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âInterestingly, we observed that even from the time children mature from 18 to 30 months of age, the cues toddlers use to learn new words change.â. In the study, researchers taught six new words to children, who ranged in age from 18 to 36 months, using three types of cues. The cues were presented alone or in pairs, and the researchers recorded the childrenâs ability to accurately guess what the words meant.
January 2010, 2nd ed. Learning to talk is one of the most visible and important achievements of early childhood. In a matter of months, and without explicit teaching, toddlers move from hesitant single words to fluent sentences, and from a small vocabulary to one that is growing by six new words a day.