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Practice sounds with your little one to help their language development!

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Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Get a moooo-ve on speech acquisition with animal sounds — which are a part of language, too! Here’s a song that will harness your baby’s love of cute critters to help them improve pronunciation and practice saying simple sentences.

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kidshealth.org

Communication and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old

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Cover art of the book Farmyard Beat

Farmyard Beat

Lindsey Craig and Marc Brown

As soon as the sun goes down, the animals are up, and each one is feeling a certain beat! Invite your little one to join this farmyard dance party, and have a blast making funny animal sounds. But don’t get too loud — you don’t want to wake up Farmer Sue.

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