The same word, somewhere else

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A word learned in one place is often glued to it — "shoe" can mean their shoe and no other. Meeting the same word on a different object, in a different room, is what unsticks it, and a toddler learning a word a week needs each one to travel.

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Source: ZeroToThreeFrom Baby to Big Kid: Month 18

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The same word, somewhere else

Take a word they already say

Start from one that is already theirs — "cup", "dog", "shoe" — not a new one.