The next step

The number of words your child can understand and say will continue to increase rapidly. To 6 years, most children have a vocabulary of nearly 13,000 words. In the coming years, it will begin to understand situations and more complex ideas such as mathematics, the notions of right and wrong and know what will happen in the future.

Your role

This is by talking to him and in him lisantdes stories you'll help your child improve his communication skills. in general, he will understand the meaning of a word before they can even pronounce it himself.

Let him play with toys of his age to encourage his mental and physical development.



Be affectionate and show your child that you love and you take care of him. This is the best way to teach concepts like empathy émtionnels.

When to worry?

If, to three years, your child seems to have trouble understanding the simplest orders and suggestions, talk to your doctor. Go and see also if your toddler looks to you with a puzzled look really when you tell it to do something simple. For example, if you showed him how to open a box countless times and it still does not seem to understand how to do it, it may have a cognitive delay.