At around ten months the infant tries to imitate speech. 

Toddlers with special needs do best when 

The view that each person has learning strengths and weaknesses in different modalities means that each person has his own learning style.

Toddlers learn a great deal through experience with print both in books and in the environment.  

Play is the major means through which children learn. 

Neurons are short, hair-like fibers that receive information.

Kindergartners have not yet reached the age of industry, where they begin to enjoy long-term creative projects.

There is no food insecurity issue with toddlers in the United States.  

The toddler most likely passes through the following stages: secondary behavioral systems, focusing on independence, aggression, and sex-role learning; the crisis of autonomy versus shame and doubt; the anal stage; and the early preoperational stage.

Standardized tests may not provide accurate information because young children do not develop at the same pace at every age.