One new word, on purpose

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Between eighteen months and two years, toddlers learn about one new word a week — which sounds slow until you notice it is a word a week whether or not anyone plans it. Choosing the week's word on purpose, and saying it where it actually applies, is the difference between a word they hear and a word they own.

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Source: AAPMilestones During The First 2 Years

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One new word, on purpose

Pick one word for the whole week

One word, and something they meet daily — "wet", "open", "under". Not a list, not a theme. One.