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Activities for Boosting Speech Development in Toddlers

As a parent, you're capable of boosting your child's speech development, and it can actually be fun for both of you. "Provide a lot of opportunities for the child to be exposed to language and experience a lot of vocabulary in a rich environment," says Lori Heisler, assistant professor of communicative sciences and disorders at California State University, San Marcos. "Make it fun -- children learn through play."