You are the single most powerful influence on your toddler’s development of intelligent language skills. The way in which you speak, your tone, style, and content are imprinted on your child’s little brain, and it all will be replicated as your toddler first babbles, says individual words, and then creates original sentences. This part of your toddler’s growth is among the most exciting and rewarding! Communication opens up new ways of cooperating within the family and with people of the larger world outside the home.