanings: look what I can tell you!
  • 11: Putting it together: more than one word
  • 12: Later meanings: expanding language into complex concepts
  • 13: Listen to what I can say: early sound development
  • 14: I can really say a lot now! Later sound development
  • 15: 'No' and 'won't': Short sentences with a big impact
  • 16: The three 'terrible question' stages
  • 17: Talking in the world
  • 18: Language is needed everywhere
  • 19: Questions and answers
  • 20: Is there a problem?
  • Resources and further reading
  • Author notes
  • Photo credits
  • About the authors