ABSTRACT
Children can more easily learn and remember names if adults say the words clearly while focusing attention on the relevant people, pets and objects. From six to twelve months, babies continue to point to people, items and pictures and to make sounds. Adults should praise babies for all attempts at speech and understanding and reward them with attention and affection, while repeating what they wanted to say and supplying the correct words or longer phrases and sentences to stimulate further development. Most babies learn to roll, crawl or shuffle between the ages of eight and twelve months and may begin to stand or walk. Those nearer to twelve months may already have developed enough empathy to try to soothe a sibling or friend by offering a toy, a comforter or a clumsy hug or kiss, especially if they are able to crawl or shuffle over to the other child.
