Parentese singing

You need

none

How

Sing or speak in "parentese": higher pitch, stretched vowels, big melodic swings, real words (not baby talk gibberish). Any song works; repetition is a feature. Watch for baby stilling or brightening — that's active listening.

Why this matters

Infants measurably prefer and learn better from parentese; its exaggerated melody makes the sound units of language easier to segment, and coached parentese use is linked to more infant babbling and larger toddler vocabulary.

Source: UW I-LABS (Kuhl/Ramírez-Esparza) parentese studies

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