When caring adults encourage a small consistent routine, like brushing their teeth, getting dressed, or setting the table, children can gradually develop independence in their small task. Slowly, day after day, children learn by doing. When caring adults choose repetitive books to share, children enjoy the predictable nature and find it easier to join in with the reading. When a caring adult responds to children’s babbling with eye contact and conversation, it aids to relationship building because it teaches children that their words and ideas matter. Responding to a child’s babbling with some babbling of your own will encourage a child to practice forming sounds. Each time they practice making sounds they learn to control all the muscles that make speech happen.