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As if you need another reason to keep your income high and home filled with stuff, here's a study that says the more money you have, the better vocabulary your child will have, too. The reasoning is fairly simple: Scientists at the University of Chicago surmise that kids from more privileged households might live in homes with more objects, such as home furnishings and toys. Therefore, their environment provides more opportunities for gesturing.
The level of gesturing at 14 months is linked to the vocabulary level at 4.5 years. The more gesturing, the more communication. In fact, babies start gesturing before they speak.
"The children who are gesturing about more things in their environment have larger vocabularies later," said study author Meredith L. Rowe. "And we see that children from higher socioeconomic levels are gesturing more."
That said, this doesn't necessarily mean that kids in less privileged families gesture less and grow up with limited vocabularies. Nor is every baby destined to follow the general patterns found by researchers. However, this is a great excuse to buy that new Emma Gardner Design throw (for you) -- and Recycled Soft Gorilla Plush doll (for him) -- you've been eyeing.
"Look at the patterns, honey," you can point. "See all the colors? That's blue. Say blue."
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2-23-2009 @ 10:33AM
Paula A. said...I think that they have it a little wrong... Perhaps the kids have a larger vocabulary because their privileged families usually employ more caregivers and helpers who give the children schemas and talk to them. Also these families usually could afford to have the mother stay at home with the child and still have help therefore providing the children ample opportunities for attention and conversation which in turn build their vocabulary... These children are usually not stuck inside a daycare 24.7 and therefore have the chance to learn from a diverse and rich environment instead of the little attention and lack of opportunities in a daycare which is a reality for the majority of working folks today.
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2-23-2009 @ 5:56PM
babysignswithelizabeth said...Yet another study proving the benefits of signing with your baby! Teaching your baby Sign Language has many benefits, larger vocabulary being one of them, higher IQ (up to 12 points higher), stronger bond and increased social and emotional development are a couple more. I have used Sign Language with all three of my boys and it has been one of my best choices as a parent. Babies have so much to tell you before they are able to physically form the words they need.
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2-24-2009 @ 5:06PM
acm said...Yeah, I'm with Paula -- I suspect there's correlation, not causation, here. It's not the stuff you have (beyond some minimum) -- it's that wealthier folks tend to be better educated, and better educated folks are more likely to take their preverbal children's intellectual development seriously, whether it's talking to them, reading to them (highly correlated with both parent education and eventual child vocabulary!!), or other types of stimulation. Sure, and better options for daytime childcare.
Skip the extra throw and spend a little more floor time! :)
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4-08-2009 @ 4:16PM
B.A.D. said...i am a new father of a 4 month old boy. i agree with some of the things the scientists are saying regarding the better your income the better your child's vocabulary or gestures will become because you have better privileges/ opportunities. if you live in an undesireable neighborhood, that can affect you as a parent. but i think it all comes down to how much love and support you give to your child. but being better educated does help. if you're not educated how are you going to help your kid. my fiance is a stay at home mother and i work full time in the t.v. industry and i am very blessed that she is able to raise our son while i work. she is a wonderful mother to our son. he's been cooing since he was 2 months and he's been gesturing for a while and that's because we give him a lot of love but we do family things together on the weekends as well as read to him and play with him. so therefore, income and your surroundings does play a role in your baby's educational future but there's hope just give your baby a lot of love and try to do family activities be creative as parents to better your child's vocabulary whether privileged or not just have some common sense to advance your child's educational growth.
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